The Government recently announced details of a new grant scheme for householders. This new scheme, The Better Energy Homes Scheme, is designed to assist house holders to improve the insulation , improve their central heating boiler and improve their heating and hot water controls. Carrying out improvements like these will help to improve the comfort of your home, reduce your energy costs and cut down on our greenhouse gas emmissions.

 The following grants are available : 
  

Energy Efficient Works		Incentive
		Cash Grant Value*
Insulation	Attic Insulation	€200
	Wall Insulation - Cavity	€250
	Wall Insulation - External	From  €1,800 - €3,600
	Wall Insulation - Internal Dry Lining	From    €900 -€1800
Heating System	High Efficiency Oil / Gas Boiler with Controls upgrade.	€560
	Heating Controls Upgrade only	€400
	Solar Heating	€800
Building Energy Rating (BER)		€50**

        

Terms and Conditions:

Be sure that prior to applying you have read and understand the scheme's Terms and Conditions and in particular please note the following:-

• Grant Approval must be in place prior to any purchase of materials or commencement of measures undertaken.
• You may apply several times, however the grant value of your first application must be €400. The BER assessment grant cannot form part of the €400 amount.
• All works must be carried out by a contractor registered with Sustainable Energy Ireland for this particular scheme. ( I can recommend trustworthy contractors).
• After work has been completed, you must have a BER Assessment carried out in order to receive any of the above grants. 

When might you NOT qualify for a Home Energy Saving scheme grant?

Depending on the scale or type of works being undertaken, the HES grant may not necessarily be appropriate for all homeowners.  Homeowners will not qualify for a grant:

• If your first grant application would be for less than €400.  So if you are only intending to do attic insulation (€200) or blown cavity wall insulation (€250) on their own then you will not qualify for a grant
• If you are only replacing your existing boiler with a typical efficiency boiler (<90% efficiency) then you will not qualify for a grant
• If you decide to simply replace your boiler but not upgrade the heating controls to the minimum prescribed standard then you will not qualify for a grant

All Grants are payable when measures are completed in compliance with the scheme’s Terms and Conditions.

At Energy Rating Certs we maintain a list of SEAI Registered Contractors who will be able to carry out these improvements for you.