One in four Irish homes now have a source of renewable energy.
A new energy census has revealed that counties Cavan and Monaghan at 75 per cent, have the highest rate of oil-fired central heating in the country.
Craughwell in Co. Galway and Dunshaughlin in Co. Meath have the highest proportion of households with solar-driven homes, with almost one in four houses having solar electric panels.
Richard Cantwell of technology company, 'Gamma', says changes in legislation is helping to create more homes that are carbon-neutral.
Historically, oil was the most common type of fuel used for heating, but dwellings built since 2016 were much more likely to rely on electricity, at almost 50 per cent.
Just 10 per cent of dwellings built from before 1919 up to 2015 had electric heating. Oil was much less common in newer properties, being used in 9 per cent compared to 41 per cent of older dwellings.
