# Ireland to turn heat down in public buildings, shut empty office floors
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2022-09-07
Category: NEWS
Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news
Meta Title: Ireland Implements Energy-Saving Measures to Cut Costs
Meta Description: Ireland aims to reduce energy usage in public buildings by lowering heating levels to 19 degrees Celsius (66°F) and implementing other cost-saving strategies.
URL: https://financedigest.com/ireland-to-turn-heat-down-in-public-buildings-shut-empty-office-floorshtml

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland will turn the heating down in public buildings and ask public sector office employees to work on the same floor under energy-saving measures set to be approved by the cabinet on Wednesday, Energy Minister Eamon Ryan said.

Public buildings – with the exception of social institutions such as hospitals – are to be heated to a maximum of 19 degrees Celsius (66°F) with the unnecessary heating of low occupancy spaces also targeted, Ryan said following a meeting of senior ministers.

Germany introduced similar measures last week..

It is critical that we reduce our use to help [save money](https://www.financedigest.com/how-to-save-money-for-a-car.html "How to save money for a car"). It’s very practical and we will lead off in the [public sector](https://www.financedigest.com/guess-what-public-sector-adoption-of-e-invoicing-on-the-rise.html "GUESS WHAT? PUBLIC SECTOR ADOPTION OF E-INVOICING ON THE RISE!"). Not that we go short, but be careful how we heat our spaces,” Ryan told national broadcaster RTE on Tuesday.

[Energy costs in Ireland and much of Europe](https://www.financedigest.com/europes-energy-crisis-and-the-nuclear-path-out.html "Europe’s energy crisis and the nuclear path out") have surged since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, in part due to Russia’s retaliation for a raft of Western sanctions.

Ryan said the measures, including encouraging consumers to avoid washing their clothes or dishes between 5 pm and 7 pm, the most expensive peak time of the day, were aimed at preserving particularly [tight supply](https://www.financedigest.com/ceraweek-europe-gas-supplies-to-stay-tight-2-more-winters-equinor-ceo-says.html "CERAWEEK-Europe gas supplies to stay tight 2 more winters, Equinor CEO says") in Ireland as well as cutting bills.

The government also intends to provide [financial support to consumers](https://www.financedigest.com/uk-consumer-mood-hits-one-year-high-but-financial-gloom-persists.html "UK consumer mood hits one-year high, but financial gloom persists") and businesses in its Sept. 27 budget.

Ryan said he would also [support proposals from the European Commission at a meeting of EU energy ministers on Friday to put a price cap for certain power generators that do not run on gas and use some of the excess revenue to reduce people’s bills](https://www.financedigest.com/energy-bill-support-pushes-uk-budget-deficit-to-february-record.html "Energy bill support pushes UK budget deficit to February record").

“I believe we’ll be able to get agreement,” Ryan said.

(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Bill Berkrot)


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