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SEAI Energy Award — Community Category
A big congratulations to Energy Communities Tipperary Co-operative who are this year’s winner of the SEAI Community Award.

Energy Communities Tipperary Co-operative CLG brings twelve communities in Tipperary together in a co-operative to carry out deep retrofits on homes. The aim of the project was to save energy, save money, create warm homes and generate jobs. Their action has resulted home owners benefitting from higher levels of comfort, with €4 million generated in energy cost savings to date. Their project brings together rural communities with diverse backgrounds and needs, and focuses on what can actively be done to mitigate climate change one step at a time. This approach could easily be adopted by other rural communities.


Names from left to right are:
Julie O’Neill SEAI Chairperson, Aileen Campion ECTC, Liam Lynch ECTC, Marecella Maher Keogh ECTC, Jim Gannon SEAI Chief Executive

• The Better Energy Communities (BEC) Programme 2018 is launching on November 23rd. For anyone interested in this programme we will have a special presentation from the BEC Programme Team at our National SEC Event in Athlone on the 25^th of November so there is no need to attend both events. We will also have a number of people who have led BEC Projects in the past for you to speak with and to ask questions of.

• Social Innovation Fund Ireland have launched a Resilient Communities Fund, and after the battering winds and rain of Storms Ophelia and Brian we know that funds are badly needed in many of our communities. Community Resilience is a measure of the sustained ability of a community to respond to economic, social and environmental issues. This fund is open to any projects that improve the resilience of their community and consists of a €400,000 awards fund that will be given out in awards from €40k to €100k. Applications from SEAI’s Sustainable Energy Communities are strongly encouraged – the fund is open for applications until 31^st January 2018. Click here for a link to the application form. 

Spotlight on:

SEAI Sustainable Energy Communities—National Event 2017
at Business Building, Athlone Institute of Technology Dublin Road, Athlone (see map below)

 

 
Building on the success of last year's event in Longford, the SEAI Sustainable Energy Communities National Event 2017 will be held on Saturday 25th November in Athlone IT.
On the day, you will have the opportunity to:
·       attend workshops
·       meet with other communities
·       test-drive electric cars
·       receive SEC and BEC programme updates
 
Draft Agenda:
10.30am  Welcome and registration, tea/coffee & scones
11.00am  Opening address
12.00pm  Learn/Plan workshops
1:00pm  Lunch
2.00pm  Learn/Plan workshops
3:00pm  Better Energy Communities (BEC): presentation and meeting with BEC Project Coordinators
3:30pm  ’Do’ workshops: an opportunity to meet with BEC applicants and coordinators
4.30pm  Finish

We would love to see you there so please do put the date in your diary and make sure you sign up in advance via this link so that we have enough seats and catering for everyone on the day. Feel free to share this invite with your community so that those attending can register themselves for the event. As space is limited however, we ask that each SEC brings no more than three members. We’re looking forward to another great day!

Whats next?

Next SEAI SEC Network Newsletter - due out in December 2017.
 

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