The document summarizes the Airtricity Community Fund, which provides funding for energy efficiency and sustainability projects in communities near Airtricity wind farms. It outlines the application process, which involves downloading and filling out an application form that describes the community group and project. Applicants submit the form to the Community Liaison Officer, Anne Reynolds, who reviews all applications. Successful applicants are then awarded funding and celebrated with a community photo. The fund has supported over 130 local projects since 2008, with examples of recently funded projects given.

1. Energy Efficient Floodlighting for Killeaney AFC Pitch
“The new lighting system means our local sports teams can practice all year round The Project
in a much safer environment” The Killeaney AFC sports facility is used by schoolboy teams
in the local area on a daily basis. To improve the training
facilities and reduce energy costs, club members decided
to apply for funding to implement a new energy efficient
lighting system that would help keep the facility open all
year round.
Energy Efficiency: The installation of a Service: As well as providing a sports
The new lighting system means multiple teams An energy efficient lighting system helps to Over 100 people a week use the new facility highly efficient floodlighting system will and social facility that can now be used
can now train together reduce energy costs help to significantly reduce the amount during the winter months, multiple
of energy required to operate the facility teams can also now use the facility at
during the winter months. any one time.
Sustainability: The upgraded facility Excellence: The improved facilities
provides the Knockdown community provide a benefit to all age and social
with a year round venue for sports and groups. The energy efficient lighting will
social activities. also help keep costs down during the
winter months.
Teamwork: Volunteers of all ages
from various community groups in Safety: A qualified health and safety
Sports teams can now practice during New pitchside lighting The new lighting means sport can be played
Knockdown worked collaboratively to officer was employed to oversee all of
the winter months all year round
drive the development of this project. the construction works.
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Community Funding Project Project Community
Fund Application Awarded Construction Completion Opening
January 2012 March 2012 August 2012 October 2012 October 2012
“The support from Airtricity community fund has allow us to
Airtricity Community Project Type deliver a facility that will provide a much needed service for
Investment Beneficiaries Energy Efficiency  Sustainability  Knockdown community. The new lighting system means our
€5,000 150
local sports teams can practice all year around in a much
safer environment whilst keeping costs down”.
People per week Michael Cummane
Secretary Killeaney AFC

2. Replacement windows and doors at Templeglantine National School
“Pupils, teachers and parents are delighted with the new windows and doors at the The Project
National School.” The single glaze windows and doors at Templeglantine
National School were first installed in the 1970s, so heat loss
was a real issue for the school. Airtricity’s Community Fund
helped Templeglantine National School install over 50 new
double glaze windows and doors, helping to significantly
reduce its annual energy costs.
Energy Efficiency: The replacement Service: The National school is at the
of single glaze windows and doors with heart of the local community, therefore
All single glazed windows have been replaced Double glazing has helped reduce energy costs. New doors at Templeglantine NS. a double glazed model has helped the not only will this project benefit pupils
with double glazing school to improve heat retention in each and teachers, but local groups such as
classroom. This improvement has also the Choltas Music group will also avail of
helped to increase the school’s BER, the improved facilities.
which was also awarded to the school
Excellence: The Community Fund
by Airtricity’s 2010 Community Fund.
package has significantly improved the
Sustainability: As well as making building’s efficiency, replacing windows
measurable improvements to the and doors that were originally installed
school’s energy use, pupils and teachers in the 1970s.
now have a far more comfortable
Safety: Safety assessments were
Pupils and teachers now enjoy a comfortable and Templeglantine NS recieved €29,000 to upgrade The school’s BER rating has improved significantly. working environment.
warm classroom environment. windows and doors. carried out prior to construction and a
Teamwork: All the project labour and fully qualified contractor was employed
supplies were sourced from local to carry out the installation during the
1 2 3 4 5 suppliers, with school staff, pupils and summer, whilst pupils and teachers
Community Funding Project Project Community parents providing a helping hand with were on their summer holidays.
Fund Application Awarded Construction Completion Opening the planning and development process.
December 2011 March 2012 June/July 2012 August 2012 September 2012
Airtricity Community Project Type “Pupils, teachers and parents are delighted with the new
Investment Beneficiaries Energy Efficiency  Sustainability  windows and doors at the National School. The upgrades will
€29,000 500
have a real positive impact on the building and we hope that
heat loss will be reduced by as much as 50 percent, helping
us to significantly reduce the school’s energy bills.”
People per week Joe Fitzgerald
Board of Management Templeglantine National School

