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4. Agenda
• Policy overview - Sorcha Morrin, Department of the Environment, Climate
and Communications
• Climate Action Roadmap guidance and SEAI supports – Alessandra
McConville, SEAI
• SEAI Gap to Target tool, Liam Ó Cléirigh, Byrne Ó Cléirigh
• Case study - Charlie Mitchell, Longford and Westmeath ETB
• Q&A
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6. 6 An Roinn Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide | Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Climate Action Mandate; CAP2021
Section 9.3.2. CAP 2021
• To support public sector bodies
leading by example, a Climate
Action Mandate will apply to all
bodies covered by the
decarbonisation targets, with the
exception of local authorities and
commercial semi state bodies
[…] and the school sector […].
• The Climate Action
Mandate will be reviewed
annually.
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Climate Action Mandate; CAP2021
Box 9.2 CAP 2021:
• Our targets
• Put in place a Climate
Action Roadmap by
the end of 2022.
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Public Sector Bodies’ Climate Action
Roadmaps
Section 9.3.3. CAP 2021:
• Public sector bodies vary by
size, role, activity, location, and
many other factors.
• Each body will develop a
Climate Action Roadmap setting
out how it will deliver on its
energy efficiency and GHG
emissions reduction targets.
• The SEAI and the EPA will
collaborate to publish
guidance for preparing
Climate Action Roadmaps.
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Reduce Your Use Public Sector -
Winter 2022/23
Objectives
— 5 - 10% overall reduction in energy consumption
— 15% reduction in building energy use
— EPO commits organisation to its best endeavours to meet the targets
— Formal sign up – tracked by DECC
Take part in the SEAI / OPW Energy Awareness campaign (Energy Link)
Endeavour to address mandated actions from ministerial letter
Tracking
— Public bodies track at organisational level (guidance being issued)
— SEAI will endeavour to track overall PS level, OPW for a sample of buildings
— SEAI requesting good news stories from PBs & survey on mandated actions
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Looking ahead to Climate Action Plan
2023
• Annual review and update
of the Climate Action
Mandate
• Updated guidance for
Climate Action Roadmaps
• Updated Roadmaps by Q3
2023
• Timelines for 2024 and
beyond:
• Updated guidance within
2 months of publication
of CAP
• Updated Roadmaps
within 6 months of
publication of CAP
12. Why produce a Climate Action Roadmap
• Required by the Climate Action Mandate for all public bodies other
than schools, local authorities and commercial semi-states
• More importantly, it is a living document which sets out how you will
deliver on your energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets
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13. Timeline for completion of Climate Action Roadmaps
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2023
By end of quarter 1
2023
First iteration of Roadmap completed by public sector body.
To implement Mandate as included in CAP 2021.
By end of quarter 1
2023
Second iteration of Guidance published by SEAI and EPA.
To implement Mandate as included in CAP 2023.
By end of quarter 3
2023
Second iteration of Roadmap completed by public sector body.
To implement Mandate as included in CAP 2023.
2024, and following years
Within 2 months of
publication of CAP
Updated Guidance to be published by SEAI and EPA.
Within 6 months of
publication of CAP
Updated Roadmap to be completed by public sector bodies.
14. Climate Action Roadmap guidance
The guidance sets out the areas to be covered and
provides guidance on the level of content required
Key areas:
• Leadership and governance
• Training and awareness
• Changing ways of working
• Specific actions from Mandate on Buildings and
transport
• Achieving energy efficiency and carbon
emissions reduction targets
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15. Climate Action Roadmap Guidance
• Minimum Content
• Additional Content
• Guidance/Best Practice
• Additional information, training or SEAI supports
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REQUIREMENT
16. Examples
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1. Introduction and progress to date
2. Leadership and Governance for climate action
3. Engaging our people
4. Achieving our carbon target
5. Achieving our energy efficiency target
6. Energy and environmental management systems
7. Greening our procurement
8. Baselining and reducing resource use
9. Improving our buildings
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1. Introduction and progress to date
2. Leadership and Governance for climate action
3. Engaging our people
4. Achieving our carbon target
5. Achieving our energy efficiency target
6. Energy and environmental management systems
7. Greening our procurement
8. Baselining and reducing resource use
9. Improving our buildings
18. Completing climate action roadmaps
• Needs to be signed off by Board and CEO or equivalent
• SEAI will keep track of who has produced roadmaps – please send
to us
– From 2024, tracking via M&R
• Send to your parent department
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19. The 2030 Targets
• The greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets are ABSOLUTE targets,
from a 2016-18 baseline
• There are two 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets
- thermal and transport emissions – 51% reduction
- Total – 51% reduction in thermal and transport emissions PLUS
electricity emissions reductions in line with the decarbonisation of the
grid
• Energy efficiency target is a RELATIVE target (from original baseline)
– 50% improvement by 2030
• The Gap to Target tool on M&R provides each organisation with their own
specific version of the targets
• Most important to focus on the thermal and transport emissions reductions
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Pathways to decarbonisation
Use less
Design for net-zero
Use renewable
Buildings
Heat
Transport
Heat pumps
Bioenergy
District heat
Hydrogen
(green)
H2
Electric vehicles
Electricity
Design new facilities
for zero or very low
emissions
Public lighting
ICT Transport
Water services Other
Onsite renewable
generation
Biofuels
Act now for 2030…plan for 2050
22. Developing your pathway to 2030 targets
• Understand YOUR targets
• Understand your significant emitters and energy users
– Audits/register of opportunities
– M&R and building register
• Identify your emissions reduction opportunities
– Gap to Target tool can help map pathways to 2030
• In your Climate Action Roadmap, set out your action plan to achieve
your targets
– In particular, identify specific projects to be undertaken in next 2-3 years
– Identify how you will scale up
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23. Developing your pathway to 2030 targets
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To meet the targets, need a 7%
emission reduction per year if
starting from 2023
24. SEAI supports
• Partnership Support Managers are being assigned to public bodies
• First tasks are to help you understand the target, and populate the
Gap to Target tool.
