11,910 home energy upgrades in first quarter of 2025

• 1,350 upgrades for energy poverty qualifying households, up 14% on the same period in 2024

08 August 2025: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today published details on the 11,910 home energy upgrades supported through Government funded grant schemes in the first three months of 2025. This represents an increase of 2% on the number of upgrades for the same period last year.   

Government expenditure across all schemes reached €76 million, up 4% year on year. Of the homes upgraded, 1,350 were energy-poor homes which benefitted from totally fully funded energy upgrades.  

Headline Outcomes for Q1 2025: 

• Expenditure across all schemes to end Q1 was €76 million, up 4% on the same period in 2024.
• 11,910 property upgrades were completed to end Q1, up 2% over the same period in 2024.
• Over 5,100 homes were upgraded to a BER B2 or higher to end Q1, down 1% over the same period in 2024.
• 1,350 upgrades for energy poverty qualifying households to end Q1, up 14% on the same period in 2024.
• 765 heat pump installations were supported
• 14,770 applications processed across all schemes to end Q1, down 5% over the same period in 2024. 

The impacts achieved for residential upgrades completed to end Q1 2025 include: 29.47 GWh energy savings and 15.0 kt CO₂ savings.

Among the major scheme activities and developments were: 

• SEAI continued with further phases of the national marketing and communications campaign to increase awareness of the benefits of home energy upgrades and to encourage uptake and applications.
• The Better Energy Homes programme was launched to One Stop Shops. There are now 14 One Stop Shops registered giving them a second pathway, enabling them to support homeowners to upgrade on a step-by-step basis, rather than all at once.
• Applicants for heat pumps who have a compliant BER on the system can now by-pass the technical assessment process. This removes a further barrier to the uptake of heat pumps.