Energy – Local Enterprise Office

The grant is for capital costs to implement the recommendations of the Green for Micro report,  GreenStart report or recent energy audit by a SEAI. 50% of the costs up to a max of €5,000.

Eligible costs for the grant are as follows:

• Meters (electricity, gas, diesel, oil, water, steam & loggers) and installation costs
• Smart energy controls e.g., heating, cooling, lighting, automatic on/off systems, parasitic load controls
• Upgrade lighting to LED (only as part of a package of eligible cost measures)
• Replacement/upgrade with more energy efficient system, e.g. Heat Pumps (including air, water, and ground source) for manufacturing heating processes
• Heat recovery
• Small wind & hydro subject to feasibility assessment
• Equipment (>10 years) replacement/upgrade such as refrigeration unit, electric steam boiler, electric oven, industrial dishwasher, engineering equipment
• System components upgrades such as variable speed drives, pumps, fans, condensers, extraction systems, cold room doors