Survey Name:

Business Energy Use

Survey purpose:

Collection of information about Energy Use by enterprises in Ireland

Legislative Basis National:

Statistics (Business Energy Use Survey) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 509 of 2018) made under the Statistics Act, 1993

Legislative Basis European:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008

Periodicity:

Annual

Statistical Population:

Industry and Services Sectors

Sampling Frame:

CSO register of all enterprises in Ireland

Reference Area:

State

Time Coverage:

2009-2021

Base Period:

Not applicable

Sector Coverage:

Industry and Services Sectors

Survey Size:

Around 5,000 enterprises

Principal Variables:

Quantity and cost of each fuel used by enterprises

Principal External Users:

Eurostat, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

Contact Organisation:

Central Statistics Office

Business Area:

Environment Statistics

Contact Person:

Dympna Corry (Environment and Climate Division)

Contact Person Function:

Statistician

Other Business Area Specialists:

Colin Cotter (Business Statistics Data Collection Unit)

Contact email:

environment@cso.ie

Contact phone number:

(+353) 1 498 4000