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Kieran McCarthy is an engineer and builder from Cork. He runs a building company, KMC Homes, and has also renovated his own cottage in Cork availing of all the grants on offer from SEAI. He joins us on our new podcast House Warming to answer all your home energy upgrade questions.

Energy users in Ireland feel positive about demand flexibility and smart energy services, but are largely unaware of the environmental benefits.

Foolish or Fuel-ish – How can we shift our focus and our journeys towards away from private car dependence and towards a more varied and sustainable portfolio of transport options?

While carrying out retrofit works, it is important for the contractor to check for nesting sites on the dwelling. This is particularly important before carrying out external wall insulation.

To keep transport emissions on track in the first carbon budget, Ireland would need to take every car, van, lorry, and bus off the road for the rest of the year – how can we change lanes to do better in the second carbon budget?

Whether it’s topping up your attic or wall insulation, replacing old drafty windows and doors with more efficient ones, or swapping out your oil / gas boiler for a heat pump, energy upgrades are a smart investment for you and our planet.

Like Dickens’ London and Paris, Ireland’s two key energy supply streams of imports and indigenous production exhibit a strong duality in their quantity and environmental impact.

SEAI Irish researcher involved in the IEA TCPs (International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programme) shares her experience and learnings at the National IEA TCP Day.

Driving style, poorly maintained tyres and excessive drag are the big offenders.

We can all play our part by using less electricity and using smart technology to reduce our personal carbon footprint and the carbon emissions of our electricity grid.

Swords Pavilions Zero Team won ‘Energy Team of the Year’ at the 2024 event.

Upgrading your home may appear overwhelming and costly, but you don’t need to do it all at once.

SEAI is delivering Ireland's energy revolution. This energy transition means an immense change to how we power our homes, transport, communities and businesses. Ireland has committed to make this transition to a low carbon economy, a just transition.

In the past 10 years, there has been a huge rise in community groups coming together to take climate action. Through SEAI’s direct involvement in supporting nearly 1,000 Sustainable Energy Communities across Ireland, we can examine their impact (or influence) on private households’ actions.

SEAI’s recent report suggests that Ireland’s supply chain will play a strategic role in the ongoing energy transition and further contribute to the nation’s economic growth and creation of jobs in the years ahead.

Heating is the single most energy intensive activity that takes place in Irish homes, but we haven’t had a good picture of how people actually heat their homes – until now.