Sustainable home improvement journey explained, step by step 

'I remain a big believer in the power of incremental sustainability improvement, and that’s how most of us will roll this year'

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Throughout 2022, over 27,000 properties received energy upgrades using Government grant aid managed by the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI). Together with 11,397 grants in County Cork, 50,000 applications were processed nationwide, up 140% since last year (130% for individual grant aid measures). 

We are living through a time of a kinetic transition to sustainable home improvement. Can we fit 400,000 heat pumps in older homes by 2030? It seems unlikely the Climate Action Plan will hit its mark, with just 2,272 units retrofitted with SEAI help last year.