Households with better energy ratings ‘consumed less gas and electricity’

Households with better energy ratings consumed less gas and electricity per square metre, new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows.

Households with better energy ratings consumed less gas and electricity per sq m, new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show.

The CSO figures show that A and B rated dwellings used 42 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per sq m in 2021, compared with 79 kWh per sq m for D and for E, and 67 kWh per sq m for F and G rated dwellings.