The SustainCo (Sustainable Energy For Rural Communities) online toolkit was launched this weekend at Ireland’s first ‘Open Doors Days’ for near zero energy rated buildings. The ‘Open Doors Days’ event saw a huge number pioneering low energy homes and buildings all over the Ireland open their doors to the public. Visitors to homes and buildings
Energy Action is organising the Nearly Zero Energy Buildings Open Doors Ireland event, which will be taking place this weekend, . This event, which is taking place in 10 countries under an Intelligent Energy Europe programme, is very similar to the Open House event, though with a focus purely on very low energy buildings. The
The weekend of November 8 – 10, 2013 will see dozens of homes and buildings open their doors to the public for the Near Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) Open Doors Ireland Event. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet home owners of low energy buildings all over the country and see their finished projects firsthand.
Over €110,000 is invested in 84 houses across six housing estates. Cavity insulation, CFL bulbs and energy metres are included in the retrofit. Householders will save an estimated 15% on energy bills and will enjoy warmer homes. Eighty four social houses have benefited from energy retrofitting works under the Better Energy Area Based Warmer Homes
The Tipperary Energy will be visiting 5 North Tipperary Primary schools this term as part of the SEAI Energy Awareness Programme for primary schools. This week the children from Borrisoleigh Boys NS, Templetuohy NS and Kilkeary NS will get to meet Francoise and Guzzler to engage into hands-on workshops to learn more about energy, climate
A new category has been created at this year’s LAMA Community and Council Awards (formerly LAMA awards). The Best Community Renewable Energy Award seeks to recognise community groups that have undertaken renewable energy projects. For the first time non commercial groups and organisations that have successfully implemented or initiated a specific renewable energy project based
Ireland’s first community owned wind farm was officially opened by Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources in Templederry Co. Tipperary today. Templederry Community Wind Farm counts students, farmers and a local priest amongst its owners. The group is now producing green electricity and selling it to the grid, producing approx
Tipperary Energy Agency is delighted to announce that we’re sponsoring the Best Community Renewable Energy Project as part of the 2014 Community & Council Awards. The overall aim of the awards is to highlight and recognise community and councils together, bringing national recognition to projects and developments that may otherwise go unrecognnised. Best Community Renewable
