This document summarizes an event held on May 31st, 2016 to discuss co-creating Ireland's National Renovation Strategy. The event included several presentations on topics such as: tackling awareness issues of energy efficiency through renovation; the importance of energy data collection and access; and financing deep renovation projects in rural Ireland. A key focus was on overcoming barriers to large-scale, deep renovation in the residential sector through policy changes, pilot programs, skills development, and increased funding support for homeowners and landlords. The event highlighted the need for leadership and cross-sector collaboration to make significant progress on Ireland's renovation goals.

1. Co-Creating Ireland’s National
Renovation Strategy – V.2
Cloughjordan, 31st May 2016

2. Pat Barry
Executive Director - IGBC
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3. Pat Barry
Executive Director - IGBC
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5. Agenda
10.30 Session 1 – Setting the Scene
11.15 Session 2 – Tackling the Awareness Issue
01.00 Lunch Break
02.00 Session 3 – The importance of data
03.00 Coffee Break
03.20 Session 4 – Financing Large Scale Deep Renovation in
Rural Ireland
05.00 Closing Session
05.10 Event Ends
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Paul Kenny
CEO
Tipperary Energy Agency

7. Deep Retrofit in Rural Housing
Renovation Strategy V2.0
Paul Kenny, B.E. C. Eng.
Chief Executive
Tipperary Energy Agency

8. Climate Change Reality
• “The latest science makes it clear that the world needs to reach zero
carbon emissions globally by 2050 to maximise chances of staying
below 2 degrees and to make 1.5 degrees feasible,”… Mary Robinson,
NUI maynooth, Summer 2015.
• Paris: “long term <2.0°C” /
”or 1.5°C”*
• February 2016 is 1.55°C-
1.75°C* - Nasa
• White Paper: 80%-95% CO2
by 2050
By 2050:
- 5-20% of current CO2
- Agriculture
- Transport
- Not a lot left for heat &
electricity
*above pre-industrial levels

9. Energy Use
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• Average BER rating of D
• Predominantly oil primary heating
• Peat, Coal, Electricity and some wood for primary & secondary
heating
• Predominantly semi-d & detached housing.
• Leaky (Typical 7-10 AC/h @50pa)
Rural Housing

11. “nearly zero-energy building’ means a building that has a very high
energy performance. The nearly zero or very low amount of energy
required should be covered to a very significant extent by energy from
renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced
on-site or nearby” – Definition EPBD
Fabric:
•Substantial demand reduction from current fabric
• Wall/ roof/ floor Insulation, bridging reduction, glazing
•Substantial air leakage reduction from current
Services:
•Forced ventilation
•Well controlled, renewable, efficient, heat and hot water.
•Smart grid integration
Technical Needs

12. • Net heat loads (inc. HW) of all 2040 rural dwellings.
• New NZEB: 4,000-10,000 kWh/ yr
• Existing buildings to NZEB: 6,000-15,000 kWh/ yr
• Residual heat supply choices:
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* 88% seasonal efficiency boilers for fossil fuels, 75% biomass (mix stoves/ pellets). 2026 – No Coal or Peat

13. Marion Jammet
Business Development Manager
IGBC
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14. Co-creating Ireland’s National
Renovation Strategy (2017-2020)
Tuesday, 31st May 2016
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15. I. Co-creating an ambitious national renovation strategy for
Ireland (2017 – 2020)
II. Renovating Ireland’s residential buildings stock:
Barriers & Opportunities
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16. • Energy Efficiency Directive (art. 4)
• National Renovation Strategies
• Long-term vision
• Updated every 3 years

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23. KEY LEARNING
• Importance of data
• Need for leadership
• Multi departments cross-party agreement
• Priorities of the end-users
(Co-benefits)

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20 Experts
6 Sectors
3 Questions

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Q.1 In your opinion, what are the main barriers to large scale deep
renovation in the residential buildings sector?
Q.2 What kind of changes are necessary for large-scale deep
renovation to happen in the residential building sector?
Q.3 What measure(s) have the most potential for
implementation in Ireland in a period of 5 to 15 years for
maximal impacts?

