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Local Level Actions: A bottom-up approach to becoming a leader in Climate Change
Donna Gartland, Strategic Sustainable Energy Planner
Credit: Banksy
Introduction
- Codema – Dublin’s Energy Agency, not-for-profit
a leader in Climate Change Donna Gartland, Strategic Sustainable - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
a leader in Climate Change Donna Gartland, Strategic Sustainable - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Local Level Actions: A bottom-up approach to becoming a leader in Climate Change Donna Gartland, Strategic Sustainable Energy Planner Credit: Banksy Introduction Codema Dublins Energy Agency, not -for-profit company helping the
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National Level Energy Policy Local Level Energy Projects
Top-down Bottom-up GAP TO TARGETS
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Combining National and Local initiatives into an overall Smart Energy System
Electricity Transport Heat
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Examples of Local Level Projects - Codema
Dublin Climate Change Action Plans
Committed to -40% CO2 by 2030
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Examples of Local Level Projects - Codema
Home Energy Saving Kits
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Examples of Local Level Projects - Codema
Achieving Guaranteed Energy Savings
Dublin City Council Energy Performance Contract
- First Local Authority EPC project
- Implemented through EU project ‘EESI 2020’
- Energy savings of 2.6 GWh per year
- Equal to enough energy to power ~130
households!
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Examples of Local Level Projects - Codema
District Heating in Dublin
Mapping the heat demand in Dublin to identify where District Heating is feasible
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Examples of Local Level Projects - Codema
District Heating in Dublin
- Enough waste heat sources to meet more
than 40% of Dublin City’s heating needs!!!
Dublin City Project
- Using waste heat –low-
carbon
- 1st phase in Docklands
area
- Pipes already in the
ground
South Dublin Project
- >€0.5m funding from
EU ‘HeatNet’ Project
- 1st phase in Tallaght
town center
- Innovative low-carbon
system
District Heating needs National level policy support!!!
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Main Recommendations…
- More support for local level
initiatives
- Effect change from a bottom-up
approach
- Long term planning and tough
decisions need to be made at a national level!
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