Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Mr. Brian O'Mahony:
We monitor a number of programmes in more detail. We will do it in the forthcoming HRLI research call. We are doing it in the midlands programme through a call that was funded with NUIG. Before doing the retrofit, the homes were identified. It is done with the local authorities in the midlands. There were surveys of the homeowners to ascertain their experience of their home and details of their energy bills. Then the retrofit occurs. In the next year or so it will be interesting to see their experience now of a warmer house post occupancy and what their energy bills are. Comfort and indoor air quality will also be monitored. We do that on a more targeted basis in our programmes.