Each year Ireland spends €6.5 million on imported fuels, where €1.6million of this is spent of home energy. =25% of Ireland’s total energy requirement and CO2.
Archive for December, 2009
Ireland’s Government Budget 2010; – Continuation of the Home Energy Saving grants.
December 21st, 2009
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I welcome the positive announcement, in these gloomy recessionary times, of a further €130 million in the December Budget for 2010, towards retrofitting private homes, as a continuation of the ‘HES’ and Social houses through the ‘Warmer Homes’ scheme.This will stimulate householders to upgrade their home, who take advantage of this, where it funds up to 30% of the total investment.
Lets Go Green for Christmas
December 10th, 2009
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Did you know that Irish families this Christmas will consume an estimated 1 million selection boxes, 1.4 million boxes of biscuits and will pull 16 million Christmas Crackers. All this waste will result in a packaging mountain this Christmas, unless we do our part!
