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00:00I'm Ciarán McCarthy, and I've been working as a building engineer for nearly 30 years.
00:07I get asked all the time, how do I save money on energy costs?
00:12Well, retrofitting is all over the news lately, and in this series I'm travelling around Ireland
00:18checking out homes that are getting energy upgrades.
00:21Look at the walls, that dark blue is the coldest.
00:23This is typically what I'd expect to see in an old house.
00:26With prices only going up and the planet under pressure, more and more people are saving money and energy
00:33in their homes by taking on the retrofit challenge.
00:36I'll be showing you what's actually doable and what kind of grants are out there to help.
00:41From heat pumps to HVAC, I'll break down the technical jargon and make sense of all the retrofit lingo
00:47so it's easy to follow.
00:48You're just bamboozled with all the decisions that need to be made.
00:51So, come with me as we retrofit Ireland and discover how you can reduce your energy costs.
00:59This is Heat My Home.
01:07Today, I'm on my way to County Tipperary, where I'm meeting up with Emma and Michael Morrissey.
01:13They live just outside Clomel in this four-bedroom bungalow, which they built in late 2003 and moved into in early 2004.
01:23They are hoping to upgrade it from its current BER rating of D1 to an A3 rating.
01:30They have enlisted the help of a one-stop shop who have planned to complete all the works in just a couple of days
01:36and get Emma and Michael back into the home of their dreams.
01:39It was the dream house because we lived in a corporation house beforehand
01:44and sure, it was lovely to actually get the opportunity to build our home.
01:48We did have the attic insulated and the walls pumped about two years ago
01:53and recommendations kind of came out of that.
01:56So, we started saving again and we kind of would hear a lot of the grants that are available
02:02and we kind of thought it was a good time.
02:05There is a draft we noticed in the house.
02:08We could be sitting here at night time and the door would kind of pop open
02:11or if I go close the curtains at night time, I can feel a draft coming in the windows.
02:17So, with all of that and the prices of energy is, you know, the electricity is going up
02:21and solid fuel has taken a big jump this winter, we notice.
02:25And it's a good time to actually start changing for the next generation.
02:29This will just be an advantage, one little advantage that we can make to change.
02:33And we have a new grandchild coming the first week in April, end of March
02:38and so it's a new generation in our house.
02:40So, it's kind of a new change all the way around.
02:43So, we really have no worries apart from the upheaval within the house
02:46for the few days that it's all been done.
02:48Before the upheaval starts, I can see that Emma and Michael have kept their home
02:55in the very best of order, which makes me wonder what they're hoping to achieve
02:59with their planned retrofit.
03:02As I look at the house, it's in pristine condition, isn't it?
03:06You know yourself now, it would take a bit of work,
03:08but the bones of the house need to be kind of upgraded a bit.
03:11Just the heating and all that, and that's what brings us here kind of today.
03:15Well, it sounds like a very exciting journey ahead.
03:17Will you show me the inside?
03:18I will, yeah, come along.
03:19Yeah, no colour.
03:23What a wonderful kitchen.
03:25Thank you very much.
03:25And are these the original windows?
03:27Yes, you see, everything is original in the house
03:29and now we feel it's time to kind of change.
03:32When you look at the windows, like, they're in such good condition,
03:34you think that they are, that they'll see...
03:35It's just the tell-tale signs.
03:36All these little drafts kind of make, you know, for a cooler house
03:39and we're hoping that the work we'll have done
03:42will kind of sort all this out.
03:44Emma and Michael have chosen triple glazing over double glazing
03:47because it provides an extra layer of glass
03:49which reduces heat loss more effectively.
03:52This means better energy efficiency and lower heating builds.
03:56Triple glazing can also improve soundproofing
03:59and reduce outside noise.
04:01And you're getting a new heating system.
04:02Tell me about the heating system.
04:04The heating system we're getting in is the air-to-water heat pump.
04:07We have at the moment an old Firebird internal boiler.
04:10So that's coming to the end of its life now.
04:12And we're getting new radiators and a new tank
04:15and system is going into the hot press then as well.
