More than 20,000 people apply for New Green Savings Light insulation grants in Czechia

To date, 20,631 people have applied for grants under the New Green Savings Light program (NZÚ Light). They are seeking a total of 2.3 billion, and roughly a third has been paid out. According to Environment Minister Petr Hladík (KDU-ČSL), most applicants are senior citizens. He said this at a press conference today. Hladík presented new measures, including identification cards for energy advisers and information guides, which will help applicants check that the advice on offer is not a scam. The ministry plans to proactively reach out with offers to people receiving housing allowance. It also intends to focus on structurally disadvantaged regions.

So far, the ministry has received the most applications from the Central Bohemian and Moravian-Silesian regions. People most often apply for grants to replace old, draughty windows—more than 100,000 are set to be replaced—or to insulate façades. “Due to the high level of interest, we have already had to increase the allocation once, to three billion crowns, and I would like to stress again that we are ready to add more money to the program,” Hladík said.