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Survey Name

Domestic Building Energy Ratings

Survey purpose and legal basis

Domestic Building Energy Ratings (BER) data is collected by BER assessors when they carry out BER audits. The Domestic BER database is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The purpose of the Domestic Building Energy Ratings release is to analyse on a quarterly basis the energy ratings and other characteristics of dwellings on the Domestic BER database.

The legal basis for BER audits is S.I. No. 243/2012 – European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2012. The Domestic BER data is obtained by the CSO from the SEAI under Section 30 of the Statistics Act 1993.

Who uses the results?

Our results are only ever made available to the public in aggregate form, and we make sure that it is impossible for individuals or businesses to be identified. Anonymised survey information may be provided to other government departments, approved organisations, and approved researchers for statistical purposes only.

Is your personal data confidential and how long will the data be retained?

Yes. All information supplied to the CSO is treated as strictly confidential. The Statistics Act 1993 sets stringent confidentiality standards: information collected may be used only for statistical purposes and no details that might be related to an identifiable person or business undertaking may be divulged to any other government department or body.

The data will be retained as we need a long time series to understand trends in environment statistics.

The sources and categories of your personal data, where the data has not been collected directly from you:

N/A

For further information on this survey, your Data Protection rights and how your data is used please contact:

Dympna Corry, Environment and Climate Division, Central Statistics Office, Ardee Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 D06 FX52.

Tel +353 (1) 4984207  E-mail: environment@cso.ie

Data Protection Information:

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:

  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission. Contact details: Office of the Data Protection Commission, 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland.
  • The right to request access, rectification, erasure, restriction or to object to the processing of your personal data.

However, because your data is processed for statistical purposes these rights may be limited in accordance with Article 89 of the GDPR. This is due to the fact that the exercise of any of these rights may render impossible, or seriously impair, the achievement of the statistical processing and such restriction maybe necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.

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