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Retrofitting

Energy

Cork energy company E-volv to expand into Britain in 2023

Cork-based firm announced plans to create 50 jobs in Ireland over the next two years
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • November 5, 2022
Energy

SEAI tighter grant scheme leaves lower-income households out in the cold

Homeowners now face €4,000 insulation costs upfront rather than having builder claim back grant for them, meaning many can’t afford to do work
  • Michael Brennan
  • October 15, 2022
Housing

‘A nightmare’ as grant-aided retrofit project at family’s home remains unfinished

No new company is appointed after authority ends scheme with contractor in dispute while Conry family are now out of their Westmeath home for almost two years
  • Michael Brennan
  • July 2, 2022
Climate & Environment

Number of retrofits doubles after new grants are introduced

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s figures show there have been 18,750 applications for home energy upgrades so far this year, equal to the total number for all of last year
  • Daniel Murray
  • June 4, 2022

Building emissions in Ireland as high as agricultural emissions, TDs told

Retrofitting less effective due to improper installation, Oireachtas committee hears
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • April 26, 2022

€128.6 million diverted from retrofitting to electricity credit

€19.25 million taken from retrofitting for those at risk of energy poverty to fund the €200 electricity bill credit
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • March 8, 2022

The great green homes gamble: can we retrofit 500,000 houses in just ten years?

The €8 billion home retrofitting plan unveiled by Eamon Ryan last week seems almost too big to fail, but will it overcome the ‘hassle factor’ in the public’s minds?
  • Michael Brennan
  • February 13, 2022

Susan O’Keeffe: Eamon Ryan’s ambitious scheme may soon require its own retrofit

What is pushed out as a universal programme is simply not
  • Susan O'Keeffe
  • February 10, 2022

Retrofitting scheme will be a ‘step change’ in tackling climate crisis

Government says some 500,000 homes will be upgraded
  • Michael Brennan
  • February 8, 2022

Ireland’s retrofitting programme lags behind

The number of home energy efficiency upgrades is tracking lower than for pandemic-hit 2020
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 3, 2021

One million households to be offered state-backed loans to boost home retrofits

Coalition aims to have at least 500,000 homes upgraded to a B2 energy efficiency standard by end of the decade to meet emissions targets
  • Michael Brennan
  • May 9, 2021

Banks have key role to play in boosting home retrofit activity, report finds

While grants are available for some of the cost of energy upgrades, it makes good business sense for lenders to remove the remaining barriers
  • Daniel Murray
  • February 9, 2021

State’s retrofitting programme output fell by 31% last year

Fewer people sought to use clean energy grants during pandemic
  • Daniel Murray
  • January 25, 2021

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