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Q.1 In your opinion, what are the main
barriers to large scale deep renovation
in the residential buildings sector?

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Renovation is not seen as a
priority
Deep renovation Cost
Split Incentive
Lack of Knowledge
Lack of Leadership
Perception
Lack of trusted intermediary advisors

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Q.2 What kind of changes are
necessary for large-scale deep
renovation to happen in the residential
building sector?

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Comprehensive and Independent
information
Introducing new legislation
The role of local communities
Flagship high quality
projects
Financial Support (home owners)
Raising awareness at governmental level
Financial Support (landlords)
Skills

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Thank you
Marion Jammet
www.buildupon.eu/ireland
marion@igbc.ie
01 681 5862
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 649727.

32. Session 2
Tackling the Awareness Issue
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33. Clare Watson
University College Cork
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34. #BuildUpon
Lunch Break

35. Session 3
The Importance of Data
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36. Jonathan Griffin
Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency
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37. Local Sustainable Energy Action Planning
Date: 31/05/2016
Presented By: Jonathan Griffin - CKEA

38. Data4Action – EU Funded Project
12 Member States, 14 Partners

39. Data4Action
 The main objective
 to improve the access for local authorities to energy data
 this energy data will be used to assist the local authority in Sustainable Energy Action
Planning (SEAP) and monitoring
 Local authorities are responsible for designing, implementing and monitoring
Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs)
 Effective monitoring required for these plans which requires the
 An availability of energy data for analysing trends
 Also to implement a continuous improvement process of the SEAP actions
 The challenge is to initiate a process to regularly exchange data between the
different stakeholders involved (utilities, energy data providers, public
authorities, etc.)

40. Covenant of Mayors Overview
 Signatories represent cities/regions/municipalities
 Committed to implement sustainable energy policies
 increased energy efficiency
 development of renewable energy sources
 6,317 signatories across Europe
 8 in Ireland
 Kilkenny County Council
 Carlow County Council
 Cork County Council, Kerry County Council, South Dublin County Council
 Tipperary County Council, Dublin County Council, Waterford County Council

41. CoM Targets
 European movement to mobilise local and regional authorities to meet &
exceed the EU 20-20-20 targets:
 20% decrease in Greenhouse gas emissions below 1990
levels
 20% reduction in primary energy use by improving energy
efficiency
 20% of EU energy consumption to come from renewable
resources

42. Data4Action and Covenant of Mayors
 Energy data is crucial for sustainable energy plans, which includes:
 energy consumption;
 as well as production on electricity, heat, gas;
 and transport data etc.
 Local energy data is then used for the calculation of the Baseline Emission
Inventory.
 Data4Action therefore facilitates public authority access to energy data through
effective and structured collaboration agreements with energy providers.

43. Energy Data –Why do we need it?
 Energy data is crucial for identifying trends and priority sectors
 Gives measures to target in terms of energy efficiency
improvement and transition towards renewable energy sources.
 Inscribed in the municipal and regional Sustainable Energy
Action Plans (SEAPs)

44. Data4Action and Covenant of Mayors
 Territorial break down of data for a more detailed local analysis
and for the monitoring of local actions.
 The Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency (CKEA) is acting as the
regional facilitator for the Regional Energy Observatory
energyhub.ie.
 CKEA has commitment from both Carlow County Council and Kilkenny County
Council with regards to provision of energy data for the observatory
 This website will facilitate stakeholders (local authorities, SMEs, utilities and
interested bodies) to have access to accurate regional energy data. Both Carlow
County Council and Kilkenny County Council have signed the CoM

45. Data4Action and Covenant of Mayors
 Energy data sharing also has advantages for companies such as energy suppliers or
network operators.
 By sharing their data they can actively participate and contribute to climate action
plans that are also useful for their public reputation.
 Through data sharing energy suppliers and network operators also get a better
overview of the whole market at the local level and hence, they can better anticipate
the future needs of communities, territories and especially consumers.
 Advantages
 centralised data collection and analysis system
 decrease of uncertainties to measure future trends

