The installation of heating controls is one of the energy efficiency measures supported under the SEAI administered grant schemes. The Department and SEAI do not compile data on the number of homes that received support for the installation of heating controls broken down by local authority. However, available data on the overall number of homes that received a grant for the installation of heating controls or received heating controls under SEAI schemes since 2014 is set out below.
Year
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
Better Energy Homes heating control grant
|
4,450
|
5,495
|
7,192
|
7,326
|
9,044
|
Better Energy Warmer Homes*
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
160
|
295
|
510
|
Warmth and Wellbeing Pilot Scheme**
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
64
|
294
|
340
|
Deep Retrofit Pilot Scheme**
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
3
|
211
|
*Heating controls were not included under this Scheme until 2016.
**The Warmth and Wellbeing Scheme became operational in 2016 and the Deep Retrofit Pilot Scheme became operational in 2017.