Energy assessment
Energy assessments, EPCs and retrofit plans in Ireland
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An energy assessment can mean two quite different things. One is the Energy Performance Certificate, a legal document you need to sell or let a home. The other is a detailed retrofit assessment that works out what to improve, in which order, and how to avoid damp and wasted money. This page explains both, what landlords must do, and how assessments connect to grants. Your request goes to exactly one assessor or retrofit firm in your area.
- Exactly one business. Your request is handed out once. After that, no other business sees it.
- You know who will be in touch. Before the business receives your contact details, we send you its name, address and phone number.
- Withdraw at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time – using the link in our email.
Help with grant applications
Be wary of anyone who charges to 'guarantee' a grant.
Supervising the work
Some assessors and retrofit coordinators also oversee the building work: checking that measures are installed as designed, that ventilation is not blocked, that the right certificates are issued, and that the home is re-assessed at the end. On larger projects that independent check can prevent expensive mistakes, but agree in writing what it covers and whether the coordinator has any link to the installers.
Make a requestIn Ireland: SEAI grants and the BER
For the measures an energy assessment recommends, SEAI grants may help, depending on the measures. For a complete upgrade, the National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme works through SEAI-registered One Stop Shops, which manage the whole job to at least a B2 BER and deduct the grant from the cost upfront.
A Building Energy Rating (BER) is needed when a home is sold or let, and an assessment is part of most upgrade schemes. Ask the installer whether they are SEAI-registered, because only registered contractors can carry out grant-aided work.
Source: seai.ie
What happens to your request
You confirm your mobile number with a text code and your email address with a link. We then show the request to businesses in your area, without your name or contact details. Only one business can take it on; it pays Offrano for the request, and it costs you nothing.
Before that business sees your details, we email you its name, address and phone number. We check only that it is a registered business, for example through its Companies Registration Office entry or VAT number, not the quality of its work. We cannot promise that a business will respond; if nobody takes the request within 21 days, we withdraw it. Offrano is not a party to any contract for the work.
Frequently asked questions
Will several assessors contact me?
No. The request is sold to one business only, which we name to you by email before it receives your details. After that, it is no longer offered to anyone else.
What is a One Stop Shop?
An SEAI-registered company that manages a complete home energy upgrade to at least a B2 BER, from assessment to final rating, and deducts the grant upfront.
Source: seai.ie
Can I withdraw my request?
Yes, through the link in any email from Offrano. If a business has already taken it on, we pass your withdrawal to it straight away.
What does the request cost me?
Nothing. The business that takes on your request pays Offrano for it. Whether you accept its quote is entirely up to you.
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