New Report Finds Retrofitting The Biggest Cost To Improving Ireland's Energy Systems

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A local expert has been offering some advice on upgrading your home.

Homeowners shouldn't consider investing in a heat pump until their home is brought up to standard.

That's the advice from Gilbert Bryan from Metac Engineering in Mountrath, following the publication of new ESRI report.

It found the main cost in Ireland's efforts to improve our energy systems lies in the retrofitting of homes.

Gilbert says, while heat pumps are hugely efficient compared to oil and gas, the energy can easily go to waste:

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