'Wartime effort' needed to get 500,000 homes retrofitted, think tank warns

The paper concludes that improved energy efficiency measures in Ireland could lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, of waste, and associated pollution. File picture: iStock

A "wartime effort" is needed if 500,000 homes are to be retrofitted by the end of the decade, an influential think tank has said.

A new white paper from the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) looking at energy efficiency challenges concluded that, among other findings, energy efficiency is the most cost-effective way to tackle climate change.