04:18So what is an air-to-water heat pump?
04:21Think of a domestic fridge.
04:23It extracts heat from inside the unit to keep food cold
04:26and you can feel that heat being released from the back.
04:30A heat pump works in a similar way but in reverse.
04:33It pulls in air from outside, extracts heat
04:36and uses a refrigeration process to raise the temperature.
04:41That heat is then transferred into water
04:43making it hot enough for your heating and your showers.
04:47To finish off my tour of the interior of the house
04:51Michael and Emma show me to the attic
04:53where they've taken the first steps towards a warmer home.
04:57Tell me, you've already had some insulation worked on here already?
05:00We've had.
05:00The floors are done.
05:02They've brought up the insulation.
05:04There was four mills, but then regulations changed and all that.
05:07They had to bring it up again.
05:08So they've all new insulation between your ceiling joists?
05:12Yes.
05:13And tell me, what works are happening up here now
05:15when the builders arrive?
05:16Well, mainly the ventilation system is going to come up through here.
05:19There's ventilation going into all the rooms
05:21and it's going to be plumbed up into the eaves here.
05:23The benefit of living in a bungalow is
05:25you have a full ventilation unit going in
05:27so you've ducts coming from all the habitable rooms
05:30and rather than looking for a route for all those ducts
05:34so they can go straight up to the ceiling,
05:35into the attic, crisscross and meet up with the ventilation unit.
05:39If you were living in a two-story house,
05:40it would be a bit trickier.
05:42Doable, but trickier.
05:43Yeah, so you have all the benefits of the bungalow anyway.
05:45Yeah.
05:46That's it for the interior for now
05:49and I want to head out to the driveway to have a look at the roof
05:52where Michael has plans for seven solar panels.
05:56This is a south-facing house
05:58so we will get most of our light during the day
06:01will be the front of the house.
06:02And the great thing about solar is
06:04you're going to create a lot of electricity
06:05particularly in the late spring
06:08all during summer right up into late autumn
06:10you'll be creating a lot of electricity
06:12a bit less in the winter clearly
06:14but of course all the savings you would have in the summer
06:17you can use to kind of generally offset
06:18some of the higher expenditure you'll have in the winter
06:20so on an annual basis
06:22you'll definitely be using less electricity
06:24a lot less electricity.
06:25And that's a big benefit.
06:27The Morrissey's are aiming to have this project done and dusted
06:30in two working days.
06:32I want to have a look at some of their costings
06:34and more importantly the grants that are available for the retrofit.
06:38We better get the paperwork out.
06:39We will.
06:40The torture bit.
06:42Let's see where it all lands.
06:45So the total cost of the retrofit before grants is 48,700 euros.
06:51Now in fairness that is a huge sum of money.
06:54When you put it all together like
06:55looking at things individually
06:56no when you put it all together
06:58you end up with a big figure like that.
07:00That must have shocked you when you first saw it.
07:02It is a shock.
07:02Yeah but we'll be pleasantly surprised
07:05when you see the grants that have come in.
07:06All right.
07:07I'm ready.
07:08Off you go.
07:09So the total cost of the retrofit after grants
07:1224,740.
07:14That's half price.
07:15That's an amazing isn't it?
07:16It's way under what we expected initially
07:19to have to pay out.
07:20That must have been a huge relief.
07:21It was and the grants were available to us
07:24were fantastic.
07:25So you can see now why
07:26we went for everything at the one go.
07:29It makes sense.
07:30It did.
07:30Get in all the builders in one go
07:32and get all the works done
07:33and get all the benefits then.
07:36And one of these days quite soon
07:38we'll close our front door
07:39and we'll have a lovely cosy home.
07:41Everything will be done.
07:42And there'll be no drafts around the front door.
07:43Absolutely.
07:44All right.
07:49We'll see you soon.
07:50Take care.
07:51Okay, folks.
07:51Take care.
07:52Bye-bye.
07:52Bye-bye.
07:52Bye-bye.
07:52Bye-bye.
07:52Bye-bye.
07:52Bye-bye.
07:55So there's an awful lot of work
07:57here ahead for Emma and Michael.
