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By 2022, Health had saved 22%, or 528 GWh, since their baselines. The gap to the 2030 energy efficiency target is 647 GWh. The savings made are equivalent to €307M.

Energy consumption 2022

 2022
Health18
Other Public Sector82
Source: SEAI
Sector

Total Primary GWh

Percentage
Health 1,823 18%
Other Public Sector 8,065 82%

Energy breakdown 2022

 2022
Grid electricity39
Fossil fuels60
Renewable energy1
Source: SEAI
Energy breakdown

Total Primary GWh

Percentage
Grid electricity 716 39%
Fossil Fuels 1087 60%
Renewable energy 20 1%

Fuel mix 2022

 2022
Electricity39
Transport6
Natural gas39
LPG and biogas2
Heating oils13
Other renewable fuels0
Source: SEAI
Fuel type

Total Primary GWh

Percentage
Electricity 716 39%
Transport 111 6%
Natural gas 712 39%
LPG and biogas 39 2%
Heating oils 239 13%
Other renewable fuels 6 0%

Energy end use 2022

 2022
Healthcare buildings71
Office buildings3
Other buildings3
Other electricity (unknown use)1
Other thermal (unknown use)17
Transport6
Source: SEAI
End use

Total Primary GWh

Percentage
Healthcare buildings 1,295 71%
Office buildings 53 3%
Other buildings 50 3%
Other electricity (unknown use) 14 1%
Other thermal (unknown use) 301 17%
Transport 111 6%

Savings and gap to 2030 target

YearSavings
20090
201049
2011147
2012204
2013295
2014315
2015425
2016392
2017440
2018521
2019553
2020386
2021424
2022528
Source: SEAI

By 2022, Health had saved 22%, or 528 GWh, since their baselines. The gap to the 2030 energy efficiency target is 647 GWh. The savings made are equivalent to €307M.

Savings

2022

Cumulative since baseline
GWh 528 4,679
% 22%  
€37 million €307 million

Energy saving projects 2022

 2022
Lighting20
Buildings (excl lighting)39
Energy management10
Procurement and energy supply3
Combination / Other28
Source: SEAI
Energy Saving Projects

No. of projects

Percentage
Lighting 138 20%
Buildings (excl Lighting) 274 39%
Energy management 70 10%
Procurement and energy supply 21 3%
Combination / other 199 28%

GHG emissions 2022

 2022
Thermal56
Transport7
Electricity37
Source: SEAI
Emission type tCO2 Percentage
Thermal 188,497 56%
Transport 24,940 7%
Electricity 123,578 37%

At least 5 of the 59 public sector organisations in this sector have data quality issues that were identified by SEAI