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Recommendations
The government of Ireland should:
Establish a roadmap for meeting Ireland’s energy efficiency targets for 2030 and 2050.
Secure increased funding for energy efficiency programmes in the residential sector by earmarking a certain portion of expected increased revenues from the CO2 tax.
Give greater emphasis to energy efficiency in public procurement programmes by enhancing capacity in the public sector to use energy efficiency criteria effectively in procurement decisions.
Build supply chain capacity to ensure meeting of targets for the roll-out of heat pumps.
Initiate a large-scale deep renovation programme for residential buildings informed by the Deep Retrofit Pilot Programme. This would kick-start development of the supply chain and its necessary skill set, to achieve long-term energy savings and multiple co-benefits. Such a programme should also target publicly owned buildings and social housing.
Develop a roadmap for heat decarbonisation that minimises GHG emissions throughout the supply and demand sides. This roadmap should establish clear scenarios and milestones for the phasing out of fossil fuel boilers to renewable heating alternatives such as biomass, biogas and heat pumps.
Align strategies and policies for decarbonising residential heating with strategies for waste management, and ensure coherence with decarbonisation of the electricity supply.
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DCENR (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources) (2009),
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