The Warm Home Hub Galway, creating warmer, healthier & more energy efficient homes - a pilot programme in conjunction with EU NetZeroCities & Galway City Council.
The Warm Home Hub is a community one-stop-shop for retrofit located in Westside, established to guide households in the area through the retrofit process. The Warm Home Hub team provide a free consultancy service to households interested in finding out more about the energy efficiency of their home. The Warm Home Hub team offer guidance on available grants, cost saving calculations, retrofit options and home energy upgrades, as well as providing free BER assessments to help households start their retrofit journey.
The Warm Home Hub was formed as part of the Galway City NetZeroCities pilot project , a European-funded initiative aimed at supporting cities to reduce their carbon emissions. Galway City’s project focuses on the energy efficiency of homes and a number of ideas, aimed at encouraging homeowners to retrofit their homes, are being trialled in the city’s Decarbonisation Zone, which covers the areas of Westside, Shantalla, Rahoon and Newcastle.
Improving energy efficiency in buildings is a top priority for Galway City on the road to net zero. A baseline study carried out by Galway City Council found that residential buildings account for over 40% of carbon emissions in Galway City. The Warm Home Hub was established to test a community and area-based approach to retrofit and to offer hands-on and practical support to households on energy use. Energy upgrades will improve the energy efficiency of homes but will also help make homes warmer, healthier and more comfortable to live in.
Each month on Galway Talks John Morley has an in depth look at some of the aspects of retrofit and the work that The Warm Home Hub Galway are doing.
Listen back
Episode 1 - Introducing The Warm Home Hub Galway Thurs 16th Jan '25
Episode 2 - Retrofitting your Home – Fabric First - Thurs 13th Feb '25
Join Sandra Riordan of the Warm Home Hub in Westside and insulation expert, Eddie Smith from Eco-wise, to discuss insulation for your home.
Fabric first – when looking to improve the energy efficiency of your home, it is important to look at the fabric of your house first – the walls, the ceiling, the floor – and to insulate against heat loss. This will ensure that the heat in your home stays in your home, increasing your comfort levels and reducing your heating bills.
- You can save up to €600 per year on heating bills by insulating the attic and walls of your home properly
- A home can lose up to 30% of its heat through poorly insulated roofs and walls
- A home can lose up to 10% of its heat through poorly performing windows, doors and uninsulated floors
- A well-insulated home will need good ventilation
There are grants available to help you to insulate your walls and attic to reduce heat loss and your heating bills. In many cases, the grants cover most, if not all, of the cost.
- Attic insulation - often the most cost-effective upgrade made to a house
- Cavity wall insulation - cavity walls are injected from the outside with insulation.
- Internal insulation (Dry Lining) - insulation boards are fixed to the inside of external walls
- External insulation - Insulating materials are fixed to the outer surface of external walls
Upcoming Events
The ‘Retrofit Rig’ is also returning to Galway City in February, it will be located at the community centre in Shantalla for the week commencing February 17th 2024, offering a range of formal and informal retrofit training, as well as drop-in clinics and information events for households.
Learn about the types of energy efficiency upgrades available to make your home more comfortable and cheaper to run -CLICK HERE
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
More information and a map of the project area is available on warmhomehub.ie. If you live within the area and are interested in home energy upgrade, start the journey today by contacting the Warm Home Hub. For details, visit warmhomehub.ie
Warm Home Hub Westside Resource Centre (next to Westside Library) Seamus Quirke Road Galway H91 C1KX
091 - 398 125
085 – 198 6975
The Warm Home Hub is a free service funded through the EU NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme, in collaboration with Galway City Council, Atlantic Technological University, Galway Energy Co-operative, Northern and Western Regional Assembly and University of Galway.
Areas served by the Warm Home Hub include
· Snipe Avenue, Snipe Lawn
· Inchagoill Road
· Corrib Park
· John Coogan Park
· Camillaun Park
· Moyola Park
· Ardilaun Road
· Corrach Bui
· Cnoc an Oir
· Rosán Glas
· Rockfield Park
· Claremont
· Cuar na Lus
· Tulach Ard
· Diarmaid Rd. / Bun a Chnoic
· Between Shantalla Rd and O' Conaire Rd (1 side) and end streets 1 side
· McDara, Fursey & Columcille Road (1 side) roads & surrounding roads on 1 side
· Colman's, O Flaherty's & Carrick Roads & surrounding roads on 1 side
· Shantalla side near O' Huiginn
· Ashe Rd
· Willow Park & University Close
· Hospital
· Carn Ard, Greenview Heights, near Circular Rd
· Laurel Park
· Inishannagh Park
· Gaelcarraig Park
