Information Leaflets and Buyer's Guides
REIO has produced a series of factsheets, leaflets and buyers' guides which will help you understand the basic principles involved in renewable energy. They give a practical explanation of different renewable resources and their technologes, with examples of each.
Our leaflets will give you a short explanation on the different renewable energy technologies, as well as their main benefits. Our factsheets will give you a detailed overview of the technical, financial and environmental aspects of renewable energy.
REIO also supplies buyers' guides, which will help you ask the right questions when speaking to suppliers. Please go to www.seai.ie/greenerhomes for further information relating to domestic grants, including lists of suppliers and installers.
REIO Free Sustainable Buildings Information Pack
Whether you are building a new home, renovating your existing home or simply considering the future of heating your home from renewables, SEAI REIO's Sustainable Buildings Information Pack, which includes all of the above, is a must read. To get your free pack you can call REIO's hotline on 023-8842193 or send an email to renewables@reio.ie.
Renewable Energy in Your Home Leaflets
Passive Homes - Guidelines For The Design And Construction Of Passive House Dwellings In Ireland; (PDF, 2.04MB)
Retrofitted Passive homes - Guidelines for Upgrading existing dwellings in Ireland to the PassivHAUS Standard; (PDF, 2.5MB)
Passive Solar Design (.pdf, 848kb)
Solar Water Heaters (.pdf, 156kb)
Renewable Heat Pumps (.pdf, 222kb)
Wood Pellet Stoves (.pdf, 848kb)
Buyers' Guides
Buyers' Guide to Heat Pumps (.pdf, 103kb)
Buyers' Guide to Solar Water Heaters (.pdf, 63kb)
Buyers' Guide to Pellet Stoves (.pdf, 46kb)
Buyers' Guide to Pellet Boilers (.pdf, 45kb)
Renewable Energy Overview
Renewable Energy Factsheet (.pdf, 727kb)
Renewable Energy Overview presentation (.pdf, 3501kb)
Bioenergy
Biomass Factsheet (.pdf, 2082kb)
Landfill Gas in Ireland (.pdf, 951kb)
Wind Energy
We are currently updating our wind documents and will publish them here as soon as they are available.
Renewable Heat
Renewable Heat Pump (.pdf, 705kb)
Renewable Heat in Commercial Buildings (.pdf, 736kb)
Renewable Heat in the Healthcare Sector (.pdf, 732kb)
Technical Heat Pump Factsheet (.pdf, 911kb)
Calculators & Tools
REIO's experts have developed simple heat cost calculators to help you compare the heating cost of various heating systems to those using renewable energy sources (ground source heat pumps, wood boilers etc.)
You can view or download the following calculators and tools:
Domestic Fuel Comparison Tool (.xls, 189kb)
Commercial Fuel Comparison Tool (.xls, 201kb)
Emissions from Fossil Fuels Calculator(.xls, 248kb)
Unit Converter (.xls, 170kb)
Fuel Converter (.xls, 139kb)
RE Benefits Calculator (.xls, 140kb)
Emissions Data (.pdf, 19kb)
RETscreen TM International
RETScreen provides software for renewable energy project analysis, including wind. The software can be downloaded free of charge from RETscreen TM International, a Canadian Government Natural Resources website.