46. Who can engage?

47. Collaboration agreements
 Are Key to Success!!
 Have buy in: Politically and from the Utility providers
 The main problems encountered are unavailable or low quality data from providers
 Creating a data centre energyhub.ie is supposed to simplify the access to energy
data at regional and local level
 Collaboration agreements with data providers are foreseen to guarantee the quality
of input data, the centralised database of consumptions will unify the data
processing and analysis of SEAPs
 By having these collaboration agreements and access to high quality energy data at
a local level – will inform the decision makers at a local level
 Having a relevant story to tell from the data collected to promote the aims of the
SEAP

48. Barriers
 Commercial sensitivity to sharing energy data
 Need to highlight the importance of sharing energy data at a local level to
Distributed System Operators
 Data needs to be reviewed and verified
 Lack of technical knowledge
 Lack of political engagement
 Time – for data monitoring, collection, review and verification

49. Success Factors
 As part of the EU Energy 2020 Strategy, member states must Increase Energy
Efficiency with a particular focus on the Public Sector
 CKEA: Support and manage public sector energy efficiency since 2009
 Ambitious objectives for public sector consumption – 33% in Ireland
 Measure public sector energy activity & consumption
 Support and manage public sector energy efficiency
 M&R (Monitoring and Reporting) is carried out by CKEA on all public sector
energy activity and data every year
 Communication with all stakeholders throughout the process
 This concludes into SEAP actions for the Energy MAP in the coming years

50. Lessons Learned
 The process of setting up collaboration agreements is a long process – be
patient!!
 The collaboration agreements should be “Win Win” for both parties. Like all
good business agreements.
 Set out clearly the sectors to target. Then prioritise the most important and start
with those.

51. Lessons Learned
 Ensure that the data format is agreed and where possible made as painless and
transparent as is possible for the data provider. You don’t want to be seen as a
nuisance.
 Regularly update the collaboration partners with progress in the program.
 Continuously engage the elected representatives in the process. They need
education and are interested. Linking weather incidents to SEAP is opportunity.

52. Thank You!
 For Further Information and support:
 www.data4action.eu
 www.energyhub.ie
 Your local contact for Data4Action is
 Jonathan Griffin
 +353 (0)56 7790857
 jgriffin@ckea.ie

53. Albert Jordan
DCENR
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54. Introduction to the
Warmth and Wellbeing Pilot Scheme
Dr. Albert Jordan
Policy Analyst, Energy Efficiency & Affordability Division
Department of Communications, Climate Change & Natural Resources
(formerly Dept. Communications, Energy & Natural Resources)
IGBC Workshop - 31 May 2016 - Cloughjordan
Slide 54

55. Slide 55

56. Policy Context
Energy
• White Paper (Dec. 2015)
– Vision = low carbon energy future
– Citizen engagement
– Multiple benefits of energy efficiency
Energy Poverty Strategy – (Feb. 2016)
– Key Action - Warmth and Wellbeing pilot scheme
Health
– Healthy Ireland Framework - Focus on prevention -
Healthier for longer - Wellbeing valued
– Everyone’s responsibility
Slide 56

57. Energy Efficiency and Health
• IEA work on multiple
benefits
• Warm Up New Zealand
scheme
• Link between cold
damp houses and
respiratory diseases, as
well as general
wellbeing
Slide 57

58. Warmth and Wellbeing – What?
• Deep energy efficiency
improvements
• Attic and wall insulation
• Ventilation
• Heating systems
• Boiler replacement
• Energy advice
• €20,000,000/3yr.
Slide 58

59. Warmth and Wellbeing – How?
• Referral from healthcare
professionals
• Survey of house by SEAI
surveyor - KSN
• Works carried out by SEAI
registered contractor
• Impact Assessment
Slide 59

60. Warmth and Wellbeing
Who + Where?
Pilot Participants
• People living with COPD or asthma
• Households on the Fuel Allowance
• People aged over 55 in 2016
• Pilot Area (2016) = Dublin 12 and 24.
Slide 60

61. Warmth and Wellbeing – When?
• Pilot to run for 3 years,
from 2016
• Intend to widen scope
to include families with
children in 2017
• The evaluation will
indicate potential for
national rollout
Schedule:-
• Referrals from March
• Works from May-Sept.
Slide 61

