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ENERGY Trina Cunningham Warmer home We spent a very cold winter here last year and we decided we weren’t going to go through it again this year. When we heard about the insulation grant we decided to apply. In one day we had the walls and the attic insulated and there was absolutely no hassle. The bills that were big last year will hopefully come down. We should save a lot of money because we don’t have our heat on much, compared to last year. The house is much warmer – it’s retaining heat. The grant was very easy to process and went a long way to helping us pay for it. It went straight into our bank account after the work was done and the forms were filled in. There are lots of people, nearly any house that’s not been built in the last five years that have had it done — a lot of neighbours and friends. It gets round by word of mouth as well. We heard from a neighbour and we’ve passed it along to other neighbours and they’ve had it done. Conor O’Brien Energy installation specialist We started up five years ago when we saw an opportunity to allow people to avail of the greener home scheme and the warmer home scheme grants by doing the paperwork for them. It was an opportunity to get away from desk jobs and do something a little bit more worth-while. It gave us a great change in our lifestyle and allowed us to benefit other people’s lifestyles by getting them free hot water most of the year round. People want specialists installers — so it’ about 100 percent of our …