Retrofit costs could prompt 're-examination' of decarbonisation plans, ESRI warns

Part of the Government’s Climate Action Plan is to retrofit 400,000 existing homes to a minimum B2 standard and installing 600,000 heat pumps in Irish homes by 2030. File picture

The high upfront costs associated with installing heat pumps and retrofitting our old housing stock means the Government may need to rethink how we can decarbonise our homes, a new report has found.

Electrifying our heating systems would also allow a “more efficient utilisation of renewable resources, reducing hours of excess electricity supply,” it said.