62. Warmth and Wellbeing Evaluation
• Independent evaluation of health status and
outcomes
• Revisit house at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years
• Build evidence base for wider national rollout
Slide 62

63. For further information contact:
Ken Cleary: ken.cleary@dcenr.gov.ie
Eileen O’Connor: eileen.oconnor@dcenr.gov.ie
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Slide 63

64. #BuildUpon
Coffee Break

65. Session 4
Financing Deep Renovation in
Rural Ireland
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66. #BuildUpon
Paul Kenny
CEO
Tipperary Energy Agency

67. Superhomes Approach
(i.e. NZEB Retrofit)
Paul Kenny, B.E. C. Eng.
Chief Executive
Tipperary Energy Agency
31st May 2016

68. 2006 House of
Tomorrow
Shallow
Retrofit 80
homes (F to D)
EU SERVE
project 400
buildings E1 to B2
(HES Pilot)
2013-2015
~1000 fuel
poverty/ Shallow
F to E
Super-Homes
D2 to A2/3 Deep
Retrofit
TEA & Domestic Retrofit
“We’re frustrated with lack of depth and
continued use of fossil fuels. We need
deeper, faster and renewable retrofit”
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69. Domestic CO2 reduction options
• Passive House Retrofit
• At generational retrofit (30-50 years) –
when large works being undertaken:
– External insulation to foundation, and
through soffit.
– Remove ceilings, membrane
installation, and replace floor.
– New windows & doors, airtight to
fabric.
– Airtightness to 0.6-2 ACH;
– HRV, External airsource stoves,
heatpumps with underfloor heating.
– 80k+ additional cost Vs standard
deep renovation (re-wire/ plastering/
plumbing)
– BER of 40-60 kWh/M2/annum.
– €200-€400 to heat.
– 85%+ Reduction in Energy
– 1.8M houses @80k = 144Bn Euro.
Superhomes:
• At deep retrofit w/o long payback
fabric upgrades but higher
ongoing heat use using RES-E
(via grid)
– External insulation where required;
– Achieve moderate Air tightness.
– New front doors.
– New windows where required;
– Demand controlled extract ventilation.
– Heatpumps designed to COP 3
– 20-40k cost. (28k in 2015)
– BER of A3/B1 kWh/M2/annum. (67 in
2015)
– €400- €600 to heat Vs €1800
– 1.8M houses @28k = 50Bn Euro.
– €2Bn/ Annum Vs <€200M today

70. “I don’t know what to do, How do I know what is value for money? What product is
good, and what is not?”
“Who will do the work, and how can I trust them?”
“I can’t afford the capital cost, but I have high bills!”
“I want cheap finance, but am reluctant to re-mortgage”
“It’s too much hassle, if only someone would just do it for me!”
“Who will make sure it is done correctly”
“if I sell the house, all the money will be wasted”
“How can we expect home owners to design and implement a retrofit of this quality
– we need to have an offering, like this” - DCENR
Barriers to Deep Retrofit

71. • Superhomes Designed to bring SERVE experience to NZEB
• Expert guided deep retrofit.
• Panel of contractors compete for work
• Negotiation on final measures with advice.
• Arranged Grants
• Arranged Finance
• Certification of works
• Research
• Policy input
What Is Superhomes?

72. Superhomes 2015
Retrofit heat-pumps: “it can’t be done”
• Heat pumps won’t work because of high temp radiators and poor
airtightness; air-tight houses need ventilation
• Solution: Design radiators to 45°C @-3°C; 35°C average
• Retrofit airtightness & forced ventilation
• Deal with open flues.
• Including sensible standard retrofit measures
Implementation:
• Trusted advisor (sell, survey &
educate).
• Procure and manage contractor &
ensure delivery & value.
• Manage grants / payments /
contracts/ monitoring.
• Electric Ireland: Energy credits &
smart energy control trial
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73. Homeowner Testimonials
• “If I didn’t save any money on this project, it would still be worthwhile” – Homeowner
after investing 15k
• “I never even heard of air-quality, the combination of heat and air quality has
made a massive difference to the comfort of this home”. 2003 timberframe home with
UFCH
• “We used to smell my sons hurling kit, now we have to look for it.”
• “No longer smell the dogs in the house”
• “I’m down to less than €20 a week to heat my house, That would have been
€50+ last year!”
• “I’m amazed what a difference a constant temperature makes to comfort”
• “I want to go to bed now, my room is no longer cold” - Emer aged 6.
• “The only reason I applied was because of the TEA, Trust is a big part of the
decision”
“What you have achieved here for the investment is very impressive –
specially the comfort & air quality” - DCELG

