As many as one million homes built in the last century are considered to be significantly energy inefficient.
The programme 'Towards Zero' will launch on 21 June at the National Deep Retrofit Conference at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
Delegates will explore the challenges and opportunities, and share experiences of deep retrofitting of homes.
"We're exploring ways to help homeowners overcome the various barriers to deep retrofit, while exploring opportunities to build a robust and sustainable supply chain to support this activity. It is also essential that this is completed in the context of what a smarter home, and a smarter grid will look like in the future," said Jim Gannon, Chief Executive of SEAI.
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"Over a number of years we have completed a wide range of pilot studies of different financing and technical solutions. Budget 2017 gave us extra funds to co-ordinate and extend these pilots, enabling us to provide a ‘clearing house’ and best practice platform for national Deep Retrofit activities. Each year the conference will chart our collective progress as SEAI and others upgrade Ireland's building stock to the highest efficiency levels."
The 'Towards Zero' project will seek to engage all stakeholders in the process and aims to encourage all homeowners to ensure their home is extremely energy efficient with a low energy requirement.
