{"id":383738,"date":"2026-03-13T20:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/383738\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:56:22","slug":"was-retrofitting-your-home-worth-the-cost-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/383738\/","title":{"rendered":"was retrofitting your home worth the cost? \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you happy with your retrofit? <\/p>\n

A column by John McManus in recent days<\/a> addressed the shortfall in people retrofitting their homes, compared with predictions in the Climate Action Plan that \u20ac500 million worth of grants would lead to the \u201cdeep retrofitting<\/a>\u201d of 500,000 homes by 2030, on top of the installation of 400,000 heat pumps.<\/p>\n

According to the ESRI, McManus writes, we had deep retrofitted just under 58,000 homes or 11.5 per cent of the target by the end of 2024: \u201cThe reality, according to the ESRI, is that most of us can\u2019t afford it and the rest don\u2019t really care.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, a reader highlighted their disappointment with their own home retrofit<\/a> in a Letter to the Editor. After installing solar panels, on top of having wall insulation, attic insulation and triple-glazed windows, the house\u2019s Ber rating moved from C3 to C2: \u201cWe\u2019re not looking to sell, but if we were then I\u2019d be mightily unhappy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Irish Times would like to hear from readers who have retrofitted their homes. Did your Ber rating improve? Have you seen any improvement in your energy bills? Over all, do you think the process was worth the money?<\/p>\n

You can let us know what you think using the form below. Please limit your submissions to 400 words or less. Please include a phone number for verification purposes only. If you would prefer to remain anonymous, please indicate this in your submission \u2013 we will keep your name and contact details confidential. <\/p>\n

We will curate a selection of submissions for an article but please note we may not publish every submission we receive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you happy with your retrofit? A column by John McManus in recent days addressed the shortfall in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,102554,19,17,81744],"class_list":["post-383738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-eire","tag-have-your-say","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-retrofitting"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116223867965934460","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}