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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 Dublins Energy Agency, not -for-profit company helping the


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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

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Introduction

  • Codema – Dublin’s Energy Agency, not-for-profit

company helping the Dublin Local Authorities improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions from energy

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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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Thank You!

Donna Gartland

Strategic Sustainable Energy Planner

donna.gartland@codema.ie