Public bodies have reduced energy use

Victoria White’s commentary on public sector energy efficiency (Irish Examiner, Thursday May 7) contained a number of significant factual errors, based on a misreading of our published report.

She states that only 41% of public bodies have reduced their energy use, when in fact the report shows that the number is almost twice that.

For a number of organisations she has confused energy use with energy efficiency: IBRC, Cork City Council and the HSE have all demonstrated an increase in energy efficiency, not increased energy usage.