‘Connect with Energy’ initiative – Monday 11th – Friday 15th June 2012

South Dublin County Council are hosting  ‘Connect with Energy’,  an event aimed at providing advice and support to homes and businesses on how to save energy and money as well as create new job opportunities. The event is supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE).

With the purpose of supporting and engaging South Dublin homeowners, businesses, schools and other stakeholders in reducing their energy costs, saving money and creating jobs, SDCC is hosting a ‘Connect with Energy’ initiative from Monday 11^th to Friday 15^th June 2012 in ‘The Big Picture’ exhibition venue in Tallaght Town Centre, located beside the LUAS red line terminus.

This initiative will comprise an interactive energy centre in the Council’s ‘Big Picture’ multimedia venue; suppliers of energy related goods and services in the County will be available to meet with business people, homeowners, individuals interested in learning more about how they can save money on energy consumption within their businesses, workplaces, homes and other premises.

The ‘Connect with Energy’ initiative will be launched on the morning of Monday 11^th June 2012. Minister Pat Rabbitte, Mayor Caitríona Jones and County Manager, Philomena Poole will launch the event.

The event has been organised as part of SDCC’s commitment to acting as a focal point for energy efficiency and is also represented by current involvement in a range of energy projects and initiatives. The two major programmes currently being undertaken by SDCC are the EU Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) funded Leadership for Energy Action and Planning (LEAP) project and the Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) Programme supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

The (LEAP) project has a two year timescale and involves SDCC and eight other local authority partners across the EU. LEAP aims to increase the ability of EU local authorities to act as mentors in the promotion of sustainable energy measures in the local economy and so take a leading role in the move towards a low-carbon local economy. The key output of LEAP is the preparation of a countywide, cross sectoral Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP), which will include a series of short, medium and long term actions addressing energy in South Dublin County to 2020 and beyond.

The ‘Connect with Energy’ event is a key milestone in that process. The event will also showcase SDCC’s own track record in piloting and developing sustainable energy measures.

Following a competitive bid process, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) designated Tallaght as one of three new exemplar Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC) in Ireland. This programme, to operate for a five year period from the beginning of 2012, aims to develop a series of Irish communities as ‘living laboratories’ to establish a culture of energy innovation, by carrying out locally focused projects to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy costs.

The week long ‘Connect with Energy’ event will comprise exhibitions and targeted workshops. Energy advisers for homes and businesses will also be available during the event. A full programme of events will be advertised in the SDCC area during the coming weeks. All workshops and consultations will be registered events.

Mayor Caitríona Jones has welcomed the announcement of the event as an opportunity for local businesses and homeowners to become more energy efficient and reduce their energy costs. This will improve business competitiveness and job creation in South Dublin.

Further information is available from the South Dublin Energy Team energyteam@sdublincoco.ie  or 01 4149000 ext. 2389 or go to website www.southdublinenergy.ie and follow link for Connect with Energy.

Click here to view or download the ‘Connect with Energy’ Brochure

To register for one of the free workshops, click on its title in calendar below: A description of each workshop is contained in each individual registration page.

	WORKSHOPS
	Monday11th June	Tuesday12th June	Wednesday13th June	Thursday14th June	Friday 15th June
Venue A (Big Picture)
09 .00 -10.00	Official Launch		Eco Evolution‘Renewable Energy technologies: Wind, Solar, Hydro..	Power Perfector‘After initial staff training & behavioural savings have been achieved how to achieve further energy/ cost savings’.
10.30 – 11.30	Official Launch	Power Perfector‘Voltage Power Optimisation: The Opportunities for Businesses’	Carillion Energy Services            ‘The energy efficient home’	Carillion      Energy Services ‘Reduce Your Home Energy Costs’	AVA SafelightSafeLight: Stand Alone Self Sufficient Street Lighting
12.00 – 13.00	Cylon‘Realtime Energy Management: The Benefits for your Business’	Cylon‘Realtime Energy Management: The Benefits for your Business’	Bord Gais ‘Energy at Home – Benefits of Heating Controls’	Integrated Engineering Consultancy Ltd‘How to Reduce Business Cost in Lighting & Heating?’	Windsor Motors ‘Electric Cars – going much further for far less with the Nissan Leaf’
14.00 – 15.00	Windsor Motors ‘Electric Cars – going much further for far less with the Nissan Leaf’	Save Energy 4 You ‘Light Years Ahead’	Windsor Motors‘Electric Cars – going much further for far less with the Nissan Leaf’	B & Q‘Do it yourself: B&Q’s low cost energy measures at home’
16.00 – 17.00	SDCC‘A Council grapples with energy’	SDCC‘Valhalla Housing – Approaching Passiv’	SDCC‘Building Refurbishment : Achieving Value, Economies and Performance from Energy Retrofit’	SDCC‘Ballyroan Library: A Passiv-standard civic building’
WORKSHOPS
	Monday11th June	Tuesday12th June	Wednesday13th June	Thursday14th June	Friday 15th June
Venue B (Tallaght Library)
09.30 – 10.30			B & Q‘Do it yourself: B&Q’s low cost energy measures at home’
10.30 – 11.30
10.45 – 11.45			Bord Gais‘Carbon Monoxide Safety at Home’
12.00 – 13.00
12.30 – 13.30				B & Q‘Do it yourself: B&Q’s low cost energy measures at home’
16.15 – 17.15	Power Perfector‘SMEs: De-risking investment in energy conservation measures (ECM)’
16.30 – 17.30	Tallaght IT & Cylon‘The future of Energy Management Learn to improve building energy efficiency16.30 to 19.00Please note venue: Main Campus, Tallaght IT			Save Energy 4 U:Light years ahead
17.30 – 18.30

Looking forward to meeting you at the exhibition and at our workshop.