Project description
Innovative retrofitting for Ireland’s homes
The SuperHomes concept developed by Irish company TEA consists of a highly efficient home-retrofitting process combining a range of the most appropriate and cost-effective energy standards and providing a one-stop shop system. The EU-funded Superhomes2030 project will perform a scalable increase of SuperHomes’ concept in Ireland, resulting in high energy savings. The project will develop four Regional SuperHome One Stop Shops engaging 80 high-performance contractors to provide quality retrofits all over the country. It will also offer homeowners, surveyors, contractors and technical staff capacity building and training as well as attractive finance solutions independent of public finances. The project will create open-source energy performance data platforms and optimise technical analysis, design systems and solutions. Superhomes2030 will support a Deep Retrofit Community of Practice across Europe to share experience, knowledge and competence.
Objective
The aim of Superhomes2030 is to dramatically scale the Superhomes offer (a concept developed by TEA) in Ireland from a model which completes 100/€6m worth of retrofits per annum in 2019 to 500/€36m per annum by 2023, and 3,000/€150m per annum by 2030 (10% of National Target). The expanded and improved Superhomes service would result in 48 GWh savings (between 2020 and 2023) compared to a Business as Usual scenario of 27GWh. This ambition will be achieved through the development of
• 4 Regional Superhome One Stop Shops which will engage 80 High Performance Contractors to deliver quality retrofits nationally
• capacity building and training for homeowners/surveyors/contractors/technical staff (>200 people trained)
• attractive finance solutions independent of public finances, financing >€67m per annum by 2030
• optimisation of technical analysis and design systems and solutions.
• creation of open source energy performance data platforms which demonstrate the value of undertaking nZEB retrofits to the market
A Growth Strategy will be developed which will inform Innovative Business models based on the concept of regional “one stop shop”. Superhomes2030 will facilitate a Deep Retrofit Community of Practice (CoP) across Europe where leading experts, practitioners and agencies involved in Deep Retrofit will share experience, knowledge and competency thus driving the retrofit agenda. Technical solutions using best practice standards will be developed which will be future proofed to include new innovations and technical solutions. Opportunities to expand the Superhomes model outside of Ireland will also be explored, using linkages created through the European Heat Pump Association and FEDARENE.
If successful Superhomes2030 will implement 10% of all retrofits in Ireland by 2030 and a total investment of €657m from 2020 to 2030, supporting 13,000 FTE jobs in the construction and retrofitting sector, and saving 167 kilotonnes of CO2.
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CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
E21 Tipperary
Ireland