Galway Bay fm newsroom - Less than 10 percent of homes across Galway have a top-of-the-scale energy efficiency rating.
Most houses and apartments across the city and county have a BER rating of C1 or lower.
A building energy rating, or BER, is a rating on the overall energy efficiency of a building.
The rating is similar to an exam grade and is denoted on scale of A to G – with A1 being the most energy efficient and G being the least energy efficient.
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Just one percent of homes across Galway have an A rating, while less than one in ten homes have a B rating.