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House Warming

House Warming

By: House Warming
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Housewarming is your inside look at real Irish homes transforming for a greener energy future. The show is all about helping you to make your home a warmer, more energy efficient, and beautiful place to live.

We have design tips from Home of the Year winners and expert builders, advice on grants, finance and planning, and renovation stories from the likes of James Kavanagh, Fionnuala Jay, Ryan Baird, and Dermot Bannon. And we travelled across Ireland to chat with homeowners about their energy upgrades, interiors and sustainable habits.

Seasons 1-5 (under the title of '180 Degrees'), explores the energy choices we make when it comes to transport, our homes, business and technology. There is practical advice on reducing your energy bills, saving money and adopting a more energy-efficient lifestyle. We chat to expert guests to address some of the key questions around Ireland’s energy revolution, what renewable technologies are coming into our homes to help improve our lives and our communities and how we can prepare for a fossil free future. We also discuss the switch to electric vehicles and Ireland’s charging infrastructure

For more information, please visit seai.ie/podcast.

House Warming is brought to you by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and is supported by the Government of Ireland.








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Episodes
  • S6 Ep8: Traditional Homes, with Jenny Sheahan, Kate O’Driscoll, Stephen Farrell and Clifford Guest

    S6 Ep8: Traditional Homes, with Jenny Sheahan, Kate O’Driscoll, Stephen Farrell and Clifford Guest
    Nov 18 2025
    Interior designers and podcasters, Kate O’Driscoll and Jenny Sheahan, are back on the podcast this week. They are joined by SEAI’s Stephen Farrell to talk about traditional homes: houses with character and history, but plenty of challenges too. Stephen talks us through the Traditional Home Pilot Scheme, run by the SEAI, and there’s lots of advice for anyone living in an older home.

    Kim then travels to Tipperary to meet Clifford Guest, who has renovated a beautiful 200-year-old home which has been in his family for six generations. Clifford tells Kim about his vision for the house and how he transformed the place.

    SEAI’s One Stop Shop service offers homeowners all that’s required for a complete home energy upgrade. These registered private operators will manage the entire process for you, from the initial assessment of your home, through to the final BER.

    Find out more here: https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants
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    56 mins
  • S6 Ep4: Making Plans, with Dermot Bannon and Jerome O’Donovan

    S6 Ep4: Making Plans, with Dermot Bannon and Jerome O’Donovan
    Oct 21 2025
    On this episode of House Warming, Kim Buckley is talking all things design and architecture, and who better than Dermot Bannon to get some top tips on upgrading your home. Kim chats to Dermot about everything from heat pumps and solar panels to his famous glass box extensions!

    Kim then heads to Cork, to sit down with Jerome O’Donovan in his three-bedroom bungalow in Blackrock. With a deep retrofit he has brought his home to an A1 rating - as energy efficient as it’s possible to get a house! He tells Kim about what he’s learned from the experience and gives us a tour of his beautiful house.

    SEAI’s One Stop Shop service offers homeowners all that’s required for a complete home energy upgrade. These registered private operators will manage the entire process for you, from the initial assessment of your home, through to the final BER.

    Find out more here: https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants

    For more information on Jerome's One Stop Shop, please visit https://www.envirobead.com/
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    41 mins
  • S6 Ep7: “Squishy Irish”, with James Kavanagh and Hilda O’Shea

    S6 Ep7: “Squishy Irish”, with James Kavanagh and Hilda O’Shea
    Nov 11 2025
    We're back with James Kavanagh, for more on his fabulous new home in Kilkenny. Kim sits down with James to dive deeper into his renovation plans, to chat about his “squishy Irish” design style, and to see how he envisions life in his new home.

    Kim then travels to Sligo to meet Hilda O’Shea. She is in the middle of transforming her 300-year-old house into a warm, energy efficient haven for her growing family. It’s an ambitious project, and Kim gets a full tour of the build in progress, before sitting down for a chat.

    SEAI’s One Stop Shop service offers homeowners all that’s required for a complete home energy upgrade. These registered private operators will manage the entire process for you, from the initial assessment of your home, through to the final BER.

    Hilda's One Stop Shop was Electric Ireland Superhomes

    Find out more here: https://www.seai.ie/grants/home-energy-grants
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    48 mins
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