Community Retrofits Ireland
Patrick McHugh
Community Retrofits Ireland is an energy efficiency programme that helps to retrofit fuel-poor homes, offering advice and practical support to vulnerable people, and providing skills and training in retrofitting and renewable technologies for the unemployed.
Fuel-poor homes spend more money heating them. Community Retrofits Ireland helps to make sure these homes are retrofitted to a better energy rating, saving homeowners thousands every year in fuel costs and leading to less energy usage, supporting the move to net zero. They provide pathways for vulnerable people in the community through offering free and practical advice, helping identify the retrofit measures needed for fuel-poor homes, and giving support with form filling and guidance on the grants available.
They also help to create new job opportunities for unemployed and underemployed people, offering training in emerging renewable technologies, as well as retrofitting programmes, developing skilled workers for the retrofit market.
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Community Retrofits Ireland are hoping to help more people through the Changemakers programme. Currently, fuel-poor homes are left with the choice of ‘do I heat my home or put food on the table?’ This is the decision thousands of homes across Ireland must make every day.
Patrick McHugh, Founder of Community Retrofits Ireland