According to the ESRI we had deep retrofitted just under 58,000 homes or 11.5 per cent of the target by the end of 2024.
The dubious wisdom of relying on heroic assumptions about people renovating their homes and buying new cars to cut emissions has been cruelly exposed.
The latest domino to fall is the ludicrous prediction in the Climate Action Plan that €500 million worth of grants would lead to the “deep retrofitting” of 500,000 homes by 2030 on top of the installation of 400,000 heat pumps. These measures are supposed to account for roughly 10 per cent of our emission reductions target agreed with the EU.
According to the ESRI we had deep retrofitted just under 58,000 ho
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