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Kildare Has The Highest Proportion Of Energy Efficient Homes

Kildare has the highest number of homes with the best energy rating. 20% of homes in Kildare which h...
Ben Finnegan
Ben Finnegan

12:50 PM - 13 Jul 2022



Kildare Has The Highest Propor...

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Kildare Has The Highest Proportion Of Energy Efficient Homes

Ben Finnegan
Ben Finnegan

12:50 PM - 13 Jul 2022



Kildare has the highest number of homes with the best energy rating.

20% of homes in Kildare which have been tested for a BER rating were given an A standard, while Meath and county Dublin have 19% and for Wicklow it's 15%.

The Building Energy Rating calculates a house's efficiency.

Roscommon and Leitrim have the highest proportion of G ratings - which is the worst awarded.

Both counties have 12% G rated - followed by Tipperary on 11%, and Mayo and Westmeath with 10%.

Longford and Leitrim have the fewest BER ratings, while Dublin's postal districts have the most with 229,000.

C2 and C3 are the most common ratings nationally at 12%.

In total over 1,000,000 BER ratings have been given out since 2009.

Meanwhile, 43% of homes nationally with a BER rating were awarded a D1 or less.

The county with the highest proportion of D or worse rated homes is Tipperary with 53% getting at most a D grade.

That's followed by Leitrim and Mayo on 51%, and Longford on 50%.

The figures show the state has a long way to go to retrofit the country's houses in an attempt to bring down carbon emissions, while at the same time energy prices are only going one way.



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