A healthy home check is an independent assessment of the energy performance in your home together with a ventilation and indoor air quality risk assessment. You get an updated BER (Building energy rating) if required, together with recommendations as to how you can improve the BER to a minimum B2 rating. In addition, there is a ventilation and indoor air quality risk assessment to check if the house has any potential issues with damp/ mould, radon or carbon dioxide gas (C02).

There are three services available  

1. a remote virtual advisory consultation with a report 
2. an indoor air quality specific assessment where sensors are posted to you and the data analysed with a report and follow up call to discuss findings.  
3. a full HHC survey where an experienced BER assessor will visit your home for approximately 2 hours and complete the home energy and Ventilation assessment. The assessor will deploy the indoor air quality sensors for approximately 4 weeks. The HHC team than review the sensor data and compile the HHC report including recommendations for improvements which is followed up with a 30-minute telephone or zoom call to go through the findings with you and answer any questions.  

Your house is likely to be the most valuable asset that you own so for many people understanding the current “health of the home” with data unique to your house makes perfects sense. Understanding what can be done to reduce your energy bills, and improve overall comfort and health for you and your family gives you the knowledge to make the appropriate next steps.   

All counties within Republic of Ireland  

If we live for 80 years, 70 years are spent indoors, 55 years are spent at home of which 25 years are asleep. The quality of the air we breathe in our homes has profound impacts on our health and wellbeing, therefore, it is important to understand if there are any issues relating to damp/mould/ co2 or radon gas that may directly or indirectly impact people living in the home.

The HHC provides recommendations on options that will improve your BER rating (where appropriate) which in turn should reduce your energy bills.  

Yes, the IAQ test collects data which is used in the risk assessment for damp / mould  within the property.  

Radon is a radioactive gas which can be present in soils and rocks. It can only be detected using specialist monitors. It can enter a house through small cracks e.g., in floors or from gaps in pipes and can increase to very high concentrations and if inhaled particles can become attached to lung tissue, which can damage cells in the lung which could lead to lung cancer. Radon gas is the second biggest cause of lung cancer after smoking and is directly linked to almost 300 lung cancer cases in Ireland each year. 

Carbon dioxide is an odourless, colourless natural gas that can be hard to measure without the proper tools.  Excess carbon dioxide can lead to drowsiness headaches and poor concentration. It can be a good marker for the effectiveness of ventilation to remove the build-up of pollutants in the home.  The healthy home check uses a combination of data and surveys to understand ventilation effectiveness.

A damp home is a breeding ground for mould, which damages walls and furniture and is bad for your health. Mould spores occur naturally in the air and they quickly multiply once they find a damp surface. The build-up of moisture in the air is a significant contributor to conditions that cause mould in the home.

Dampness inside masonry and other parts of the building fabric can create a habitable environment for mould. These hidden mould infestations can damage your home without you even knowing it.

The remote indoor air quality service with follow up zoom call would be useful in this scenario.