3. Templeglantine Community Hall Retrofit
“Airtricity’s funding will revive the Templeglantine Community Hall to become an The Project
efficient landmark building for all to be proud of.” Templeglantine community hall was built by voluntary
labour in 1974. By modern standards, the building was poorly
insulated, had an inefficient heating system and leaked heat
through its single glazed windows. A survey revealed a
Building Energy Rating of (F). The Community Fund is helping
to transform this once energy-wasting community hall into a
vibrant, energy efficient local landmark.
Energy Efficiency: Upgrading the Service: The community will have a
Local schools and social groups will use Senior age groups will find the hall more inviting with In 2009 the Community Fund helped upgrade lighting system to a higher spec and modern, multi-purpose space that
the new hall on a daily basis. a warmer and more comfortable hall temperature. emergency lighting to the value of €1,500. better performing T5 fluorescent light, will be utilised by local sports teams,
as well as implementing an Energy musicians, drama clubs as well as
Management Action Plan (EMAP) will providing a more pleasant environment
help to reduce the building’s energy for senior age groups.
consumption.
Excellence: The reduced hall running
Sustainability: To sustain the efficiency costs will allow for further development
of the building, proper insulation along within the community, as well as acting
with the eradication of draughts and as a catalyst to help people pursue
higher performance windows will see efficiency within their own homes.
Before the upgrade, insulation in the The suggested Energy Management Action Plan will help An environmentally friendly ‘grey water’ system current heat loss of the building reduced
Safety: All personnel entering the building
building was extremely poor. to reduce the building’s running costs and carbon footprint. will further reduce running costs. by over 75%.
site during construction are required to
Teamwork: Pro-active communications comply with the Health and Welfare at
1 2 3 4 5 about the energy efficiency benefits. Work Act 2005, including wearing of hard
hats and high visibility vests.
Project Community Funding Project Community
Construction Fund Application Awarded Completion Opening
June 2011 September 2011 January 2011 July 2012 August 2012
Airtricity Community Project Type “Airtricity’s funding will revive the Templeglantine
Investment Beneficiaries Energy Efficiency  Sustainability  Community Hall to become an efficient landmark building
€47,000 1,500
for all to be proud of. The funding is being used to re-insulate
the building including wrapping the outside of the hall in
insulation. Through these measures we aim to cut heat loss
People per week by over 75%, greatly reducing our running costs.”
Christy Walsh, Templegantine Muintir na Tire

4. The Airtricity Community Fund
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Download your Community Fund application form at
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5. Applying to the Community Fund
Download The Community Fund Application Form
Download your Community Fund application form at www.airtricity.com
Tell Us About Your Project
Fill out your application form, telling us about your community group and your project. Remember
to attach quotes for the energy efficiency / sustainability measure you are looking for funding for.
Send Us Your Project Details
Submit your completed application form to our Community Liasion Officer, Anne Reynolds.
This can be done via post or email.
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Airtricity Reviews All Projects
All Community Fund applications are evaluated on a competitive basis – remember,
funding sought must relate to an energy efficient or sustainability project.
Funding Awards
Airtricity Community Liaison Officer, Anne Reynolds, will contact all successful applicants,
letting them know how much funding their respective projects are to be awarded.
Community Photo
6 To celebrate your successful Community Fund application, Anne Reynolds will organise
a visit to your community and present successful groups with their Community Funding.

