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The Home Energy Saving Kit was developed by Dublin's energy agency, Codema, to help citizens understand their energy use and identify key areas of their homes that should be improved in terms of energy efficiency. The kit can be borrowed free of charge from libraries across Ireland. It contains five practical tools and six exercises that help citizens to conduct their own home energy audits and to find the easiest and most effective areas to reduce their energy consumption.…
The North Kerry Wind Turbine Awareness Group is a group of local residents and one of the leading voices opposing wind farms in the Northern Kerry region. To this end, it organizes petitions, holds information events, and makes appeals concerning the legal permitting process.…
Paul Kenny was CEO of the Tipperary Energy Agency, an independent not-for-profit social enterprise that aims to lead the delivery of sustainable energy solutions in Tipperary and beyond by advocating, educating and innovating on climate action. He also was involved in developing the first community-owned wind farm in Ireland in Templederry. In 2020 he was appointed Special Advisor to Minister Eamon Ryan in the Department of Communications, Climate Action, and Environment.…
Fridays For Future Ireland is the Irish chapter of the global Fridays for Futures movement, started by school and university students who skip Friday classes to participate in demonstrations. They demand action from political leaders to prevent climate change and for the fossil fuel industry to transition to renewable energy.…
An international campaign against the aluminium industry and large dams which contribute to increasing emissions and climate change.…
A citizens' assembly of 100 members, chosen to be representative of the Irish population, engaged in a deliberative process, under impartial and factual advice from experts, to discuss the question "How can the state make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change?" The process resulted in a series of reports and recommendations for the attention of the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland.…
Templederry Community Windfarm is the first 100% community-developed and owned windfarm in Ireland. The wind farm consists of two turbines (4.6 MW) in the foothills of Slieve Feilim. The project also gave rise to Community Power, Ireland’s first community-owned electricity supplier.…
Cara Augustenborg is an Irish-American environmental scientist, blogger, podcaster, and advocate for climate action based in Ireland. She was chair of Friends of the Earth Ireland (2015-2017) and Europe (2015-2019). In 2021 she was appointed to the Climate Change Advisory Council of Ireland.…
Northern Commute is a project and a Smarter Travel Brand of the Limerick offices of the financial services company "Northern Trust". It was created with the aim of reducing the amount of single-occupied cars being driven to offices. Among other measures, a scheme for staff carpooling was set up. The project is associated with the Carpooling scheme provided by Transport for Ireland (TFI), the public transport brand of the National Transport Authority.…
Energy Community Tipperary Cooperative ECTC is an organization bringing together 14 communities in the Tipperary region to reduce the amount of money leaving the local economies in the form of energy and fuel bills every year. ECTC facilitates energy efficiency work on older houses and community buildings by leveraging grants from the SEAI under the Better Energy Communities scheme.…
Dr Lorna Gold is an author, lecturer, and climate activist and has been actively involved in several non-profit organisations. Currently, she is the director of the movement ‘building with FaithInvest’, an international organization for religious groups and faith-based investors that promotes investments for the benefit of people and the planet. She is also vice-chair of the Laudato Si’ Movement (formerly Global Catholic Climate Movement), which aims to inspire and mobilise communal action for climate and ecological justice. In previous roles, she led Trócaire’s policy, research and advocacy activities in Ireland for almost two decades, was a member of the Ministerial Advisory Group on the N…
The Galway Energy Co-operative is an organisation that aims to advocate for providing clean, renewable energy and services for Galway City and the surrounding area. As a member of the SEAI’s Sustainable Energy Communities Initiative, the cooperative has been coordinating an Energy Master Plan for the city and offers consultancy services.…
EirGrid, the state-owned electric power transmission operator in Ireland, has been tasked by the government with transforming the electricity system in anticipation of 70% of Ireland’s electricity coming from renewable sources by 2030, as envisioned in the Government's Climate Action Plan (2019). This challenge is being addressed through a strategy outlined in the report, Shaping Our Electricity Future, which presents four different approaches to the development of the grid. Due to the high level of impact and transformative nature of this transition, EirGrid conducted a nationwide consultation process in the form of several online workshops and an online consultation platform to improve eng…
The 11th Citizens’ Energy Forum took place in Dublin in 2019 and welcomed Youth representatives from across Europe to join the discussion about achieving an inclusive energy transition for all and the role of consumers in the changing energy market alongside policymakers, energy regulators and consumer organisations. The event resulted in a paper with consolidated conclusions, covering how to activate citizens/consumers in key sectors to decarbonise the energy system, support sustainable finance for greener and cleaner energy, and create an inclusive and accessible energy market.…
The Dublin Cycling Campaign is an independent, voluntary cycling advocacy group that has been working to improve the city for all cyclists since 1993. The group lobbies local and national governments to bring about improved conditions for cyclists and increase recognition of the benefits of cycling, for instance, by getting a 30km/h speed limit put in place in Dublin.…
Ringsend Irishtown Sustainable Energy Community (RISEC) is a not-for-profit, voluntary initiative established in 2018 to promote sustainable energy in an area southeast of Dublin city and to facilitate the activities of homeowners and organisations in the transition to a sustainable energy future. As a key activity, the RISEC develops a list of potential energy efficiency projects and assists in the delivery of these projects by leveraging grants and providing targeted audits and advice. RISEC received funding from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to develop an Energy Master Plan and to complete several demonstration projects.…
In the small town of Prato allo Stelvio, the cooperative “Azienda Elettrica Prato” was founded as early as 1926 to manage a newly built hydroelectric plant. Today the cooperative owns or co-owns renewable energy power plants and produces heat and electricity from hydropower, biogas, and solar power. The cooperative has around 1,400 members in a town with a population of around 3,600 people, making approximately 80% of local families and companies members of the cooperative. The cooperative supports local sustainable development, both in economic, social, and ecological terms, by creating jobs, profits for the community and using locally produced renewable energy.…
The Gödöllő Climate Club is a small, voluntary, grassroots group initiated in 2009 by GreenDependent Association in the town of Gödöllő in Central Hungary, with the primary goal of reducing the carbon footprint of its members and creating a supportive group for change. The club was initiated as a pilot project within a European Union FP7 research project called Changing Behaviour which investigated how to induce long-term behaviour change related to energy use. The pilot project proved to be successful as the club has been meeting ever since, attracting an increasing number of people.…
Ada Ámon, an energy and climate policy expert, was one of the winners of the European Sustainable Energy Award for Women in Energy in 2020. She founded the influential clean energy think tank EnergiaKlub and has been working as a senior expert at E3G and other energy and environmental organisations. Through her latest role as Chief Advisor to the Mayor of Budapest on Climate Affairs and head of the city’s newly established climate department, she is now changing the lives of communities in Budapest. Her progressive programme of renovating urban buildings to lower their energy consumption will not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also save energy and lower costs for residents, as wel…
In the winter of 2021-2022, in the settlement of Ág in Baranya county, Habitat for Humanity Hungary built five Heat Columns, which since then have provided a reliable heat source for the homes of families in need. The installation of a heat column significantly improves the quality of life of families: in addition to using less firewood and reducing air pollution, the families no longer have to get up at night to “feed” their stoves. Habitat plans to build additional Heat Columns nationwide as part of a social stove replacement program for energy-poor households, and to introduce the model to professionals in the Central and Eastern European region.…