07:58This house has been their family home
08:00for over two decades.
08:01And now with the kids grown
08:02and the savings in place
08:04they're determined to transform their home
08:06into a warm, energy-efficient haven
08:08that they've always wanted.
08:10But will the timescale prove too much?
08:12We'll have to wait and see.
08:15The clock is ticking on this project
08:17and the contractors are on site in numbers.
08:21The plan is to complete all major works
08:23within two days
08:24which is a tight turnaround
08:26but it's not going to phase
08:29plumbing contractor Warren.
08:31It is a lot to get done in the time frame
08:33but from the moment we get here
08:35everybody is doing exactly what they should be doing
08:37when they need to do it
08:39and we all work really hard
08:41on the days we're doing these.
08:42to cause minimal disruption to the customers.
08:45Today we'll be taking out the oil boiler
08:47we'll be taking out the old radiators
08:48the old cylinder and the hot press
08:51we'll be fitting a new cylinder
08:52and we'll be fitting new radiators.
08:56We're going to have a new rad
08:57coming into the room here
08:58and there is no pipe work for it
09:00so we will use the pipe work
09:02on the other side of the hallway
09:04where there's an existing rad already
09:06so we will put the rad here
09:08where it'll come straight through
09:10and we'll be able to come straight through
09:11so the only bit of pipe work you'll have
09:12is literally up to the rad
09:14and there'll be no other extra pipe work or anything.
09:16Working alongside the plumbers on site
09:18the window contractors are on a tight schedule.
09:21They only have a few hours
09:22to swap out the old for the new
09:25and they're just in time
09:26because the existing windows
09:27leave a lot to be desired.
09:30The old windows they were leaking a lot of air
09:32the insulation detail around the window itself
09:34wasn't great
09:35so any air that came in through the cavity
09:37was then starting to come in
09:39at the side of the window.
09:40You can generate all the heat that you like
09:42and try and keep it at a constant temperature
09:44but if you can't hold that inside in the house
09:46you're trying to heat the whole world
09:48like it's not going to work.
09:49So yeah the new windows will get rid of all that
09:51so that will make the whole house a lot more efficient.
09:54We're heading for the end of day one
09:56here at the Morrissey's.
09:58Emma and Michael are dropping by
09:59to check up on progress
10:01and Emma is nicely surprised by what she sees.
10:04I love the door.
10:06Oh yeah it's nice.
10:07That's exactly what I wanted.
10:10Oh the windows are lovely aren't they?
10:11They're good solid frame.
10:13They look good solid heavy windows.
10:13They did a lovely job on them.
10:15Will we open one up?
10:16Do I open her up there and we'll see.
10:18Oh wow.
10:19Yeah it's lovely.
10:19Oh yeah.
10:20Isn't it nice?
10:21Yeah.
10:22Oh it's lovely isn't it?
10:23God it really puts a bit of light in doesn't it?
10:25It does.
10:25Even with the blind.
10:26You'd be surprised with the blind open.
10:28And they're really tidy.
10:30The tiles and everything.
10:31They didn't.
10:31There's no marking on the tile or nothing.
10:34Because it's all been done together
10:36we can see the benefits really quickly.
10:38Like in one day to pull out
10:39one two three four five six windows
10:42and have them replaced
10:43and a front door.
10:44That's great going.
10:45Yeah.
10:46We've had really no hiccups at all
10:48and it changes the house.
10:50I think it changes the house.
10:51It looks very different.
10:52Yeah.
10:53You know but then
10:53it's something now that we'll get used to
10:55and I'm sure we won't probably even notice it now
10:57in a couple of weeks
10:58but for now it's like everything else
11:00once you get something new
11:01it'll be lovely now coming into the summer.
11:03Yeah.
11:03I'm going to have to go back painting.
11:04Yes.
11:11Today I'm on my way back to Tipperary
11:14to catch up with Emma and Michael Morrison
11:16who are carrying out a full retrofit
11:18on their modern bungalow.
11:20This project is an unusual one
11:22in that all the works are to be completed
11:25in just two days.
