Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 October 2022
129. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes that have had energy efficiency work completed since 2015 by scheme (details supplied); and the projected and planned totals for the coming years to 2030, in tabular form. [49199/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Programme for Government and Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal level and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes by end-2030. This represents approximately 30% of the housing stock and is among the most ambitious retrofit programmes worldwide. An allocation of €8 billion to the end of the decade, as set out in the National Development Plan and National Retrofit Plan, underlines the Government’s commitment to achieving these targets.
The information requested by the Deputy in relation to work completed since 2015 is provided in the table below. The figure of 13,400 completions to end-August this year represents a 70% year-on-year increase.
|
Grant Scheme |
2015-2021 |
2022* |
|
Better Energy Homes |
95,146 |
5,896 |
|
Better Energy Warmer Homes |
32,212 |
2,642 |
|
Warmth & Wellbeing Pilot |
1,464 |
127 |
|
Deep Retrofit Pilot |
547 |
0 |
|
Community Energy Grant |
4,823 |
0 |
|
Solar PV |
8,904 |
4,411 |
|
National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme (incl. One Stop Shop Development Call 2021) |
805 |
330 |
|
Total |
102,615 |
13,406 |
*To end August
The National Retrofit Plan estimates that, between 2019 and 2025, almost 185,000 home energy upgrades will be delivered with over 83,000 to a B2/cost optimal level. When the emissions savings from the non-B2 upgrades are included, this is the equivalent of 120,000 B2 upgrades over the period. As a result, there will a need to deliver, on average, approximately 75,000 B2-equivalent home upgrades per year from 2026 to 2030 to achieve the overall target of 500,000 by 2030.