6. Airtricity Energy Services
We have two energy service businesses that operate in Ireland -
Airtricity Utility Solutions, Ireland’s largest street lighting
contractor and Airtricity Home Energy Services, which provides
energy efficiency improvements for our customers. 20
AHES employees
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Direct and indirect
Airtricity Home Energy Services worked on the Limerick Home Energy
retrofit project. Service Employees
Airtricity Home Energy Services (AHES) delivers energy efficiency improvements for domestic and
non-domestic customers. Improving the energy performance of homes and businesses is one of the
best ways to reduce overall energy consumption, carbon emissions and energy bills and we work with
customers to help them reduce their energy consumption and cost by providing practical advice. 15,000
Jobs competed
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Home Energy
AHES allows us to do more, by providing energy efficiency improvements direct to our customers.
last year. Service vehicles
Under the national ‘Better Energy’ plan launched
by the Department for Communications, Energy
and Natural Resources (DCENR) in the Republic of
Ireland, Airtricity Home Energy Services offers a
number of services, such as:
• Boiler Upgrades
• Insulation
• Maintenance
• Heating Control upgrades
• Solar panel installations

7. Airtricity Energy Services
Airtricity Utility Solutions
Airtricity Utility Solutions is Ireland’s leading street light contractor,
providing full in-house design, estimating, consultancy and project
management services. Our promise is to provide public lighting 120
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Regional depots
solutions that we, our customers and the community at large can Solutions across the Republic
employees of Ireland
be proud of. These solutions will be cost effective and in keeping
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with the landscape.
Streetlights Specialised vehicles,
Core lighting services maintained across the fully rated, tested
Republic of Ireland and certified
• Term maintenance contracts
• Design
“Airtricity Utility Solutions is committed to ensuring
• New lighting schemes
that each local authority’s Public Lighting contract
• Amenity lighting
is managed to the highest possible service, safety
• Sports floodlighting and excellence standards while at the same time
• Industrial lighting delivering an efficient and value for money service
• Car park and floodlighting schemes to councils and the communities they serve.”
Gerry Burke,
General Manager, Airtricity Utility Solutions

8. SSE Ireland at a glance
SSE is Ireland’s fastest growing and third largest energy utility. “Our ambition in Ireland is to become the leading
energy company on the island through the efficient
Our purpose is to provide the energy people need in a reliable and operation of, and investment in, a balanced range
sustainable way. We operate and invest in thermal and renewable of businesses.”
energy generation, supply and related services across Ireland.
Mark Ennis
Since 2008, SSE has invested around half a billion Euro in Ireland. Chairman, SSE Ireland
A Snapshot of SSE Ireland
SSE Generation
The third largest generation capacity owner in Ireland.
We own and operate four thermal generating plants
Airtricity
Ireland’s third largest and fastest growing energy
provider. We supply domestic and commercial gas,
1,568MW 780,000
Of all island Domestic and
in Ireland, including the 620MW Tarbert power plant electricity and home energy services customers in the installed generation commercial, gas,
in County Kerry, and 25 onshore wind farms Republic of Ireland. Airtricity is powered by SSE capacity, including electricity and home
across the island. and is Ireland’s greenest supplier.
500MW of wind energy services
farm capacity customers
Airtricity Energy Services
We have two energy services business that operate in SSE Renewables
250,000 1,400MW
Street lights are Of onshore and offshore
Ireland - Airtricity Utility Solutions, Ireland’s largest The largest renewable energy developer in maintained on wind capacity in
street lighting contractor and Airtricity Home Energy Ireland, with around 1400MW of onshore and behalf of 25 local Ireland in construction
Services, which provides energy efficiency offshore wind capacity in Ireland in construction authorities in the or with consent for
improvements for our customers. or with consent for development. Republic of Ireland development.

9. Athea Wind Farm
The consented wind farm at Athea is located approximately 6km to the north of Abbeyfeale, close to the village
of Athea. Construction enabling works are now underway. The development is adjacent to SSE’s operating
Dromada wind farm (28.5MW). Once Athea is complete, SSE will operate over 100MW of wind generation
capacity in County Limerick. The wind farm is expected to create around 50 full time jobs over the construction
phase of the project. At the construction peak, around 160 people will be employed on site.
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Planning Construction Grid Connection Turbine Wind Farm
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Consent enabling works Works delivery Commissioning
2010 2010–2012 Commenced June Commence August 2013 December 2013
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33.65MW
The Athea wind farm will add
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The project involves the
a further 33.65MW of wind construction of 16 wind turbine
capacity to SSE Ireland’s foundations, a substation
renewables portfolio. building and 16 wind turbines.
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Athea
Athea Wind Farm will The green energy produced
produce enough electricity at Athea will help to offset
to power 17,000 homes 38,000 tonnes of harmful CO2
emissions every year

