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Wed 07 Jul 2008Developers to get €9m housing grants
PROPERTY DEVELOPERS are to be given €9 million to build houses that are at least 30 per cent more energy efficient than required by building regulations, Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan announced yesterday.
Developers will have to achieve a minimum building energy rating of "A2" to secure grants of up to €15,000 per home, or 40 per cent of the total cost of the energy-saving measures, under the Low Carbon Homes Programme launched yesterday.
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