Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has launched Sustainable Energy Awards 2016 encouraging organizations, businesses or communities who have achieved energy savings through efficiency or renewable energy to enter.
The Awards are open to large and small projects from Ireland. Innovative projects with high replication potential are invited in nine categories including: large and small business, community, public sector, innovation, research, leadership, buildings and design.
William Walsh , Interim Chief Executive of SEAI, said: “Sustainable energy is no longer a niche topic with businesses and public bodies already to the fore in a national movement towards clean energy and energy savings. The Sustainable Energy Awards reward these great achievements and highlight the extent to which energy efficiency makes economic sense. There is lots of great work being done in businesses and communities right across Ireland, and I’d encourage people to enter the Awards and get recognized for their efforts.”
Last year, Irish-based tidal developer OpenHydro won the Innovation Award for its development of 40 meter open centre tidal turbine that can be fully deployed at sea in less than six hours. Closing date for the entries is May 20, 2016.
SEAI is Ireland’s national energy agency that aims to transform Ireland into a society based on sustainable energy structures, technologies and practices.