challenging BER result?

An update, some of it helpful, some just confirming my feelings about the real agenda at SEAI.

I discovered a very interesting piece of information in the SEAI documentation, and on foot of that, a strongly worded E-mail was sent to SEAI in respect of the specific details of the BER for the property, as their documentation makes it very clear that on foot of legislation, they have to provide the data file to the home owner.

I received the XML file later that day, but here's the catch, and confirmation of the issues. It's no longer any help to me, as it can't be loaded into the DEAP software version 4, (which is was prepared with) unless you are a fully registered SEAI assessor. So, I can have access to the software as the home owner, and can create a DEAP file that relates to the property, but I can't upload the XML file that give the existing data for the property, and it can't be loaded into the off line spread sheet either, so effectively, SEAI are obeying their obligation in law, but the information they are providing is effectively useless as it can no longer be used with an appropriate software package.

It serves to confirm that SEAI are NOT operating for the benefit of home and business owners, they're effectively running a closed shop that is primarily operating to line the pockets of their select few who are "approved".

I have a problem with this concept, in that for some grants, you have to reach a specific level of BER AND HEA, and if you don't reach them, you don't get the grant. Problem with this concept is that you have to get the audit done before you can apply for the grant, and if you fail, you've spent a lot of money for nothing other than a piece of paper that explains just how much more you're going to have to spend in order to get the grant, and yes, you got it, you can't apply again without another (expensive) survey.

The issue for me is that there's no way to do a "what if" and see how much difference various possible changes might make to the end result, unless you want to risk spending more and more money and time getting new reports.

I just hope we can make changes at a political level before too long that takes Ryan and the rest of the "greens" out of the loop, and that they are replaced by people who are truly committed to an agenda to help home owners with the real problems they are facing as a result of the seismic shifts in policy and energy costs that are happening on an almost daily basis. What's very clear at the moment is that where energy and related issues are concerned, we are not being well served by the people who are in power.