Galway city is participating in the EU NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme, a European-funded initiative aimed at supporting cities to reduce their carbon emissions. Galway city’s project focuses on the energy efficiency of homes and a number of ideas, aimed at encouraging homeowners to retrofit their homes, are being trialled in the city’s Decarbonisation Zone, which covers the areas of Westside, Shantalla, Rahoon and Newcastle.
A community ‘one-stop-shop', known as the Warm Home Hub, has been established in Westside to help guide households in the Decarbonisation Zone through the retrofit process. In addition to providing information on available grants, cost saving calculations and retrofit options for the home, the Warm Home Hub are offering free BER assessments to households that are interested in finding out more about the energy efficiency of their home.
Sharon Carroll of Galway City Council, who is the lead partner in Galway’s NetZeroCities project, says: "Knowing the BER rating of your home is key to understanding the energy efficiency of your home and can be used to help identify areas where energy efficiency improvements can be made.
"As part of the support service offered by the Warm Home Hub, free BER assessments are being provided to households considering retrofit in the Galway City Decarbonisation Zone. This is an excellent opportunity for households to learn more about how they use energy in their homes and what energy upgrade options will be best for them."
More information and a map of the project area is available on WarmHomeHub.ie If you live within the area and are interested in home energy upgrade, start the journey today by contacting the Warm Home Hub on (085 ) 198 6975 or by email on [email protected]. Households will initially be asked to complete a survey on their homes and a BER assessment will then be arranged. The number of free assessments are limited so do not delay.
