SEAI has announced a scheme to allow 100 traditional homes receive grants for a “one stop shop” energy efficiency upgrade. A key point of the scheme is that you must hire a conservation-accredited professional to specify the upgrade. The links to find these people are here:
https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants/one-stop-shop/traditional-homes
The new government loan source for funding this type of work (as the grant will probably only cover about one third of the cost) is here:
https://sbci.gov.ie/products/home-energy-upgrade-loan-scheme
You can also combine SEAI funding with the Vacant and Derelict Property Refurbishment grants but you cannot get two payments for the same item!
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/housing/housing-grants-and-schemes/local-authority-housing-grants-and-supports/vacant-property-refurbishment-grant/
Brian McIntyre, Programme Manager for High Performance Building Technologies at SEAI kindly did a presentation with questions and answers for Cottageologists, attended by sixty-six people that you can watch below.
Brian’s slides are also here for anyone that wants to nip through the detail:
https://cottageology.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BrianMcIntyreSEAITraditionalHomesPilotSlides.pdf
If you are intending to investigate this possibility further, you should take a browse through this excellent document which gives guidance on what type of energy efficient measures are suitable for traditionally constructed buildings:
https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/app/uploads/2024/05/Improving-Energy-Efficiency-in-Traditional-Buildings-2024.pdf
Here is the Cottageology briefing and advice on this scheme as of 6 Dec 2024 which will be updated as more information appears: https://cottageology.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEAI-Traditional-Homes-Scheme-briefingDraft3.pdf
Here are three more presentations arranged by One Stop Shop contractor KORE, about working with the One Stop Shop contractors for the Traditional Homes Pilot scheme:
- John Morehead, architect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhcY58cd7dA
- Niall Crosson, engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hufk2FtriXk
- Carl Raftery, author of the National Built Heritage guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FGkubJCw9E