BER Energy Consultants Dublin

BER Energy Consultants Dublin

Business grants

Want to cut down on energy costs and meet energy saving targets? Our business grants have helped organisations all over Ireland make significant savings.

What an energy audit involves

An energy audit is an important step for businesses that want to save money, save energy, and enhance their brand. An energy audit may be carried out on buildings, processes, or systems and it is a three-step process which involves preparation, a site visit and reporting. The audit report that compiles the findings will help you to understand:

• how much energy your business uses
• the equipment and processes that use the most energy
• what actions you should take to save energy, and their estimated cost and impact

Support scheme for energy audits

SEAI’s support scheme for energy audits (SSEA) offers SMEs a €2,000 voucher towards the cost of a high quality energy audit. In most cases, this will cover the total cost of the audit. Application to the scheme is easy, with automatic approval for eligible businesses.

Eligibility

Businesses applying to the scheme must be:

• non-obligated entities
• tax compliant
• registered in the Republic of Ireland
• spend at least €10,000 on energy (exclusive of transport energy costs) per year at the site being audited
• There is a limit of 1 audit voucher per Applicant/Company

Definition of non-obligated entities

Non-obligated entities are organisations that do not have to complete an energy audit under Article 8 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (transposed into Irish legislation in SI426). Non obligated entities are either:

• small and medium enterprises (SMEs), or
• public sector bodies with a useful floor area less than 500m2 and spending less than €35,000 per year on energy

If you are not sure whether your business is an SME, or if you are a linked enterprise, please review the definition to ensure that you are eligible for the scheme.