• Advisor can help investigate opportunities, sense checking data,
assumptions and feasibility, and help you turn solutions in actions
for your roadmaps
• If more in-depth modelling of different decarbonisation pathways is
required, public bodies should request this through their PSM
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27. Gap-to-target (GTT) model
1. What is the GTT model?
2. What does it show?
3. What can it do?
4. Where can I find it?
5. Where can I learn more?
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28. What is the GTT model?
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About
• Downloadable spreadsheet model
• Contains your latest M&R data
• Calculates your 2030 GHG targets
• Shows GHG baseline & gap to
targets
• Also includes 2030 EE target
functionality. EE functionality
completely independent of GHG
functionality.
GHG functionality
• Model impact of additional
decarbonisation initiatives
• Emissions pathways to 2030
• Calculate gap-to-target for different
emissions pathways
• Model anticipated supply-side
decarbonisation from electricity &
biofuel blending
Modelling additional
decarbonisation initiatives
• Energy efficiency, e.g. retrofits
• Heat pumps
• Biomass boilers
• Fuel switching
• Electric vehicles
• High-blend biofuels
• Compressed natural gas (CNG)
• Onsite renewable electricity
• Increases in energy consumption,
e.g. new facilities, etc.
31. What can the GTT model do?
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About
• Downloadable spreadsheet model
• Contains your latest M&R data
• Calculates your 2030 GHG targets
• Shows GHG baseline & gap to targets
• Also includes 2030 EE target
functionality. EE functionality
completely independent of GHG
functionality.
Advanced GHG functionality
• Model impact of additional
decarbonisation initiatives
• Emissions pathways to 2030
• Calculate gap-to-target for different
emissions pathways
• Model anticipated supply-side
decarbonisation from electricity &
biofuel blending
37. Where can I find the GTT model?
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• Login to M&R system
• Click: ‘Review your performance’
‘Your scorecard’ ‘Download
Gap to Target Tool’
• Once downloaded, click ‘Enable
editing’
38. Where can I learn more?
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• GTT user guide available at
https://www.seai.ie/business-and-public-sector/public-
sector/monitoring-and-reporting/supports/
• GTT Energy Link thread at
https://energylink.seai.ie/thread/view/1654
• GHG target methodology available in ‘M&R
2030 methodology guidance’ at
https://www.seai.ie/business-and-public-sector/public-
sector/monitoring-and-reporting/supports/
39. LWETB Pathway to 2030
Projects and Gap To 2030 Target
Charlie Mitchell
Longford and Westmeath ETB
40. * 2030 modelled with supply side decarbonisation of grid
LWETB GHG Modelled and Reduction Required - SEAI GTT
Model
Direct
emissions
(thermal)
kgCO2
Direct
emissions
(transport)
kgCO2
Indirect
emissions
(electricity)
kgCO2
Total
emissions
kgCO2
Baseline emissions
(2016-2018 average)
479,772 158,515 838,855
1,477,14
1
Direct
emissions
(thermal)
kgCO2
Direct
emissions
(transport)
kgCO2
Indirect
emissions
(electricity)
kgCO2
Total
emissions
kgCO2
2021 emissions 423,495 155,058 578,531
1,157,08
4
Total reduction
required by 2030
kgCO2
Gap to target by 2030*, i.e. additional GHG reductions
required by 2030 beyond those in modelled scenario 226,804 kgCO2
By 2021 -Total reduction since baseline 320,057kgCO2. A 21% total
reduction.
43. Energy Saving Opportunities Included in GTT Model
Net modelled savings by 2030 706,286kgCO2 , emission in 2030 450,797 kgCO2, GAP to Target -51,312 kgCO2.
Target achieved .
