Deadline: 23-Jun-23
Entries are now open for the SEAI Energy Awards that recognises and reward excellence in all aspects of energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Award Categories
- The categories for 2023 covered a wide range of areas and activities that reflect SEAI’s key focus areas.
- Large Business
- 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.
- Small and Medium Business
- This award is aimed small and medium businesses, with an energy spend from €1 to €1.5 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 Sustainable 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, and the impact they have on the wider community in leading Ireland’s energy transition.
- 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 non-residential 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.
- Sustainable Energy Leader/Team 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.
- Transport
- This category recognises exemplary performance and innovation in low emissions transport. This award celebrates organisations, initiatives which have demonstrated leadership and/or innovation in decarbonising transport.
- Residential Energy Upgrades
- This category recognises those who embrace the pursuit of sustainable energy by designing and/or delivering energy upgrades to existing homes to achieve user-centred low-carbon homes.
- NEW AWARD Sustainability via Digital Technologies in Construction and Buildings
- This award recognises the use of digital technology such as BIM, building energy simulation, SMART building technology/ analytics, manufacturing techniques (Circular Economy) to reduce the whole life cycle carbon emissions of a building.
- Large Business
Eligibility Criteria
- Large Business
- Applications are welcome from Large Businesses across all sectors who can demonstrate achievements in energy efficiency.
- Small and Medium Business
- Applications are welcome from SMEs across all sectors.
- Leadership in the Public Sector
- Applications are welcome from all public sector organisations.
- Inspirational Sustainable Energy Community
- Applications are welcome from all of SEAI’s Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) Network.
- Energy in Buildings
- Applications are welcome from new build or substantial retrofit projects, in residential or non-residential settings.
- Innovative Deployment of Renewable Energy
- Applications are welcome from Renewable energy project owners, Facility / building owners with innovative renewable energy deployments including houses. Technology developers and suppliers with suitably innovative projects
- Excellence in Energy Research and Innovation
- Applications are welcome from companies, 3rd level educational bodies, public sector bodies and semi-state bodies involved in impactful energy research and innovation.
- Sustainable Energy Leader/Team of the Year
- Applications are welcome from individuals, teams or organisations, across the public, private and voluntary sectors.
- Transport
- This award celebrates organisations and initiatives which have demonstrated leadership and/or innovation in decarbonising transport.
- Residential Energy Upgrades
- Applicants might include architects, contractors, energy agencies, housing associations, local authorities, etc.
- NEW AWARD Sustainability via Digital Technologies in Construction and Buildings
- Those within the construction and management of buildings industries. All types of contractors , design team members, building management companies (public and private), SMART building consultants and contractors and manufacturers.
For more information, visit SEAI Energy Awards.