SEAI Funding

SEAI Capital Grants

EcoMerit has a long-standing relationship with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and EcoMerit is registered with SEAI as a Sustainable Energy Community.

EcoMerit member organisations can use their EcoMerit Certification as a route to access grant aid for energy-saving capital projects under the SEAI ‘Better Energy Communities’ grant scheme. The EcoMerit support for compiling these grant applications is free of charge.

To date, 56 member organisations have been awarded a total of €2.1 million under this scheme. These are a mix of commercial, publicly funded and charitable EcoMerit member organisations.

The grant-aided works will save the beneficiary organisations a total of €1.1 million per year in energy costs, and reduce their annual carbon emissions by 4,100 tonnes. The total value of the projects supported to date is €5.7 million.

EcoMerit compiles the grant applications and project manages the overall programme. Over the last ten years we have achieved a 100% success record in converting our applications to grant awards. By way of comparison, SEAI typically reject around 40% of grant applications.

Applications are invited early each year, and a key to success is early planning. Members and prospective members should contact us well in advance to explore any energy-saving project which might benefit from grant support.

Energy Audit Voucher (SSEA)

SEAI’s Support Scheme for Energy Audits (SSEA) offers SMEs a €2,000 voucher towards the cost of a high quality energy audit. EcoMerit technical director Christian Kubernat and managing director Phil Walker are both registered energy auditors with SEAI. If you are interested in finding out how EcoMerit can help you access this funded audit and whether it is suitable for your business you can reach Christian at christian@ecomerit.ie

For more information on eligibility and to apply see here.