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Insulation grants

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 energy use and costs as well as greenhouse gas emissions. The scheme is open to all owners of existing houses built before 2006. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland administers the scheme.

Landlords and owners of multiple properties may also apply, however they must submit a separate application form for each property. If you are a landlord or a management company considering an entire building upgrade, please contact SEAI before applying online for the grant.

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.

From 8^th June 2010, a Building Energy Rating (BER) is to be an integral part of all grant applications under the Home Energy Saving scheme, whereby homeowners must undertake a BER on their home after grant aided works have been completed. This will give homeowners a thorough and objective assessment of the energy performance of their home following upgrade works, including a rating on an A-G scale. The first such BER assessment will attract grant aid of €100.

The levels of grant support available for each technology are as follows:

TABLE 1: HES scheme grants

MEASURE	CATEGORY	GRANT *
Roof	Roof Insulation	€250
Wall	Cavity wall insulation	€400
	Internal Wall Dry-Lining	€2,500
	External wall insulation	€4,000
Heating Controls	High Efficiency Gas or Oil fired Boiler with Heating Controls Upgrade	€700
	Heating Controls Upgrade	€500
BER Assessment	BER After Upgrade Works (Only 1 BER grant per home)	€100

Notes:

• Please note the minimum grant amount for the first application must be €500. Where a BER grant is applied for, the €100 BER Grant cannot count towards the €500 minimum.
• These amounts may be subject to change and the current grant levels will be those published here on our website at the time of receipt of application.

Please click here for information on how to apply.

Content courtesy of Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

For more information about Building Energy Rating, BER certificates and energy efficient solutions, please contact our recommended SEAI Registered BER Assessor.