Fed up with a cold, damp house with high energy bills?
Eirgreen Insulation and Construction Services, based in Portlaoise, are happy to announce the National Housing retrofit scheme with a minimum grant available of 35%
Grant covers windows and doors, attic insulation, cavity wall insulation, external insulation, heating upgrades to heat pumps, solar PV and all associated BER certs and air tightness measures
We can take any property from a cold and expensive house to a warm and efficient home and deliver a minimum B2 energy rating.
The National Housing Retrofit Scheme allows homeowners who wish to significantly improve their energy rating apply for grants up to 40%.
In fact, a minimum grant of 35% is available. This is great news for Irish homeowners. The grant applies to deep retrofit projects. Retrofitting means vastly improving the energy rating of an existing home by upgrading multiple aspects of its structure and energy systems.
Conducting a deep retrofit will pay for itself eventually, as homeowners see massive savings on energy bills. This is also great for the environment as we move toward burning less fossil fuels to power our homes.
From SEAI
This new government grant scheme is designed to encourage the development of One-Stop-Shops and engage groups of private households, registered Housing Associations and Local Authorities who wish to participate in delivering energy efficiency upgrades, specifically in domestic buildings.
Key objectives of the scheme include:
- Upgrade homes towards achieving the All of Government Climate Action Plan home energy retrofit targets
- Test and Develop the One-Stop-Shop model in Ireland with a view to informing and providing learnings to the All of Government Climate Action Plan taskforce developing the model for delivery of energy targets to 2030
- Support Housing Associations and Local Authorities to deliver larger and more technically challenging retrofits while encouraging scalability
- Test the opportunity to capture the supply chain efficiencies and promote the awareness that the Local Authority retrofit programme will bring to the Midlands
- Support financial institutions and employers to participate in delivering energy efficiency works for their employees and customers
- Upgrade the housing stock in accordance with Part L of the Building Regulations 2019. This ensures when a major renovation is completed, a minimum B2 BER is achieved.
- Facilitate high standards of energy efficiency and renewable energy usage, thereby reducing fossil fuel usage, energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
- Work to develop the supplier market for delivery on government home energy retrofit targets
- Promote a building fabric first approach
- Be as energy efficient as possible (fabric first approach)
- Decarbonise heat
- Improve ventilation
- Adopt smart technologies as/if appropriate
- Bring together groups of homes under the same retrofit programme to facilitate energy improvements in an efficient and cost-effective manner to an exemplar standard
Benefits
- Cost effective delivery
- Bring together groups of homes under the same retrofit programme to facilitate energy improvements in an efficient and cost effective manner
- Reduce your emissions
- Reduce the emissions in your constituency by improving the housing stock. Heating is one of our biggest energy users. By upgrading the homes in your area, you will cut down on your greenhouse gas emissions.
- More comfort
- Installing a highly efficient heating system in a well-insulated home will transform the comfort levels for the home of you tenants.
- Cheaper heating bills
- Your tenants will be very pleased with the cheaper heating bills as a result of improving energy efficiency.
- Improve your BER
- Upgrade your housing stock to a minimum B2 BER.
We handle all applications and better still can discount the generous 35% grant off the quote so it’s a win win
Eirgreen are taking applications for this scheme, contact:
- Office: (057) 868 8877
- Mobile: (087) 418 9331
- email: eirgreen@gmail.com
You can check out the SEAI website for more details.
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