Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway homeowners are being urged to apply for grants to improve the energy efficiency of their houses.
It’s after CSO figures revealed that only eight percent of homes across Galway have a top-of-the-scale energy efficiency rating.
Most houses and apartments across the city and county have a BER rating of C1 or lower.
A building energy rating, or BER, is a rating on the overall energy efficiency of a building.
The rating is similar to an exam grade and is denoted on scale of A to G – with A1 being the most energy efficient and G being the least energy efficient.
Less than one percent of homes across Galway have an A rating, while less than one in ten homes have a B rating.
Fianna Fáil TD Anne Rabbitte says homeowners should avail of grant funding under the Better Energy programme in a bid to boost their efficiency ratings.