HES-Are You Entitled for Home Energy Saving Grant Scheme Aid?
If you are living in Ireland this is for you. As you are perhaps aware now the Irish Government is keen on encouraging the citizens to go for upgrades to critical building elements in their homes with a view to improve their energy efficiency, cut down on green house gas emissions and generally to have improved living conditions. Toward this end it grants specific financial aid for the initial investment cost through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, by implementing the HES or Home Energy Saving Scheme.
Can you apply?
This is a national scheme and therefore everyone (including landlords and multiple home owners) who put up houses before 2006 is entitled to apply. The year 2006 is made the latest limit because all houses built afterwards would have compulsorily followed the Building Regulations 2003 which generally make the building energy efficient anyway.
Note you must employ contractors who are registered with SEAI (for example Kinggroup.ie etc.), as one prime objective of the Authority is to improve the relevant construction standards, workmanship and techniques. Naturally all products and material used in the works for which grant is requested, must be new and unused before.
Only these upgrades are considered for grants
Currently only the following upgrade measures are considered.