Various grant aid is available for different aspects of home improvements with a view to reducing your carbon footprint. The table below illustrates the current grant aids:

Area	Grant
Roof Insulation	€250
Cavity Wall Insulation	€400
Internal Wall Insulation	€2,500
High Efficiency Boiler WITH Heating Control Upgrade	€700
Heating Control Upgrade	€500
Solar Energy	up to €300/m2
Building Energy Rating	€200

Around 60,000 Irish households are estimated to live in persistent fuel poverty and a further 160,000 or so experience intermittent fuel poverty. Fuel poverty has been defined as the inability to heat ones home to an adequate (i.e. safe and comfortable) level owing to low household income and poor, energy inefficient housing and also the need to spend greater than 10% of household income on fuel to achieve an acceptable level of comfort and amenity.*

*As quoted by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland - www.seai.ie

 

The Home Energy Saving Scheme
The Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme provides grants to homeowners who are interested in improving the energy efficiency of their home in order to reduce their energy costs as well as greenhouse gas emissions (carbon footprint). The scheme is open to all owners of existing houses built before 2006. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland administers the scheme.

Landlords and home owners may apply. Landloards of more than one property must submit a separate application form for each property. Assistance will be provided by way of fixed grants towards the costs of implementing upgrade measures. The types of measures currently eligible under this scheme are roof insulation, wall insulation, high efficiency boilers and heating control upgrades. There is also a grant for households who choose to get a Building Energy Rating (BER) assessment Before and After the works are completed, however this is not mandatory.

For more information
Contact Keyes Insulations today on 057 9355034 and we will be happy to go through the details about grant application and payment.