Almost 35% of homes in Kerry with a BER rating have a C classification.
That’s according to figures released by the Central Statistics Office, which show almost 35,000 (34,810) homes in the county have a BER rating.
The report shows that 8% of dwellings in Kerry have the lowest rating.
A BER or Building Energy Rating, measures a house's efficiency in using energy, with A being the most efficient, and G being the least.
According to the CSO’s Domestic Building Energy Rating for the Second Quarter of 2023, over 12,100 homes in Kerry have a C rating.
11% are rated C1, 11% have a C2 rating, and 12% have a C3 classification.
8% of homes in the county have the top rating, of A, while 14% are B rated (2% with a B1 rating, 4% have a B2 rating, and 8% are rated B3).
D rated dwellings account for 22% of properties in Kerry, (12% rated D1, with D2 listed homes at 10%); homes with BER ratings of E and F accounted for 15%. (E1 – 6%, E2 – 4%, F – 5%), while 8% of homes were G rated.
The average age of the houses audited in Kerry was 31 years.
Meanwhile, the figures show 61% of dwellings used Heating Oil to heat their homes in the second quarter of the year.
Electricity accounted for 25% of fuel types in Kerry, while 9% of homes used solid fuels.
Mains Gas (1%) and LPG made up the remaining fuels types used in the county in Q2.
