Residents in Cork city will have warmer homes and reduced energy bills after Cork City Council completed the first stage of a €6.2 million energy upgrade of 14 apartment blocks.
These works aim to improve the quality of social housing stock, to reduce heating costs and to bring down our carbon footprint.
Families of all ages and elderly people live in the apartment blocks in Togher which are the first two of 14 Cork City Council apartment blocks that are due to undergo a deep energy retrofit. Similar works are underway at two more apartment blocks and should be completed early in 2019.
Work is also due to start on 10 more blocks in early 2019 as part of this pilot project. In total, 129 homes will be refurbished as part of the €6.2 million project which is 50% funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Southern Assembly and the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government.
Twenty one properties at Edward Walsh Road received new external insulation, new stoves, upgraded heating systems, new windows and doors, improved ventilation, the installation of air to water heating systems in ground floor apartments, and installation of solar PV panels on upper apartments.
Air tightness tests were also undertaken. Roof repairs were also carried out and chimneys were replaced in some homes. Final snagging and commissioning is ongoing. The BER value of the property will improve from high Cs and Ds to B1 ratings and a number of A3 ratings.
