Budget must help households cut emissions, says advisory council

The Climate Change Advisory Council said that, despite progress in retrofitting and energy upgrades in recent years, the emissions from residential buildings rose by 4.9% last year. File photo

The Government must boost supports for home retrofitting, heat pumps, and solar panels to cut emissions and reduce energy costs, and must target council houses in particular, a key climate body has urged.

With the Budget just a few weeks away, the Climate Change Advisory Council has made several recommendations around the built environment sector in Ireland, the only sector that saw emissions increase in 2024.