Energy Act ctio ion Fuel l Poverty Conference 2019 “ Together we thrive” The Din ingle le Experie ience Brendan Tuohy www.dinglehub.com 1
Vision: A sustainable community fostering an ecosystem to facilitate the creation of diverse companies with all-year, well paid jobs on the Dingle Peninsula Environmental Creative Digital Sustainability Industries Transformation • Mol Teic (Dingle Creativity and Innovation Hub)- launched in April 2017 • Shared Offices: 9 Offices, 12 LT Desks, 5 ST Desks, 2 meeting rooms • Networking • Ecosystem for business, entrepreneurship, innovation and community engagement • Key initiatives e.g Dingle 2030 Who we are….. 2
Tourism Marine Energy Agriculture Transport April 2018: Dingle Sustainable Energy Coach Training Energy Master Plan Energy Community established Funded by KETB Final Energy Consumption: 315GWh Need identified for independent, Dingle 2030: Our Sustainable impartial advice Future November 2019: course begins Working with the local SEAI schemes, retrofit costs, community to explore, support ASHP’s and Solar PV’s, funding and enable the low carbon sources, assessment of transition advantages Environmental Sustainability 3
Dingle 2030: Our Sustainable Future Top-Down Bottom-Up Environmental Sustainability
Community Awareness and Information Events 2020: Activating the Energy Citizen An enhanced programme of initiatives, events and 300+ bulbs workshops including the provision of Energy Bureau 15,300 kWh/year L E D B u lb S w a p services and linkage to Young Animators 13.8 tonnes CO2/ S w a p o ld in ca n d e sce n t lig h t b u lb s fo r b ra n d n e w e n e rg y sa vin g L E D lig h t b u lb s! year P o b a lsco il C h o rcaD h u ib h n e Some events W e d n e sd a y 1 0th A p ril, 6p m to 9p m • Oct 2018: Farmers Form @ Dingle Food Festival T&C ’ s: Four LED bulbs per household, domestic lightbulbs only. Dingle 2030 • Apr 2019: LED Bulb Swap Event Supporting our sustainable future • May 2019: Féile na Bealtaine • Jun 2019: Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta • Aug 2019: Féile Liospóil • Aug 2019: IoT Farm Ambassador Workshop • Oct 2019: Farmers Form @ Dingle Food Festival • Oct 2019: Socio-economic Study • Nov 2019: Energy Master Plan • Jan 2020: Anaerobic Digestion Feasibility Study Community Engagement 5
Transport EV Charging Infrastructure Transport Infrastructure (4) Private Car Park – Tourist POI (6) • 119 potential charge points Significant Employer (7) • Submission to current RRDF Public On Street (18) Public Car Park – Tourist POI (18) call for 25 charge points Public Car Parks – Beaches (20) Sustainable Transport Public Car Parks (46) • New public bus service developed by Local Link Kerry, awaiting approval from NTA • Plans to trial biogas and electric buses on new routes IoT Innovation • Capability required (i) to check online if the charger is working and (ii) to pre-book a charging/parking space before arriving Environmental Sustainability / Digital Transformation 6
Engaged Complimentary Living Lab Research Projects Projects underway on Dingle Peninsula. • EU Horizon 2020 SKIN Project (Teagasc) • Interreg RegEnergy Project (WIT) • EU Horizon 2020 HotMaps (Kerry Co Co) • Proposal for EU Horizon 2020 FLARE Project (ITT, Teagasc) • Socio-economic study of the Dingle Peninsula (NEWKD) Supporting businesses, job creation and development of innovation capacity in the Low Energy Society It’s getting busy here! 7
Ding ingle Hu Hub/SEC – MAR AREI – Co Community En Engagement Kerry Education and North East and Steering Training Board (KETB) West Kerry ESB Project Committee • Training and Development Board for for EMP upskilling of local (NEWKD) Energy ESBN Project Dingle • tradespeople Master Plan Project Engaging with EMP Dingle community • Local Training groups • Initiative on Engaging with Bionergy Energy Coaching farmers and Sustainable • Engaging with Steering Buses on Dingle Anaerobic Transport • Model house in young people Committee on Peninsula – LLK, NTA Digestion) Training Centre for Anaerobic EV Parking, Charging training of MAREI Digestion - and Booking System Energy, Transport Research tradespeople and others 8
Sustaining Changing Rural our Mindsets Regeneration Future • Dingle Hub Young Advisory Board • Coder Dojo & Techspace • Animation Workshops • Coiste Timpeallacht Dingle Workhouse 2.0 Looking to the future…….. 9
• Optimise community engagement o through new forms of community engagement; o that recognises the need for significant time commitment of local volunteers; o that supports the volunteers adequately; and o involves policy makers (at national and local levels) • Engaged research is important for developing innovation capacity in the local community and for informing policy, research and outreach • Training, upskilling and education for Transition to Low Carbon are important • Foster the creation of new start-ups and sustainable, well-paid, fulfilling jobs in local communities • While there will be some technical challenges, the most difficult challenges will be changing minds, hearts and behaviour • Political and community leadership is essential all levels Some conclusions 10
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