Energy usage and energy efficiency are of increasing concern in Ireland. Regression analyses on a large household micro …’. Statistically significant dwelling features include location, value and dwelling type, while household features such as income, age …, period of residency, social status and tenure type are also important. -- Energy use ; Ireland ; appliance ownership ; energy …

-economic characteristics of the household's chief income earner as well as household characteristics such as the type and age of accommodation …, tenure and the number of bedrooms. The number of people living in the household has a positive association with both … usage ; energy saving features ; Ireland …

This paper examines domestic energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland. Regression analyses on a large micro …-dataset reveal how household characteristics can help explain the ownership of energy using appliances. The location of the household …, the number of rooms and household income are important factors, as are certain characteristics of the highest earner in …

This paper studies the determinants of why low-income households in Ireland abandon energy efficiency retrofit …

Since the onset of the financial crisis, income and consumption have fallen sharply in Ireland, particularly for young …

an accumulation of household debt and a downturn in house prices has a substantial adverse impact on consumption. …

In this article, we use expenditure-based and self-reported data on fuel poverty for Spain and Ireland to analyse … Ireland, a larger proportion of households that report being unable to afford suitable levels of heating are covered by …

Existing environmental accounts for the Republic of Ireland are at the national level. This is fine for continental and … classifying regressions of the Household Budget Survey to impute domestic energy use. We use engineering relations to impute … transport fuel use, and secondary data on household behaviour to impute waste arisings. We use EPA data on drinking water use …

Like most countries Ireland faces the double target of decreasing emissions and keeping energy costs low to maintain … electricity generation on the total electricity costs for the Island of Ireland for the year 2020 under a variety of scenarios on … (needed) investment when wind penetration is high. -- electricity ; interconnection ; Ireland ; wind generation ; returns to …