Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Energy Poverty: Discussion

Ms Ruth Buggie:

There is an app being developed through the research centre in UCD. The idea is to feed in that file of information, the so-called nerd stuff, and it will spit out an answer that is suited to a household.

That is really important. What would also be wonderful would be if that could link into a person's BER data, if they had one, and identify which measures might suit them best. It could help to profile their house to their data. They are the kind of steps we need to provide for people. It is simple and easy-to-understand information based on their historical energy use so that they can make that transition and make the choices best suited to their lifestyle and their home.