Education & Training Boards work in partnership to meet challenge of 2030 energy saving target
ETB Sector has 100% engagement in Energy Training programme
Education & Training Boards (ETBs) are working in partnership with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and the Department of Education to meet the challenging public sector requirement to reduce emissions by at least 50% by 2030 and to net-zero by 2050*.
Chairing today’s Education and Training Boards session at the SEAI Public Sector Energy Conference, Paddy Lavelle, General Secretary of Education & Training Boards Ireland added “I am happy to say that 100% of ETBs are engaged in the SEAI Energy MAP training programme, a figure unique in the Education Sector. This has enabled them to identify and implement important energy-saving opportunities in their ETBs”.
“Education & Training Boards have shown leadership” he continued, “whether that’s Limerick and Clare ETB supporting the energy retrofitting of thirty-nine schools to date as part of the Department of Education’s Pathfinder project, City of Dublin and Longford & Westmeath’s energy-reducing metering projects or Cavan & Monaghan’s Energy Awareness Action Plan. That leadership, from caretaker to chief executive, will be essential if we are to develop successful strategies to pursue energy efficiency and the associated emissions reductions targets set out for the public sector in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021”.
“Each ETB’s commitment to Energy Training also impacts at school level”, the General Secretary pointed out “and aligns with student learning as part of ETBI’s Take 1 Programme – Embedding the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) in Teaching and Learning. The interconnected nature of the Global Goals is demonstrated through ETB engagement with the SEAI Energy MAP training, which highlights a practical commitment to addressing students’ Climate Concerns while also achieving 2030 targets through energy management activities”.
Speaking in advance of the Public Sector Energy Conference, William Walsh, CEO of SEAI said: “SEAI is delighted to host the dedicated ETB session at this year’s conference, which is chaired by ETBI General Secretary Paddy Lavelle. ETB engagement in the Energy MAP programme and the ETB projects outlined during the session, developed in partnership with SEAI, show the leadership and commitment of the ETB Sector to planning decarbonisation and strategies to meet the challenging dual targets for 2030”.
Concluding, Paddy Lavelle stated: “From capital projects to retrofit, real time energy monitoring to the behavioural changes required of all of us, these projects involve ETBs working together and in partnership with others to continually improve our delivery of core services”.
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Additional Information: Agenda for ETB Session here and additional information on ETB Energy Management Projects will be posted throughout the day on twitter @etbireland
Boird Oideachais & Oiliúna Ag Obair I Gcomhpháirtíocht Chun Dúshlán Sprioc 2030 Um Choigilt Fuinnimh A Chomhlíonadh.
Rannpháirtíocht 100% ag an Earnáil BOO sa chlár Oiliúna Fuinnimh
Tá Boird Oideachais & Oiliúna (BOOnna) ag obair i gcomhpháirtíocht le hÚdarás Fuinnimh Inbhuanaithe na hÉireann (SEAI) agus leis an Roinn Oideachais chun riachtanas dúshlánach na earnála poiblí laghdú 50% ar a laghad ar astaíochtaí a bhaint amach faoi 2030 agus go mbeidís neodrach ó thaobh an fuinnimh faoi 2050.
Agus é ina chathaoirleach ar sheisiún na mBord Oideachais agus Oiliúna inniu ag Comhdháil Fuinnimh na hEarnála Poiblí SEAI, dúirt Paddy Lavelle, Ard-Rúnaí Bhoird Oideachais & Oiliúna na hÉireann “Tá áthas orm a rá go bhfuil 100% de na BOOnna ag páirteach i gclár oiliúna Energy MAP SEAI, ar chéatadán é sin nach bhfeictear go hiondúil san Earnáil Oideachais. Chuir sé seo ar a gcumas deiseanna tábhachtacha coigilte fuinnimh a aithint agus a chur i bhfeidhm ina gcuid BOOnna féin . “
Dúirt sé “Tá ceannaireacht léirithe ag na Boird Oideachais & Oiliúna, idir BOO Luimnigh agus an Chláir ag tacú le hiarfheistiú fuinnimh i dtríocha naoi scoil go dtí seo mar chuid de thionscadal Pathfinder na Roinne Oideachais, thionscadail mhéadraithe um laghdú fuinnimh BOO Chathair Bhaile Átha agus BOO an Longfoirt & na hIarmhí agus Phlean Gníomhaíochta um Fheasacht Boo Chabháin & Mhuineacháin. Beidh an cheannaireacht sin, ina bhfuil ról ag gach duine ó airíoch go príomhfheidhmeannach, riachtanach, má táimid chun straitéisí rathúla a fhorbairt chun éifeachtúlacht fuinnimh agus na spriocanna laghdaithe astaíochtaí gaolmhara atá leagtha amach don earnáil phoiblí sa Bhille um Ghníomhaíocht Aeráide agus um Fhorbairt Ísealcharbóin (Leasú) 2021 a bhaint amach”.
Dúirt an tArd-Rúnaí “Feictear torthaí thiomantas gach BOO maidir le hOiliúint Fuinnimh ag leibhéal na scoile freisin agus tagann sé le foghlaim na ndaltaí mar chuid de Chlár Take 1 an ETBI – Na SDGanna (Spriocanna Forbartha Inbhuanaithe) a leabú sa Teagasc agus san Fhoghlaim. Léirítear cineál idirnasctha na Spriocanna Domhanda trí rannpháirtíocht BOO le hoiliúint ENERGY MAP SEAI, ina leagtar béim ar thiomantas praiticiúil maidir le dul i ngleic le hÁbhair Imní na ndaltaí i leith na hAeráide agus ag an am céanna sprioc 2030 a bhaint amach trí ghníomhaíochtaí bainistíochta fuinnimh ”.
Ag labhairt dó roimh Chomhdháil Fuinnimh na hEarnála Poiblí, dúirt William Walsh, POF SEAI: “Tá ríméad ar SEAI an sainseisiún BOO, a bhfuil Paddy Lavelle, Ard-Rúnaí ETBI ina chathaoirleach air, a óstáil ag comhdháil na bliana seo. Léiríonn rannpháirtíocht na hearnála BOO sa chlár Energy MAP agus i dtionscadail an BOO a leagfar amach iad le linn an tseisiúin, agus a forbraíodh i gcomhpháirtíocht le SEAI, ceannaireacht agus tiomantas Earnáil na mBOOnna maidir le dícharbónú agus straitéisí a phleanáil chun déspriocanna dúshlánacha 2030 a bhaint amach ”.
Mar fhocal scoir, dúirt Paddy Lavelle: “Idir thionscadail chaipitil, iarfheistiú, mhonatóireacht fuinnimh fíor-ama agus na hathruithe iompraíochta a theastaíonn uainn go léir, ciallaíonn na tionscadail seo go mbeidh BOOnna ag obair le chéile agus i gcomhpháirtíocht le daoine eile chun feabhsú leanúnach a chur ar sheachadadh ár bpríomhsheirbhísí”.
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