The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today published details on the 11,910 home energy upgrades supported through government-funded grant schemes in the first three months of 2025. This represents an increase of 2% on the number of upgrades for the same period last year.
Government expenditure across all schemes reached €76 million, up 4% year on year. Of the homes upgraded, 1,350 were energy-poor homes which benefited from fully funded energy upgrades.
Headline Outcomes for Q1 2025:
— Expenditure across all schemes to end Q1 was €76 million, up 4% on the same period in 2024.
— 11,910 property upgrades were completed to end Q1, up 2% over the same period in 2024.
— Over 5,100 homes were upgraded to a BER B2 or higher to end Q1, down 1% over the same period in 2024.
— 1,350 upgrades for energy poverty qualifying households to end Q1, up 14% on the same period in 2024.
— 765 heat pump installations were supported.
— 14,770 applications processed across all schemes to end Q1, down 5% over the same period in 2024.
The impacts achieved for residential upgrades completed to end Q1 2025 include: 29.47 GWh energy savings and 15.0 kt CO2 savings
Among the major scheme activities and developments were:
— SEAI continued with further phases of the national marketing and communications campaign to increase awareness of the benefits of home energy upgrades and to encourage uptake and applications.
— The Better Energy Homes programme was launched to One Stop Shops. There are now 14 One Stop Shops registered, giving them a second pathway, enabling them to support homeowners to upgrade on a step-by-step basis, rather than all at once.
— Applicants for heat pumps who have a compliant BER on the system can now bypass the technical assessment process. This removes a further barrier to the uptake of heat pumps.
The National Retrofit Plan Quarterly Report for Q1 2025 is available here.
