Calling all Westmeath Business Owners!

Do you want to make your business more energy efficient with the help of a grant of up to €10,000? 

The LEO Energy Efficiency Grant has been updated and now supports the investment in technologies and equipment with 75% of eligible costs up to a maximum grant of €10,000. 

Who is Eligible?

• Small enterprises (with between 1 and 50 paid employees) who have undertaken a Green for Business, GreenStart or recent SEAI registered energy audit and who are not currently clients of Enterprise Ireland/IDA.
• Established, solvent and operating within County Westmeath for at least 12 months.
• Businesses with commercially rateable premises or approved within the Faílte Ireland National Quality Assurance Framework.

Eligible Costs

• Meters (electricity, gas, diesel, oil, water, steam & loggers) and installation costs
• Smart energy controls e.g., heating, cooling, lighting, automatic on/off systems, parasitic load controls
• Upgrade lighting to LED (only as part of a package of eligible cost measures)
• Replacement/upgrade with more energy efficient system, e.g. Heat Pumps (including air, water, and ground source) for manufacturing heating processes
• Heat recovery
• Small wind & hydro subject to feasibility assessment
• Equipment (>10 years) replacement/upgrade such as refrigeration unit, electric steam boiler, electric oven, industrial dishwasher, engineering equipment
• System components upgrades such as variable speed drives, pumps, fans, condensers, extraction systems, cold room doors.
• Investment in energy efficient systems (not supported by another agency such as SEAI).

If you have already completed a Green for Business Report, click here for more information about the LEO Energy Efficiency Grant

To discuss your Energy Efficiency Grant Application, click here to contact a member of the team If you have NOT completed the Green for Business Report but want to apply (you can then go on to apply for the LEO EEG Grant), click here for details and application form