Update on SEAI Grants
Posted: 07/12/2011
In the latest budget news grant amounts available through the Better Energy Homes Scheme have been reduced. The cavity wall insulation grant has been reduced to €250 while the attic grant amount remains the same at €200. The grant for BER assessments has been reduced from €80 to €50. For further information on all the grant changes follow this link http://www.seai.ie/Grants/Better_energy_homes/homeowner/What_Grants_Are_Available/
Updated Grant Information
Posted: 14/06/2011
Since May 9th The Home Energy Saving scheme has relaunched as part of the Better Energy Homes programme. As a result of this the Grants available have changed.
The grant available for attic Insulation is now €200 and for Cavity Wall Insulation is €320.
Cash Grants are a set value unless the overall cost is below the set value, in which case the actual cost will be reimbursed.
**A Building Energy Rating (BER) is an integral part of all grant applications under the HES scheme, whereby homeowners must undertake a BER on their home after grant aided works have been completed. A homeowner is entitled to BER funding of €80 once per home
Grants are claimed after the measures are completed and the contractor has been paid by the homeowner.
Please note that in order to qualify for any grant you must be making a minimum grant application of €400. While the grants have been reduced, there are still significant savings to be made on the cost of insulating your home. Please call us on 022 22102 to arrange a complimentary quotation or to read more on the grants available log on to www.seai.ie and go to the Better Energy Homes Link.
Incredible Savings to be made
Posted: 18/04/2011
SEAI approve on average 1,200 applications for grants every week or over 50,000 a year. Roof insulation, which can be completed in less than a day and can cost from €200, will yield a grant of €200, while cavity-wall insulation, which can cost from €350, will yield a grant of €320. In some cases the cost of insulating your home could be covered almost fully by the grant!
The simple act of insulating your attic could mean your heating bill falling by up to 25%. Lagging the hot water tank saves the average house €2.50 a week – if you live for the next 50 years lagging today will save you €6,500!
Amazing Benefts of Home Insulation
Posted: 29/03/2011
Benefits of Home Insulation
Did you know that a third of all the heat lost in an un-insulated home is lost through the walls? Insulating with EnviroBead Plus is one of the simplest things you can do and it will save you a significant amount on your home heating bills.
EnviroBead Plus will:
•Create an even temperature in your home
•Prevent condensation on walls and ceilings
•Reduce heat build up during warm summer months
•Significantly reduce heat loss during the winter months
•Cut maintenance bills in the home due to dampness
•Cut your energy use which reduces your carbon dioxide emissions, the biggest
cause of climate change
•Dramatically cut your home heating bills
Our Attic Insulation will:
•Reduce heat loss by up to a further 30%
•Cut your home heating bills further
•Reduce your carbon footprint
Our home insulation services are covered by grants from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. All EnviroBead Plus installers are highly qualified and certified by NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland). Our product is manufactured by us, in Ireland and is of the highest quality. Our process is clean and simple, leaving little or no mess behind.
More than 1,000 Home Energy Savings grants approved every week - Green Energy, Green Jobs
Posted: 18/10/2010
More than a thousand applications for home energy savings grants are being approved every week and 98.5 percent of the recipients say they would recommend the scheme to others. That was just one of the positive findings of a survey published by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), the agency charged with administering the Government's Home Energy Saving (HES) scheme. The survey also revealed that over 68,000 grants had been awarded since the scheme began in April 2009. The SEAI is receiving 500 contacts every day by phone, web or post from the public and contractors.
SEAI's Chief Executive, Professor Owen Lewis, said that another significant finding of the Authority's survey was that 90% of participants had expressed satisfaction with the contractors who carried out their upgrade. "This is evidence that the competitive market is driving good quality, well-priced and well-delivered actions, and may help explain why the scheme's popularity continues to grow", said Professor Lewis.
"There are now over 2,700 registered contractors actively offering upgrades within the HES scheme. All of these are subject to the clear terms of scheme participation including governance, technical expertise and financial probity. Most importantly they are subject to the rigour of SEAI's quality assurance scheme."
Summary of what you need to do when applying for the grant
Posted: 03/08/2010
- Decide what works you want to do and select your contractor (McHugh Insulation contractor ID 10223).
- DO NOT PROCEED WITH ANY WORKS BEFORE YOU HAVE GRANT APPROVAL.
- Apply using the fast online application system at www.seai.ie and click on Better Energy Homes or submit a hard copy by post.
- Wait until you get your grant offer from SEAI which you should confirm acceptance of immediately.
- Go ahead and get the works done making sure your contractor completes all sections of the relevant Declaration of Works and BER Confirmation and Request for Payment forms including all information relating to your home before the works were completed.
- Select a registered BER assessor to undertake a BER of you home once all the works have been completed. Make sure your BER Assessor completes all sections of the BER confirmations and Request for Payment form supplied to you at the time of offer.
- Make sure you correctly sign and date all relevant Declarations of Works forms and the BER Confirmation and return them without delay to SEAI to claim your grant payment.
New Consumer Features to be introduced to HES Scheme
Posted: 10/06/2010
On June 8th, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) introduced two new features to the Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme, designed to further empower consumers, first by guiding them on suitable upgrade works and secondly informing them of the impact of works undertaken.
The smart online Home Energy Self Survey is devised to help homeowners decide which upgrade works might be suitable for their homes. The new survey will be offered to all applicants at the start of the online application process.
At the same time a Building Energy Rating (BER) is to become an intergral part of all grant applications under the HES Scheme, whereby homeowners must undertake a BER to measure the impact of works undertaken. This will give homeowners a thorough and objective assessment of the energy performance of their home following upgrade works, including a BER certificate with a A-G performance rating.
