Deadline: 19-Jun-2020
The SEAI Energy Awards recognise and reward excellence in all aspects of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
The categories for 2020 cover a wide range of areas and activities that reflect SEAI’s key focus areas. The Awards continuously showcase the organisations, communities and individuals who are leading in smart energy solutions and practices.
The eight categories are open to individuals, groups or organisations, public and private sector, from either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. Entries can include any combination of electricity, heat or transport initiatives.
Award Categories
- Large Business – Exemplary Energy Management
- This award is aimed at organisations with an energy spend of over €0.5 million that have demonstrated achievements in energy efficiency and decarbonisation over a number of years. Entrants should outline what energy savings have been made against their long term ambition, and any innovations in their actions, projects or engagement that have improved energy performance 2020.
- Small and Medium sized Business – Exemplary Energy Performance
- This award is aimed small and medium businesses, with an energy spend from €1 to €1 million and employee numbers from 1 to 250, that go beyond best practice in in energy efficiency, energy management solutions or renewable technology deployments. Entrants should outline what energy savings have been made to date against their long term ambition.
- Leadership in the Public Sector
- This Award is aimed at public sector organisations that have demonstrated leadership in energy efficiency and decarbonisation over a number of years. Entrants should outline what energy savings have been made against their long term ambition, and outline any innovations in their actions, projects or engagement that have improved energy performance.
- Inspirational Energy Community
- This award is for members of the SEAI Sustainable Energy Communities Network. It will recognise the inspirational efforts of teams leading a sustainable energy community that go beyond the norm through a combination of ambition, passion and commitment.
- Energy in Buildings
- This award celebrates sustainable and low carbon buildings that have demonstrated best practice in design, construction or operation. Applications are welcome from new build or substantial retrofit projects, in residential or commercial settings. Projects must be complete and buildings occupied.
- Innovative Deployment of Renewable Energy
- This award recognises organisations that have demonstrated a high level of innovation in the deployment and/or operation of a functioning renewable energy project. Projects may be in renewable heat, electricity or transport, and may include projects for self-supply to a discrete facility.
- Excellence in Energy Research and Innovation
- This award is aimed at organisations that have researched and developed innovative energy-related technologies, processes or systems, which will contribute significantly to Ireland’s clean energy transition. This winner will receive a €10,000 bursary.
- Energy Team/Manager of the Year
- This award celebrates individuals or teams in the public, private or voluntary sectors, who have demonstrated long-term leadership and ambition in implementing energy management and delivering significant benefits for their organisation.
What SEAI seeking from Entries
Winning entries will go well beyond the norms of sustainable energy best practice, excelling in some or all of these areas:
- Achieving multiple tangible benefits
- Achieving significant energy demand reduction or clean energy deployment
- Robust implementation approach
- High levels of innovation
- Strong potential for replication
For more information, visit https://www.seai.ie/events/sustainable-energy-awards/