74. Homeowner Value Equation
Value
Trusted &
Demonstrated
Savings
Quality
Value
Service
Comfort
Appearance &
Environmental
Performance

76. • Non profit, public good social
enterprise
• Partnership approach
• Energy management
• Renewable energy and energy
efficiency
• Procurement, project mgmt.
• Cost effective, value driven
• Paul Kenny
• Chief Executive
• T: 052 7443090
• F: 052 7443012
• E: pkenny@tea.ie
• W: www.tea.ie
Tipperary Energy Agency

77. St. Canice’s Community Energy Loan Scheme 2015
In Partnership with:
CKEA (Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency)
SEAI (Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland)
Presentation By: Jonathan Griffin (CKEA)
Date: 31st May 2016

78. Application
• Application made in November 2014
• St. Canice’s Credit Union Ltd. as lead Applicant
• Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency as Project Coordinator
• Offering loan Rate 6.4% (APR 6.6%)
• 30% loan on all energy efficiency upgrades.
• Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (HRI), 13.5 tax credit
back over 2 Years
• Sale of Energy Credits at €0.075 per kWh Saved
• 40,000 active member accounts.
Summary of Project Finances Project Application Cost
Total Eligible Cost €1,215,000
Total SEAI Grant €300,000
Total kWh Saved 975,150 kWh

79. Approval
• Technical and Financial review by SEAI
• Follow up technical and financial queries to CKEA and St
Canices Credit Union
• Final approval given in and letter of offer in March 2015
Summary of Project Finances Project Application Cost
Total Eligible Cost €1,185,000
Total SEAI Grant €300,000
Sale of Energy Credits €78,180
Total kWh Saved 977,000 kWh

80. Promotion
• Social media
• Facebook - CKEA & St Canice’s CU
• Twitter - CKEA & St Canice’s CU
• Linked In - CKEA
• Local Radio - KCLR
• Local Newspaper
• Kilkenny People
• Kilkenny Reporter
• Coffee Morning Mornings
• Promotion Evenings - St Canice’s CU Branches
• Workshop Event with local contractors and suppliers

81. Challenges
• Time of the year when programme was launched (March)
coming out of winter planning for summer.
• Increase in grant funding from national home energy
efficiency scheme at the same time as Community Energy loan
scheme launch.
• Time scale to complete projects – October 2015 (8 Months)
• Time required to carry out energy audits.
• Working audits around working hours.
• Not all measures were allowed
• Photovoltaic not grant eligible leading to
loss of projects.
• Limited to Kilkenny Common Bond Members

82. Results
Community Energy Loan Scheme - Piolet 2015
81 Expressions of Interest made
43 Completed Projects

83. Dwelling Examples

84. Learnings
• Launch scheme during winter months when people are more
aware of energy costs, home comfort conditions etc.
• Closing date for scheme needs to be over longer period than 8
months
• A reduced energy auditing process and tools implemented
half way through project.
• Push to allow PV as an eligible measure in future projects
• Active marketing within some of the large
companies within the city.
• Additional communication between
SEAI, CKEA & St Canices CU
(Joint meetings every 2 Weeks)

85. Plans for 2016
• Application for larger Project to incorporate more Credit
Unions within the County.
• Application for a larger project which will greater facilitate
applicants during the winter period.
• Streamline application process with the introduction of a
online application and tender system.

86. Thank You
For Further Information Contact
Paddy Phelan (Manager)
Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency
admin@ckea.ie
Follow CKEA on Twitter @CKEAgency
Like Us on Facebook “Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency”

87. Co-Creating Ireland’s National
Renovation Strategy – V.2
Cloughjordan, 31st May 2016