Get an energy audit Grant
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This call is open to small and medium-sized businesses. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Ireland.
The Support Scheme for Energy Audits from SEAI provides SMEs in Ireland with a voucher worth €2,000 towards a professional energy audit that identifies energy use, major consumers and savings actions. It is aimed at Irish small and medium-sized businesses that want to take a first step toward cutting energy costs and emissions.
About this grant
The Support Scheme for Energy Audits (SSEA) from Ireland's Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) offers small and medium-sized enterprises a voucher worth €2,000 towards the cost of a professional energy audit. An energy audit examines a business's buildings, processes or systems to show how much energy the business uses, which equipment and processes consume the most, and which actions would save energy, with estimated costs and impacts. The audit is a three-step process of preparation, site visit and reporting, and the resulting report helps businesses identify no-cost and low-cost savings, reduce exposure to energy price and carbon tax increases, and make informed investments in energy-saving measures and renewable technologies. The scheme is designed to remove cost as a barrier to businesses taking this first step. In most cases the voucher covers the total cost of the audit. Applicants choose a Registered Energy Auditor from SEAI's list who participates in the SSEA, agree the audit cost with them, register online, and receive a voucher with an application number by email automatically if eligible. The auditor then carries out the audit and claims payment from SEAI directly. The page notes that eligibility criteria have been updated, effective from 12 October 2026. SEAI gives no warranty as to the cost, quality or benefit of work provided under the scheme and accepts no liability for audits for which a voucher has been issued.
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Eligibility
Applicants must be organisations classed as SMEs that are not obligated to complete a mandatory energy audit under Article 11 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. This means average annual energy consumption over the previous three years (heat, electricity and transport combined) must be below 10 TJ (about 2.8 GWh). Obligated enterprises above this threshold that do not run an energy management system cannot use the scheme to fund their mandatory audit. Applicants must be tax compliant and registered in the Republic of Ireland, spend at least €10,000 per year on energy (excluding transport energy costs) at the site being audited, and be applying for a voucher for the first time. Each applicant or business is limited to one audit voucher.
Key requirements
- ✓Applicant must be an eligible small or medium-sized enterprise in Ireland; eligibility criteria were updated effective 12 October 2026
- ✓Choose a Registered Energy Auditor from SEAI's list who participates in the scheme and agree the audit cost with them before registering
- ✓Register online to receive a voucher and application number by email; the auditor then carries out the audit and claims payment from SEAI directly
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Frequently asked questions
- How much funding does Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) offer?
- Get an energy audit offers $2,200.
- Who can apply for Get an energy audit?
- Eligibility covers organisations in IE; sme. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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Energy efficiency funding covers building retrofits, industrial process upgrades, heat recovery, efficient equipment and demand reduction. It arrives as grants for audits and capital works, as support schemes run by agencies and utilities or as public tenders for retrofit and energy services. Applicants usually need a baseline of current energy use and a measured saving.
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