SEAI Grants

The Home Energy Saving (HES) scheme provides SEAI 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. Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) administers the scheme.

Grant assistance is provided to the home owner 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 both before and after the works are completed, however this is not mandatory.

Grants for Solar collectors are available to the homeowner through the Greener Homes Scheme Phase III, providing assistance to homeowners who intend to purchase a new renewable energy heating system for existing homes. For further information about these schemes please see links below.

How much are the SEAI grants?
The SEAI grants are fixed for each type of measure as indicated in the table below. Grant approval must be in place before any purchase of materials or commencement of measures undertaken. Grants are paid after the measures are completed and the contractor has been paid by the homeowner. In the instance where the cost of the work (vat inclusive) is less than the fixed grant amount, the actual cost will be reimbursed.

*Please note that while you are entitled to apply for each Measure there is a minimum requirement that the grant amount in the first application must be €500 or greater. The BER grant cannot form part of this €500 amount.

http://www.seai.ie/Grants/better_energy_homes/

http://www.seai.ie/Grants/GreenerHomes/Homeowners/