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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

That the Chief Executive reviews the policy in the Adamstown SDZ relating to energy efficiency of buildings and to report on how this currently relates to the price that residents in some areas are paying for energy prices in well insulated and so-called "energy efficient" buildings, eg where residents have to share a power system and do not have routine access to their electricity meters for example and are often forced to pay premium rates for power; to liaise with developers to ensure such problems are not caused in future planning applications; and for the SDZ team to work with the Housing section to ensure that anyone in a Council or Housing Association property, or being paid a HAP payment is not suffering from fuel poverty as a result of poor application of energy management systems in some buildings within the SDZ.

REPORT:

The energy efficiency of individual buildings in Adamstown is an issue for Building Control legislation compliance. The Planning Authority do not understand the issue in relation to the SDZ being different to other developments in relation to the access to electricity, market rates of power and access to electricity meters. It is suggested that this is also an issue for Building Control or for the Commission of Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The Planning Authority has brought the content of this motion to the attention of the Housing Section.