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The CEG is Ireland’s national retroﬁt initiative aimed at upgrading building stock and facilities to high standards of energy efﬁciency and renewable energy usage.

Funding rates are 30% and 50% for commercial and community organisations respectively. Residential and public sector projects also qualify. Most energy retroﬁt projects are eligible with the exception of oil or gas boiler upgrades (or any upgrade that uses fossil fuel). Energy monitoring, project design and other projects costs, including our project coordination fees are also eligible costs for the purposes of the grant.

A key to our success is striking the correct balance between community and commercial beneﬁciaries for each of our applications. We match sustainable energy communities (SEC’s), sports clubs and other not-for-proﬁt community projects with commercial energy upgrades to optimise innovative partnerships and funding as required by the application process.

SEAI requires an energy audit for each site applying for a grant under the CEG programme. FutureFit can help with this. See “Energy Audit” page for more information.

John and his team at FutureFit helped us secure grant funding for CHP and pump upgrades at the Woodlands hotel in Limerick. The grant process can often be tricky but with FutureFit’s help it was painless.I have already recommended their services to others and would have no hesitation in doing so again.

Conor Fitzgerald

Woodlands Hotel, Adare, Co Limerick

Sportslink is a large modern leisure centre with multiple facility located in Santry Dublin 9. Our energy costs are considerable however with the help of Mr Harrington and FutureFits we managed reduced our bills significantly and received funding for 3 consecutive years. We have upgrade our indoor facilities and floodlights on our Astro Pitch , Tennis Court, Bowling Green and Avenue Lights. Sportslink also install a new combined heat and power unit (CHP) for the entire site. With Mr Harrington’s assistance we have connected with a large employer in our community who provided top-up funding for this project. Sportslink have always found Mr Harrington, professional, friendly, helpful and always available to assist when necessary. I am very pleased to recommend Mr Harrington and Futurefit to any potential customer.

Liam Brennan

Chairperson, Sportslink

FutureFit were extremely helpful in helping Kildare County Council understand SEAI's grant process for energy upgrades to properties within our remit. As SEC mentors, FututeFit also helped recruit our Sustainable Energy Communities and were instrumental in developing our innovative partnership approach with them, something other county councils have since adopted.

Barry Griffith

Facilities and Energy Manager, Kildare County Council

John in FutureFit helped us source SEAI funding for a refrigeration upgrade for our shop in Carndonagh, Co. Donegal in 2018. He explained the grant process clearly and worked with our contractors to secure both the technical and financial information required. When part of the grant was withheld by SEAI, FutureFit lodged an appeal to ensure it was fully restored. They were pleasant and professional to work with and never gave up until the grant was paid.

Michael Doherty

Director, Carndonagh Shopping Centre, Co Donegal.

Faith in Action Ballineaspaig Parish is a Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) in Cork. Our aim is to develop a sustainable energy system in our parish and surrounding areas. We are grateful to FutureFit for facilitating our collaboration with a local business in a Better Energy Community (BEC) project. As part of the project, they made a community contribution to our SEC of a percentage of the SEAI grant they received, which has enabled us to make alterations to our parish meeting room to provide more energy efficient lighting and heating.

Clare McCutcheon

Faith in Action, Ballineaspaig Parish, Co. Cork

CLG Na Fianna successfully applied through FutureFit in 2017 for SEAI grant aid to help with a major refit of some club infrastructure, including virtually all the lighting fittings in the clubhouse. The aim was to reduce the energy consumption and maintenance costs and ultimately to save ongoing expenses while helping the general environment. We had known John Harrington/FutureFit for a number of years at that point and we were always very impressed with his practical knowledge and great enthusiasm for the whole area of improving the energy consumption and efficiency of existing installations. John and his team guided us through the application and vetting process which in due course led to a successful result and we were able to complete the project with approx. 50% grant funding making the decision to proceed with the work possible.

Brian O'Sullivan

Former Chairman CLG Na Fianna, Mobhi Rd. Dublin 9

Clients often ask us if we can help secure SEAI grants for our energy efficient lighting. There’s only a few companies we’d trust to help us deliver those grants and FutureFit is one of them. We’ve worked with John and his team since 2013 and would highly recommend them to energy measure suppliers looking to attract funding for their client energy upgrades.

Paul Martin

Director of Sales at Verde LED.