11:28This is a big ask of the contractors involved
11:30so I'm very excited to see how it's all going
11:33and to hear what's still left to be done.
11:36Michael, good morning.
11:37How are you?
11:38Emma's at work today
11:39so Michael is flying solo.
11:41You've a lot done since I was here last.
11:43Yeah.
11:44You'd be amazed like what can be done
11:45in a day or two, do you know?
11:47So what's happening outside today Michael?
11:48So we have the heat pumps going in
11:50a few radios to be hung in the house itself
11:52and three windows going in at the back.
11:55There's a lot going on here today
11:57and I'm interested to see how work is progressing
12:00on the heat pump setup.
12:01What they're effectively doing here
12:03is they're attaching the outdoor unit
12:05to these rubberoid legs.
12:07There's a tiny bit of vibration
12:09as the fan goes around
12:10so you don't want that kind of vibrating
12:12so it's a modified rubber
12:13to dampen the noise really
12:14and the vibration.
12:16With the outdoor unit installed
12:18indoors Nigel is programming
12:20the heat pump system.
12:22So the heat pump would have been
12:23designed for 45 degrees to the radiators
12:26at minus three outdoor temperature.
12:28These are steel rads
12:29which work fine with a heat pump
12:30which as long as they're sized correctly.
12:32Yeah so it's an intelligent system.
12:34It isn't like gone are the days
12:35when you walk into the house
12:36the house is freezing
12:37you turn on the heating system
12:38these systems are already
12:40monitoring the outside temperature
12:41and the inside temperature
12:43and they're aligning the heat
12:44then to work with that.
12:45Exactly yeah.
12:46The heat pump will soon
12:47be up and running.
12:49Up in the attic
12:50I want to have a look
12:51at the demand control ventilation system
12:53that works in conjunction
12:54with the new heating setup.
12:56The interesting thing here
12:57is Mr. Reisman
12:58is lagging the extract pipes
12:59from the demand control ventilation unit
13:01to stop any condensation
13:03because these pipes
13:04will be coming into a cold attic
13:06and the last thing you want
13:06is the warm air condensing
13:08in the cold attic
13:09that's why you're lagging the pipes here.
13:14It's not just domestic setups
13:16that can benefit
13:17from demand control ventilation systems
13:19they can also be used
13:21in a wide variety
13:22of commercial applications.
13:24I'm paying a visit
13:25to Enniscary County Wicklow
13:26to sit down with cafe owner
13:28Peter Norton
13:29to find out more
13:30about the measures
13:31he has put in place
13:32to make his business
13:33more energy efficient.
13:37Peter, tell us about your cafe
13:39and how you got fascinated
13:40by energy saving.
13:42Fascinated is probably
13:42the correct way or whatever
13:43but no I bought here in 2001
13:46and we traded as normally
13:48and whatever
13:49and I just figured
13:50it could be done better
13:51and more efficiently
13:52and we basically looked at it
13:55we started off
13:56with the solar thermal
13:57which are the solar tubes
13:58which generates the water
14:00and then when we could afford it
14:01we went another bit
14:02and another bit
14:03and another bit.
14:04Obviously running a coffee shop
14:05like yours
14:05you had to be very cost efficient.
14:07What was the initial cost
14:08in all these works?
14:09How did that work?
14:10The solar thermal
14:11that cost about $5,000
14:13the heat pump cost about $6,000
14:15the big one
14:16was obviously the solar PV
14:17because unlike people's houses
14:19where they don't pay VAT
14:21you have to pay VAT on it.
14:22There's also
14:23it's a three phase inverter
14:24we use as opposed
14:25to a single phase inverter
14:26so that's obviously
14:27more expensive as well
14:28so that cost us $19,100
14:30and then the monitor
14:31was about $1,000
14:32on top of that
14:33but the monitor is brilliant.
14:35Behind the scenes
14:36Peter's taking me
14:37to see the engine
14:38that is driving
14:39the reduction
14:40of his energy bills
14:41in the cafe.
