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Home Energy Savings Scheme

The Home Energy Saving (HES) scheme run by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) provides assistance to homeowners who are interested in improving the energy efficiency of their home. By improving energy efficiency and reducing energy use in your home not only will you help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help the environment but you’ll also reduce the figures on your household bills! At the beginning of the summer SEAI introduced 2 new features to the HES Scheme; An online Home Energy Self Survey to help homeowners decide which upgrade works might be most suitable for their home A Building Energy Rating (BER) now is an integral part of all grant applications under the Home Energy Saving scheme. Homeowners must undertake a BER on their home after grant-aided works have been completed which will detail the impact of works undertaken. Check out the SEAI website

BER – Building Energy Rating – What is it?

A BER is similar to the energy label for a household electrical appliance like your fridge. The label has a scale of A-G. A-rated homes are the most energy efficient and G the least efficient.
From the 1st of January 2009 a BER certificate will be compulsory for all homes being sold or rented.
Specially trained BER assessors, registered by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), will carry out BER’s.
Source: www.sei.ie