{"id":144,"date":"2006-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"Conference_Report_-_Rethinking_Energy_Use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidhealy.com\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Conference Report – Rethinking Energy Use"},"content":{"rendered":"

A report on a conference organised by the excellent Cultivate Centre.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n

Report on
\n Conference<\/span><\/p>\n

Rethinking Energy Use <\/span><\/p>\n


\n Friday 21 April 2006 <\/p>\n

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\n
\n <\/p>\n

Cultivate
\n Centre, Temple Bar<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall
\n this was a very useful and worthwhile conference, covering energy issues both
\n at a general overall level and with good presentations on building energy
\n demand.<\/span><\/p>\n

At
\n the overall level, it is clear that significant changes will happen in energy
\n production and use<\/span><\/p>\n

09.30-10.15
\n Putting Our Energy Issues into Context <\/span><\/p>\n

Gerard O’Neil – Chief Executive, Amárach
\n Consulting. ‘ The Business Implications of Peak Oil’ <\/span><\/p>\n

Good
\n overview of current energy situation and public attitudes in Ireland
\n towards energy including nuclear energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard Douthwaite -Economist
\n with FEASTA – ‘Envisioning a sustainable Ireland from an energy
\n availability perspective.’ <\/span><\/p>\n

Local
\n ownership of energy\/electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local
\n credit unions as owners of ESCOs ( Energy Suply Companies)<\/span><\/p>\n

11.00-11.15
\n Introduction from the chair of the 2nd session Dorothy Maxwell,
\n Environment Unit of Enterprise Ireland<\/span> <\/p>\n

Relevant
\n contact for Green Public Procurement as referred to at Environment SCP –
\n refer as contact to Paul Smyth<\/span><\/p>\n

11.15-11.45
\n Reducing Our Use of Energy <\/span><\/p>\n

Declan Meally – Head of Industry Sustainable Energy Ireland,
\n Reducing the energy intensity of the enterprise sector <\/span><\/p>\n

Investment
\n decisions taken now are very imporant as they will constitute either lock-in
\n or lock-out for future energy demand and expenditure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raymond McEvoy – Director of Manufacturing
\n Excellence,   ‘Clean & Lean Manufacturing cleanerproduction.ie<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

14.30-14.45
\n Introduction by Emer O’Siochru from EOS Architects the chair of the
\n third session <\/span><\/p>\n

Enliven
\n case study.<\/span><\/p>\n

14.45-15.30
\n Reducing our energy usage in the built environment – Case studies <\/span><\/p>\n

Pauric Davis – Director Davis Associates – Emerald
\n Project, Dublin<\/span>\n <\/p>\n

Solearth, Davis
\n Associates, Dundalk IT<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Social and affordable
\n housing development in Ballymun,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  • District heating <\/span><\/li>\n
  • Solar shared hot water, <\/span><\/li>\n
  • passive solar, <\/span><\/li>\n
  • photovoltaic,<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Real-time energy consumption indications –
    \n “building management system”<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Greywater reuse<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Wind cowl and heat ecovery.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Access\/service\/utilities duct<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Pantry cupboard in it cooled by outside air
    \n stream<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Also ventilation duct<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Bathroom vents to it,  replacement air comes in in pipe
    \n around outgoing air, picking up heat from it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

     <\/span><\/p>\n

    Challenges<\/span><\/p>\n

    Costs<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span><\/p>\n

    Each dwelling 7200 kWh
    \n \/year total, most is wood or solar<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span><\/p>\n

    Heating and Hot water,
    \n current irish consumption is 250 kWh\/m2\/year<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span><\/p>\n

    Building regs, 150
    \n kWh\/m2\/yr heating and hot water<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span><\/p>\n

    Emerald 60 kWh\/m2\/year
    \n heating and hot water<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span><\/p>\n

    Tomas O’Leary – Director MosArt Landscape –
    \n Architecture – Research <\/span><\/p>\n

    Passive house 10% more
    \n expensive than well-built house<\/span><\/p>\n

    International experience 10
    \n to 15% more expensive<\/span><\/p>\n

    This is not a comparison to
    \n a badly built house, which would require a 25% premium.<\/span><\/p>\n

     <\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Student Residence in Vienna, passive house standard<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Apartment blocks in Vienna<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Office building Mödling, Austria<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Passive house church, Wels, Austria,
      \n produces net energy<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Restaurant<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Factory<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Pichling Solar City (1,500 Passive
      \n house units)<\/span><\/p>\n

      Winter -15 \/ -20*<\/span><\/p>\n

      See pictures<\/span><\/p>\n

       <\/span><\/p>\n

      Obstacles<\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
      • Skepticism<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Costs, but:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Saving €3,000 a
        \n year…<\/span><\/p>\n

         <\/span><\/p>\n

        Principles are common
        \n sense, detailing is difficult<\/span><\/p>\n

         <\/span><\/p>\n

        15.30-16.00
        \n Break <\/span><\/p>\n

        16.00-16.10
        \n Introduction Eamon Ryan TD <\/span><\/p>\n

        Reference
        \n to Al Gore article in Vanity Fair. 
        \n Need to work from hearts as well as minds.<\/span><\/p>\n


        \n 16.10-16.30 Policy pathways to a low energy world              
        \n <\/span><\/p>\n

        Dr David Fleming – UK Energy Consultant <\/span><\/p>\n

        Very
        \n powerful presentation on the need to face up to the severity of the crisis we
        \n face.  We mustn’t let our optimism
        \n slide into wishful thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Report
\nby <\/span><\/p>\n

Cllr
\nDavid Healy <\/span><\/p>\n

8th
\nMay 2006<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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