14:42This is the heat pump
14:43and it takes the hot air
14:45out of the kitchen
14:46which is the other side
14:47of the wall
14:47takes all the heat out of it
14:48it also helps us
14:49save on energy
14:50because we don't have to use
14:51the extracts in the kitchen
14:52as often
14:53this replaced
14:54our immersion
14:54so it's brilliant.
14:56So that's basically
14:57taking heat
14:58from the warm air
14:59that you're expelling
14:59in the kitchen
15:00and creating a hot water store
15:02for all your
15:02indoor hot water needs.
15:04Yes.
15:04You're getting heat
15:05from waste really
15:07which is really what I suppose
15:08I mean this is a real
15:09circular movement here
15:10in terms of energy efficiency.
15:11Yep, 100%.
15:12We used to have
15:14one big oven
15:14and what we did
15:15is replace it
15:16with two smaller
15:16energy efficient ovens.
15:18The main benefit
15:19of this obviously
15:20is the fact that
15:20different things
15:21are cooked
15:21at different temperatures
15:22so therefore you can
15:23maximise the energy
15:25efficiency of it.
15:26So we're reducing it
15:27by non-consuming it
15:27if you know what I mean.
15:31Outside of the facts
15:33and figures
15:33what is the overall
15:35benefit to your business?
15:37I personally believe
15:38that a business owner
15:39has a duty
15:40to the community
15:41their employees
15:42and we are
15:44very sustainable
15:45we're a lot more
15:46profitable than we used to be
15:48and then even
15:49from our staff
15:49and our customers
15:50point of view
15:51they love what we're doing.
15:52There is some customers
15:54who come here
15:55specifically because
15:56of what we do.
15:58Peter's Cafe
15:59is proof that
16:00even small businesses
16:01can take control
16:03of their energy use.
16:04With the right upgrades
16:05and planning
16:06savings on energy use
16:08can be real
16:09and measurable
16:09it's about using
16:11energy smarter
16:12and that's something
16:12we can all do
16:13whether it's a business
16:15or at home.
16:21Back in County Tipperary
16:23and the two day retrofit
16:24of Emma and Michael Morrissey's
16:26three bedroom bungalow
16:27is entering
16:28its final stages.
16:30The last major works
16:32to be carried out
16:33is the installation
16:34of seven solar panels
16:35to the south facing
16:36elevation of the roof.
16:38This is a straightforward process
16:40but Michael does have
16:41some questions
16:42for Supervisor Lewis.
16:45Installing of them
16:46and the fact like
16:47damaging leaks
16:48and that
16:48we get a lot of questions
16:50about that.
16:51We obviously use
16:52tried and tested
16:53mounting system
16:54and how it works
16:55it makes a very small hole
16:57in each part of the roof.
16:58That small hole
16:59is then filled
16:59and covered over
17:00by plastic flashing
17:01and then the original
17:02slates go back in
17:03so the roof is entirely
17:04watertight after that.
17:06You'll never hear
17:06a panel rattle
17:07and it'll never move
17:07and in terms of
17:09the integrity of the roof
17:10it's almost better
17:11than before we started.
17:12And the panels themselves
17:13what's the lifetime
17:15kind of guarantee
17:16lifetime of?
17:17Depending on the panel
17:18manufacturer
17:18the panels generally
17:19have 20 to 25 years
17:20warranty standing over them
17:21the mounting systems
17:22are similar
17:23I think the inverters
17:24are 10 years
17:24off the top of my head.
17:25Obviously it's still
17:26fairly new technology
17:27but if they're willing
17:29to put 25 years on it
17:30then obviously
17:30they're confident
17:31it's going to last that long.
17:33Before the contractors
17:34finish the job
17:35Lewis has some
17:36maintenance tips
17:37for Michael
17:38to ensure the solar panels
17:39work their best.
17:42The actual panels themselves
17:43they've got self-cleaning glass
17:44all we'd recommend
17:45is once every one or two years
17:47as service of the electrical side
17:48on the inside
17:49apart from that
17:49it's just once the lads
17:50are finished here today
17:51plug it in and go
17:52and then you're flying.
17:53You said by self-cleaning glass
17:54now how do you mean?
