IBF Retrofit Finance Initiative

The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte TD, has launched a Finance Support Framework put in place by the Irish Banking Federation (IBF) and a number of its leading retail member institutions.  The initiative supports the Government’s objective to encourage people to improve the energy performance of their homes through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) Better Energy Homes scheme – for details visit the SEAI website here.

A range of retail banks commit to operate within the IBF Finance Support Framework as follows:

  • Each lender will make finance available to consumers who qualify for SEAI grants for energy efficient improvements to the home.
  • The nature and structure of such finance, including terms and conditions, will be for each lender to determine; and may be developed on a stand-alone basis or in partnership with other parties such as energy providers.
  • Each lender will set and apply its normal commercial lending criteria in assessing borrower suitability and capacity to repay.

The following IBF member institutions subscribe to this Finance Support Framework:

  • AIB Bank
  • Bank of Ireland
  • EBS Limited
  • KBC Bank Ireland
  • Permanent tsb
  • Ulster Bank

For information on products provided by participating member institutions, please visit the banks' websites:

Please note that IBF does not offer banking services.  Please contact the participating financial institutions if you have any questions regarding the products on offer.