To read more click on the following link
www.seai.ie/News_Events/Press_Releases/New_Consumer_Features_to_be_introduced_to_HES_Scheme.html
To find out more information in relation to insulating your home and the grants available please call our office on 022-22102 or check out the grants section of this website.
10 Ways to Green Your Home
Posted: 31/05/2010
Below are ten steps you can take to go green, lower the amount of energy your home uses and reduce your carbon footprint.
1. Insulate your cavity walls and attic, this is one of the easiest ways to save money in your home, resulting in up to 40% savings on your home heating bills. Did you know there is a government grant available from SEAI for €520.00 towards your upgrading.
2. Make the switch from your old bulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). You will get savings on your electricity bills per annum and over the lifetime of the bulbs. You will also Co2 emmissions.
3. Turn off your appliances instead of leaving them on standby.
4. Start rolling those Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle and in that order.
5. Use a fan assisted oven, they are 25% more efficient than conventional ones.
6. Get composting! Composting is an enitrely natural process and a great way of been green in your home.
7. Lower your thermostat. For every degree you turn down your thermostat you save 2% on your annual heating bill.
8. Wash your clothes at 30°C instead of 40°C. You’ll cut the energy used by almost half.
9. Switch to paperless billing, use e-statements and e-billing.
10. Use rechargeable batteries, or if you have disposable ones ensure to recycle them, most supermarkets have recycling boxes at till points.
Put a hat on your home!
Posted: 25/05/2010
The benefits of roof/ attic insulation.
You put a hat on your head and keep your body heat in. Thermal insulation in your roof will do the same for your house. If you do not have insulation in your attic, up to 30% of your heat could escape costing you money.
A building which is not insulated is an enormous drain on heat and the heating bills paid on it are essentially moeny down the drain..
Even if your attic is already insulated you could consider replacing it or adding too it, to bring it up to the Building Regulations.
If you have any queries or would like a free quote call our office on 022-22102.
Click on this link to read more www.greenme.ie/greenblog/2010/02/put-a-hat-on-your-home/
In these tough times isnt it nice to get a helping hand.
Posted: 29/04/2010
Government spending Euro1million a week to insulate homes.
The governments Home Energy Saving Scheme allows for 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 omissions.
The scheme began in 2008 where 6,000 houses were updated, in 2009 this figure rose to 35,000 and this year the aim is to go into over 50,000 Irish homes, making them warmer, cleaner and cheaper to run.
The scheme is open to all owners of existing houses built before 2006. Why not browse around our website or call our office for more information or to organise you free quotation, 022-22102.
www.greenme.ie/greenblog/2010/04/government-spending-e1m-a-week-to-insulate-homes/
Cost of Home Heating Oil constantly Increasing
Posted: 27/04/2010
A publication issued by the SEAI in January of this year shows the cost of home heating oil has gone up 22% since the 1st October 2009. This is a significant increase, but then you must couple that with the new carbon tax increase which begins on the 1st May 2010 of roughly 6.5% and consumers will notice a drastic rise in the cost of there home heating oil.
http://www.seai.ie/Publications/Statistics_Publications/Fuel_Cost_Comparison/Domestic_Fuel_Cost_Comparison_January_2010.pdf
The Home Energy Saving Scheme provides grants to homeowners who are interested in improving the energy efficiency of their home in order to reduce energy use and cost. Paying for home heating oil is an expense we cannot avoid but we can cetainly help reduce it by improving the insulation of our homes. Browse through the grants section of our website for further inforamtion or call our office on 022-22102.
Euro32millon UNCLAIMED energy grants in 2009
Posted: 23/04/2010
€29.5million ALLOCATED for 2010, DON'T LET IT GO UNCLAIMED.
Don't let the grants for improving the energy efficiency of your home go to waste. The scheme is open to all owners of existing houses built before 2006. The types of measures currently eligible under the scheme are roof insulation, wall insulation, high efficiency boilers and heating control upgrades.
www.moneyguideireland.com/e32-million-unclaimed-energy-grants-in-2009.html
Click into the grants link of this website to find out more information or contact our office on 022-22102.
McHugh Insulation Teams up with Rockwool
Posted: 13/10/2009
McHugh Insulation has joined forces with Rockwool to offer Rockprime blown attic insulation. This partnership means great savings for the energy conscious homeowner. Rockwool is an approved attic insulation under Sustainable Energy Ireland's Home Energy Saving Scheme. Call McHugh Insulation on 022 22102 to get your free energy assessment and see just how easy it is to upgrade the insulation in your home.
Insulation Extras
Posted: 10/04/2009
McHugh Insulation Ltd. are constantly widening the range of insulation products for their clients. Under the Home Energy Saving Scheme being run by SEI there are requirements to provide insulation of water tanks, insulation of attic hatches (including draught stripping), insulation of exposed pipework, provision of an insulated walkway to the water tank and protection of recessed lights from insulation. McHugh Insulation Ltd. provide all of the above as part of quotations under the Home Energy Saving Scheme. See our contacts page to arrange your free quotation.
Home Energy Savings Scheme - Grants Released
Posted: 02/04/2009
Sustainable Energy Ireland have released the Home Energy Savings Scheme grants. Cavity wall insulation has a €320 grant available, while attics have a €200 grant available. A minimum grant of €400 must be applied for. These grants make cavity wall and attic insulation even more cost effective than before. McHugh Insulation have registered nearly 100 householders for the HES Scheme in the first week since the launch. Registration is done online in less than 10 minutes!
