World Green Building week hosts various events about the sustainable built environment covering clean energy and energy efficiency, climate resilience, circular measures, health, water efficiency, and supporting biodiversity.
The HSE Infrastructure Decarbonisation Roadmap sets out planned actions in relation to Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions like energy retrofits, as well as other decarbonisation measures like Energy Efficient Infrastructure Design (EED) and Towards Carbon Zero Design (TCZD), training, energy teams, and metering. Contact your regional Energy Bureau Officer for more details.
Some examples and case studies can be found here:
- Solar energy, lighting upgrades, and behavioural change initiatives at Naas Ambulance base
- Significant energy users metering project
- Cappagh hospital’s road to decarbonisation – metering, lighting, TRVs, pump replacement, staff awareness
- Stewarts Care energy improvements – fabric upgrades, lighting, metering, solar PV
- Pump replacement project at Cloonamahon Sligo
- Decarbonisation work at Croom Orthopaedic hospital – heat pumps, thermostatic radiator valves, and behaviour change
- Heat pump installation in Kenmare and Tralee
- Fabric upgrades in Kilkreene Orthopaedic hospital
- St Brigid’s Ardee energy improvements – heat pumps, improved heating controls, and lighting upgrades
- St Fintan’s – LED lighting, pump upgrades, window upgrades, and staff engagement
- St Ita’s, Knockamann – solar PV, LED lighting, and behavioural change initiatives
- University Hospital Galway – boiler decentralisation
- Slievenamon natural ventilation strategy
- Energy efficient design at Newtowncunningham PCC
- Portlaoise window bar design from EED process
- Water saving initiatives – water efficient showers in Cork University Hospital and water efficient taps in Sligo University Hospital
- Green space projects on 15 pilot sites
- Staff energy awareness initiatives