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Thursday, 14 November 2019

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Office of Public Works Projects

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public buildings that have been retrofitted; the climate action measures being implemented across such buildings, the Leinster House campus and buildings housing Departments in view of the age of some of the buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41403/19]

Photo of Kevin  MoranKevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent)
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The Office of Public Works has been running an energy conservation campaign entitled Optimising Power @ Work, since 2010.  The programme is essentially a behavioural change campaign involving staff from over 270 large Central Government buildings.  Energy savings of over 20% per annum have been achieved, equating to over €6M p.a. cost savings. 

Since 2017, in a joint programme between “Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment”, SEAI and the OPW, energy retrofits have been carried out in 70 Central Government buildings, with an additional 15 currently in progress.  The retrofit projects have typically included lighting, boiler and controls upgrades but there have also been some building fabric upgrades.  Heritage buildings have particular challenges but improvements are still possible, particularly to lighting and heating systems.

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