Sorcha Morrin Environment and Climate Action Plan Delivery , DECC
Liam O Cleirigh Managing partner at Byrne O Cleirigh
Charlie Mitchell Director of Organisation, Support and Development, Longford and Westmeath ETB
Thank you Sorcha for that overview of policy
I will just talk through the guidance, the targets and SEAI supports before handing over to Liam to take you through the gap to target tool
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Climate action mandate
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Rather than by end of 2022,
Add verbally .. By the public sector conference , have a good draft of the energy related decarbonisation parts of the plan
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Guidance published in October ,on Energy Link and on SEAI website
Follows the climate action mandate closely.
Our people
Leadership and governance – this is a critical part of the
- requires appointment of Climate and Sustainability Champion - Director level should be a different person from the EPO in most PBs unless very small
- also requires creation of a green team
Training and awareness -
Changing ways of working – energy and environmental systems, digitising processes, green public procurement, resource use
Buildings and transport – Display Energy Certificates, fossil fuel heating should not be installed after 2023 (will need design briefs and procurement procedures to be updated), making workplaces bicycle friendly, purchasing only zero emission vehicles where possible)
Energy and carbon targets
80% of effort in producing this first roadmap should be focussed on energy and energy related GHG reduction#
The majority of the rest of this session will be about this element of the roadmaps
We have not required a particular format for the climate action roadmaps, appreciating that some organisations have already been getting on with producing them and also the roadmap is for you, your leadership and your staff, so its best to go with the format that suits you.
For smaller organisatoins, we have suggested you use the defined headings at the end of the guidance
The key thing is it is focussed on
This is an example of a bespoke CAR, HSE’s Infrastructure decarbonisation roadmap.
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Thermal and transport emissions
Emissions reductions are absolute targets, from a baseline calculated as the average of 2016-2018
Bear in mind that since then emissions could have gone up or gone down (in many cases, Covid could have caused increases)
Liam will go into this in more detail in his presentation.
Thermal and transport emissions from public sector have been flat for many years, even while energy efficiency has improved.
Use less
Large energy users in most PBs
Retrofit & efficiency
More technical end users
3 points
Portfolio: not either or. Combinations
Other technologies not shown
Aim for 2030, but plan for 2050
Consider technology lifetimes.
Heating system…
Vehicles
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Reference Liam’s section on GTT and Charlies case study]
Understand your targets and the nature of the challenge - Liam will go through the Gap to Target tool as a way to find and understand your target
Idenfity your significant emitters (SEUs better term?) … if you have been doing energy mangemetn to date you should have a good handle on this.
M&R and the building register might also help here
Look at your planned refurbishment projects
Identify your emission reduction opportunities …
Turn these opportunities into an action plan … in particular identify specific projects to be undertaken in next 2-3 years, and identify how you will scale up from there. For organisations with larger portfolios of buildings, first projects are likely to be learning by doing, make sure you can transfer the learnings to your next projects.
The important thing is to get started.
So you need to think:
What projects are going to give you a 7% emissions reduction per year?
- eg example of PV on one roof, 0.5% reduction per year
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Trying to keep Allocation as consistent as possible (assign prev PSM if poss)
We’ll be in touch to introduce PSM assigned
Can help – understand the targets., populate the Gap to Target
Help translate solutions into actions for your roadmaps, help with gap analysis of plans
PLUS assistance with energy management systems and ISO 50001
The more committed the more help is available…
?number of days might come up in Q&A
If we don’t get around to answering your question, we will add it to our FAQs. We’ve already had a few questions over last few weeks
FAQ document to be sent around after the event
What it shows
Lots of data & charts
Without any config
Target chart #2
Emissions since 2009, broken down by thermal, transport & electricity
GHG baseline
2030 targets x 2
Pathways from baseline
Simplest aspect of functionality
No config required
Login & download it today
As well as basic functionality…more complicated functions, as listed on the RHS.
Decarbonisation functionality
More complicated, but still requires relatively few, high-level inputs
Can very quickly get an understanding of impact of potential projects
Reality check
Chart
Same PB
Explain
Baseline
Non-electricity emissions target
Progress to date
2021
Anticipated supply side
…ignore middle for now…
2030 scenario…where we’ll be in 2030
GTT = 839 tCO2
Chart is shown before any config
Modelled the impact of a series of decarbonisation initiatives with the tool
Contribution from each is shown in waterfall
…
Increase in consumption
Still have a gap…reduced from 839 tCO2 to 515 tCO2
This shows non-elec target.
A similar chart shows in impact on total emissions target
Total emissions target
Baseline & progress to date
Supply-side savings (calculated automatically)
Impact of measures
Gap
Looking back to the emissions profile we looked at earlier.
The tool can also show impact of measures in this format.
Lighter bars 2022-2030 = modelled pathway
It is complex, but it also provides powerful insight with very few inputs.
Urge you to have a look at it.