Sustainable Energy awards for Cork trio

Cork companies reigned supreme at this year’s Sustainable Energy awards, winning three of the 10 prizes on offer.

UCC’s Tyndall National Institute picked up the Outstanding Leadership in Energy Management award in recognition of its intensive energy reduction programme, which has resulted in a 30% cut in energy use and a zero carbon impact from its new 5,500 sq m facility.

This prize was shared with Dublin company Stewarts Care for bringing together a combination of best-fit energy efficiency technologies, resulting in an 11% decrease in energy consumption and a 30% reduction in carbon emissions.

Mallow-based EPS Group won the Energy Efficiency Award — Major User. The company, which provides water and wastewater treatment and pumping solutions, appointed energy champions and an energy monitoring programme which helped achieve 36% energy cost savings.

Recordati Ireland Ltd of Ringaskiddy received the Energy Efficiency Award — Small User for implementing a series of energy efficiency improvements, resulting in an 18% reduction in production costs.

Hosted by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and sponsored by Electric Ireland, the awards recognise excellence in energy management and this year saw entrants achieve energy savings of €28m.