Number of retrofits completed last year was 25% below target 

The programme for government and the Climate Action Plan set targets to retrofit 500,000 homes and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years.

The number of homes that were retrofitted last year was more than 25% below target as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new figures from the Department of the Environment.

Upgrading the country’s housing stock is an important step to minimise the greenhouse gas emissions from heating, lighting and appliance use, and to help mitigate climate change.