Changes to the Home Energy Saving Scheme

From 8th June 2010, a Building Energy Rating (BER) is an integral part of all grant applications under the Home Energy Saving scheme, whereby homeowners must undertake a BER on their home after grant aided works have been completed. This will give homeowners a thorough and objective assessment of the energy performance of their home following upgrade works, including a rating on an A-G scale. The first such BER assessment will attract grant aid of €100. SEAI has also developed a smart online Home Energy Self Survey to help homeowners decide which upgrade works might be most suitable for their home.

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The New Generation of NIBE Heat Pump

Ashgrove at the Charleville Show 2010

Ashgrove will be at the Charleville Show 2010 this weekend with all our main product offerings on show. If you are attending please drop into our stand and we would be delighted to answer any queries you may have.

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Ashgrove at the Ideal Homes Show

Ashgrove were at the Ideal Homes show in Dublin last weekend with all the main products on show. If you were at the show and have any queries on any of our products / services please dont hesitate to contact us for advice Read more »

Ashgrove on Ireland A.M.

Ashgrove MD Shane Murphy was on Ireland AM last Friday morning speaking about the different forms of renewable energy on the market at the moment. Read more »

Carbon Tax is Here

Homeowners can expect the cost of heating their homes and fuelling their cars to increase by hundreds of euro a year after the Government introduced a carbon tax in the December Budget. Read more »

€300 million in energy costs could be saved by Irish business every year

Ireland’s small businesses could save €300 million a year through simple actions to reduce energy costs, Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) announced today. This follows the completion of 1,500 small business energy assessments over the past two years, giving SEI the most comprehensive knowledge of the energy practices and challenges facing small businesses today.

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Ireland ranked 4th in world in use of electricity from wind energy

Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) announced today following the launch of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind Energy Annual Report2008, that Ireland is now ranked fourth in the world in terms of contribution of wind energy to electricity use. Ireland, which supplies 8.7% of electricity demand from wind energy, is only behind Denmark (19.3%), Spain (11.7%) and Portugal (11.3%).

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