Almost 10,000 upgrades through SEAI in first quarter

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has confirmed that nearly 10,000 home energy upgrades were supported through Government-funded SEAI grant schemes in the first quarter of 2023.

The retrofitting target overall for 2023 is to support over 37,000 home energy upgrades. On first quarter performance and based on the robust pipeline of work in the system, it can be expected that this target could be reached, or surpassed.

The report showed that 9,946 property upgrades were completed in Q1, up 172% on the same period in 2022 A total 946 property upgrades were completed through programmes that focused on energy-poor homes, up 27% on the same period in 2022.

The SEAI processed more than 15,600 grant applications across all schemes in Q1, up 76% on the same period in 2022 and 3,304 homes were upgraded to a BER B2 or higher, up 232% on the same period in 2022

Dr Ciaran Byrne, Director of National Retrofit at SEAI said: “It is encouraging to note that project completions are up considerably this quarter, particularly in the individual energy upgrade grants. Since the launch of the One Stop Shop scheme last year, there have been over 2,200 Home Energy Assessment (HEA) applications which suggests that a healthy pipeline of homeowners is completing the initial energy survey to determine what energy upgrade works they wish to complete.