Energy and Retrofit Roadshow lands in Mullingar

Westmeath County Council are hosting the ‘Energy and Retrofitting Roadshow’ from Monday March 24 to Thursday March 27. The event is being hosted in partnership with the Laois Offaly ETB and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

The event aims to provide members of the public and business owners the opportunity to learn more about retrofitting and energy saving in the home.

The centrepiece of the event is the ‘Retrofiting Rig’, which is owned by Mount Lucas and the LOETB. The rig is known as a nearly zero energy building (NZEB), being almost fully solar powered.

This is where a range of formal and informal training sessions are held to help educate people on energy saving and retrofiting. The rig contains stalls and exhibitions that showcasing different types of home energy units, modern piping, boilers, building materials and insulation.

Along with information on different materials, staff from the SEAI are there to offer advice on different grants and funding.

Cathal Bermingham of Mount Lucas said: “Basically, this is the only rig like this in the country, all the different sections of the rig are based off courses that we do at Mount Lucas.”