In the context of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the residential sector, fuel switching from coal and oil to natural gas is considered as a policy option. The paper considers fuel choice decisions among households within 30 metres of the Irish natural gas network. Consistent with earlier...

The objective of this research is to capture householders' views and experiences related to drinking water and domestic wastewater treatment systems (DWWTS), including public health concerns and experience accessing the septic tank remediation grant. Capturing data on the level of maintenance...

This paper analyses the Irish residential energy demand system by using variants of Deaton and Muellbauer's Almost Ideal Demand System model. Annual data from 1970 to 2013 is employed to estimate a demand system for solid fuels, oil, gas and electricity with the models incorporating quadratic...

The paper uses a multinomial logit model to study the determinants of domestic space heating systems in Ireland. Nine types of heating systems are considered, classified by fuel type (liquid, electric, gas and solids or combinations thereof). Heating system choice is modelled as a function of...

Improving the energy efficiency of residential dwellings is seen by policy-makers as an important contributor to the mitigation of climate change, a topic of ever increasing interest. Many countries have put in place policies aimed at stimulating the adoption of energy efficiency retrofit...

This paper studies the determinants of why low-income households in Ireland abandon energy efficiency retrofit applications using administrative data from a targeted energy efficiency grant. By applying for the scheme the applicants overcome any financial barriers for undertaking retrofits...

Household appliances represent significant load demand within the domestic electricity market, and therefore present considerable challenges for grid managers, specifically during peak demand periods. This paper presents the results of a statistically representative study of Irish households,...

Fuel poverty in Ireland is a significant issue faced by almost a quarter of the population as per government statistics. In this study, we investigate the trends in fuel poverty in Ireland between 2008 and 2020 using the Irish subset of EU SILC data. We find that the increase in the proportion...