17:55Yeah so the glass
17:56has tiny little grooves
17:57in the glass
17:58and the water
17:58as it comes down
17:59from the rain
17:59gathers in those
18:00little grooves
18:01and pulls all the dirt out
18:02and that's how it works.
18:03If something did
18:04land on it
18:04or whatever
18:04you'd have to really obscure
18:05quite a large percentage
18:07of the panel
18:07before it was affected.
18:09So once they're up there
18:10leave them up there
18:10and let them do their job.
18:16Just 48 hours ago
18:18Emma and Michael Morrissey's
18:20dream home
18:20that they built in 2003
18:22was invaded
18:23by a host
18:24of different contractors
18:25who were given
18:26who were given the task
18:26of carrying out
18:27a retrofit
18:28that aimed to improve
18:29the home's BER rating
18:30from its current D1
18:32to a much cozier A3.
18:36It was a huge endeavour
18:37for the one-stop shop
18:39to coordinate
18:39and I'm back
18:41for one final visit
18:42to see how it all
18:43finished up
18:44and to find out
18:45about Emma and Michael's
18:46experience
18:47of the whole process.
18:48The amazing thing
18:50about your project
18:50was it only took
18:52a few days?
18:53I know.
18:53How was the whole process?
18:55It was busy.
18:56It was very quick,
18:57very busy
18:58but we were only exhausted
18:59for a couple of days.
19:00But I suppose
19:01you would have had
19:01as much upheaval
19:02if you had to move out
19:03and take your gear
19:04out of the house.
19:05Oh sure, I think
19:05we would have had
19:06more upheaval
19:07to be honest.
19:07We just continued on
19:08with work
19:09and life went on.
19:11And so your original BER
19:12was a D1.
19:14That's right.
19:14And we all remember
19:15from school
19:15that D1 was never
19:16a great result to get
19:17and I know you were
19:18hoping to get into the A's.
19:21What did you get
19:22in the end?
19:23A2.
19:24Great.
19:24Yeah, so we were
19:25really chuffed.
19:26That's an amazing result.
19:27It is, yeah.
19:28It has just brought
19:29new life to the house.
19:31Yeah, and we're really
19:32finding the benefits
19:33of it now.
19:33Well, having spoken
19:34about the house so much
19:35and your new A rating,
19:37I'm dying to see
19:38what it's like inside.
19:38Will you show me around?
19:39Lovely.
19:40Thanks.
19:44But the one thing
19:45I'm noticing about this
19:46from straight away
19:46is there seems to be
19:48a lot more light
19:49than when I first saw it.
19:50There is, yeah.
19:51Because we always
19:52really had light here
19:53because of the four windows
19:54but with the extra
19:55plain pane of light
19:57we do see a difference,
19:58definitely.
19:59And the room
20:00is so quiet.
20:01Like we have a reasonably
20:02busy road aside
20:03and you can't hear a thing.
20:04The actual window,
20:04the triple glazed windows
20:06have done the job.
20:07We would hear noise
20:08to a certain extent
20:09but it has kind of
20:10reduced it.
20:12So now your living space
20:13has been renovated,
20:14you've a much more
20:15efficient house.
20:16What's it like to live in?
20:18It's very comfortable,
20:19very cozy,
20:21very quiet.
20:22It's lovely.
20:23We have the ventilation
20:24system then over the cooker
20:25so it kind of takes out
20:27all the smells,
20:29the steam from cooking
20:30and we have no
20:31condensation on windows.
20:33All that helps,
20:34the ventilation system
20:35helps with that
20:36and we have that
20:37throughout all the rooms.
20:38No drafts anymore.
20:40At the back of the house
20:41is the outdoor unit
20:42of the air to water
20:44heating system
20:44which I know
20:46can be the source
20:46of a low level
20:47humming noise.
20:49Would you be that
20:49conscious of it now
20:50in the summer
20:50if you're setting out?
20:51No.
20:52I think initially
20:53the first few times
20:54and maybe the first
20:55coming into the summer
20:55that we set out
20:56but then you don't
20:58hear it anymore.
20:58It's like it's a noise
21:00that you get used to.
21:01It's not particularly
21:02intrusive.
21:02No.
21:03The interesting thing
21:03about a heat pump
21:04is it needs
21:05a very efficient envelope
21:07because it doesn't
21:08send a phenomenal
21:09amount of heat
21:09into the house
21:10so what it does send in
21:12it needs to stay there
21:13which is why
21:13you've got all the work
21:14done on the envelope
21:15of your house.
21:16I know in the past
21:16you've had the walls
21:17pumped and you've got
21:18extra insulation
21:19in the attic
21:19so you have a very
21:20efficient envelope now
21:21which works particularly
21:22well with the heat pump
21:23but you'd need it.
21:24You can't just replace
21:25an oil boiler
21:25with a heat pump.
21:27Not unless you have
21:28the efficiency work
21:29done on the envelope
21:30of the house.
21:31It's kind of a package
21:31deal then isn't it?
21:32Yeah effectively
21:33it is exactly yeah.
21:34The transformation here
21:36is just great
21:37and the A2 rating
21:39is an absolute bonus
21:40but I'm curious
21:42to hear about
21:42the final part
21:43of the retrofit package.
21:46So Michael
21:46how was the solar
21:47working out for you?
21:48Good yeah
21:49most of the work
21:50was done upstairs
21:51and that
21:51I actually have
21:52an app on the phone
21:53you can see here
21:54your savings for the year
21:55your savings for the month
21:57and your daily savings.
21:59It all tallies up
21:59at the end of the day.
22:00It simplifies it then.
22:01Great
22:01and of course
22:02when you can track it
22:03then you can kind of
22:03improve it a little bit
22:04on like what time
22:06do you do your cooking
22:07and all that sort of things
22:08to coincide with
22:09better rates
22:10and all that
22:10time of the day
22:11and the great thing
22:12about the solar panels
22:13is our electricity bill
22:15was nearly 300
22:16before we got
22:17the solar panels in
22:18but our August bill
22:20was 114 euro.
22:22That's a huge difference.
22:23We were really surprised.
22:24So things are working
22:26and we're beginning
22:26to see the benefits.
22:27It's time for Emma
22:30and Michael
22:31to show off
22:32their new
22:32energy efficient house.
22:34Friends and neighbours
22:35are here to see
22:36how the Morrissey's
22:37heat their home today
22:38but guest of honour
22:40for the grand tour
22:41is their first grandchild
22:42Ellie.
22:44It's lovely.
22:45It's really nice.
22:46The windows make
22:46a huge difference.
22:47Yeah, definitely.
22:48That's really
22:49compact.
22:50Yeah, it's fabulous.
22:52It's cosy,
22:53fabulous, yeah.
22:55Just amazing looking.
22:56Huge difference, yeah.
22:57It's like a constant
22:58steady heat
22:59which is lovely.
23:00You've done a fantastic job.
23:01The house was great
23:02before the works were done
23:04but it's even better now.
23:07Hey.
23:08Whoa.
23:09It's been a long road
23:10in some ways
23:11but it was great
23:12to have it done.
23:13We have almost like
23:14a brand new house
23:15we feel.
23:16It took us a little while
23:17to get used to
23:18how it works
23:19but we really enjoy it now.
23:21It has changed the house,
23:23changed the heating,
23:23changed the atmosphere
23:24in the house.
23:25It's lovely.
23:26I'd really recommend it
23:27to anybody.
23:28Don't be afraid
23:28and it's a great experience.
23:30My bit of advice
23:31would be to get
23:32your project manager
23:33and to hand it over to them.
23:36Emma and Michael's house
23:37was already immaculate
23:38on day one
23:39but within just a few days
23:40it's become warm,
23:41modern
23:42and energy efficient.
23:43It just goes to show you
23:44that you don't need
23:45to dig up floors
23:46or uproot your life
23:47to transform your home.
23:49And with their new
23:49grandchild now,
23:50part of the picture,
23:51it's the perfect
23:52cosy, healthy space
23:54just in time
23:55to share it
23:56with a new member
23:57of the family.
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