10. County Limerick
Retrofit Project
Introduction
Airtricity approached Limerick County Council (CC) with the proposal to do a deep
retrofit of a number of council homes in the Limerick area of our Tournafulla,
Rathcahill and Dromada windfarms.
Together with Limerick CC we submitted an application to the Sustainable
Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) for additional funding to ensure the area could
maximise the benefits from this project. With the combined funding we have been
able to complete a full deep retrofit of 107 homes.
The full thermal upgrade of these 107 homes in the areas of Athea, Ardagh, Headline Numbers
Broadford, Carrigkerry, Drumcollagher, Glin, Mountcollins, Newcastle West,
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Templeglantine and Tournafulla will greatly improve the energy efficiency of
these homes as well as vastly enhance the comfort levels for the residents.
The total number of The total combined The total number of days
homes that received investment by Airtricity, between the project
Working together with the SEAI and Limerick CC, Airtricity is delighted to have
a full deep retrofit. Limerick CC and the SEAI application and the
been able to improve the energy efficiency of so many homes in the communities to complete the project. project completion.
around our windfarms.
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July 2012 August 2012 August 2012 October 2012 October 2012
Airtricity and Limerick CC submitted the SEAI notified us that our project We began planning by conducting Upgrade works began, with full quality Retrofit works were completed
application to SEAI’s Area Based Pilot. application was successful. site and home visits. assurance implemented throughout. on schedule.

11. County Limerick
Retrofit Project
CFL Lights
Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) combine
fluorescent efficiency with incandescent convenience.
Replacing traditional incandescent lamps with screw-
in CFLs can provide energy savings. Although more
expensive to buy CFLs last up to ten times longer and
use only one fifth of the energy.
Energy efficient windows and doors
A large part of a house’s heat loss occurs through
the windows and doors. The replacement windows
and doors in this project are specifically designed
to minimise heat loss and condensation. Where
replacements were not required we serviced
the existing doors and windows to improve their
performance.
Building Energy Rating (BER) Cavity Wall Insulation
Attic insulation A Building Energy Rating (BER) is an indication The insulation of external walls will provide
Insulating the 50 sq.m. (540 sq.ft) attic space of a of the energy performance of a home. It covers considerable energy savings with some 35% of
typical house could save around €76 a year (up to energy use for space heating, water heating, heat lost through the walls in a typical house. If the
20% of a typical fuel bill). There are a variety of ventilation and lighting calculated on the basis of house has suitable cavity walls, the application of
suitable materials including mineral wool, rock standard occupancy. The objective of this retrofit insulation within the cavity is generally the most
wool, sheeps wool, polystyrene, cellulose fibre project is to make improvements such as attic and cost-effective solution. This involves blowing or
and multi-layered foil. Mineral wool was used to cavity wall insulation to help improve the energy pumping the insulation into the cavity through
insulate the attic space of each of the 107 homes. performance of each home. holes drilled in the outer surface.

12. County Limerick
Retrofit in Numbers
The Funding That Made It All Happen A large number of people will benefit from
TOTAL INVESTMENT the upgrades
0 €100,000 €200,000 €300,000 €400,000 €500,000
= 20 people
Airtricity €50,000
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) €414,050 We estimate that over 300 people will benefit from the energy
Limerick County Council €20,000 efficiency upgrades.
Window and Door Upgrades The People Who Worked On The Project
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Homes
Homes that received new windows
and doors 20
Airtricity Home Energy
3,000
Working hours were
Homes that had their windows and
Services staff worked undertaken by the
doors serviced
on the project. Airtricity Home Energy
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Homes
Projected Savings For Windows and Doors Upgrades
51,150kWh
The same as heating three average
Irish homes for a full year*
*Based on typical annual consumption of 16,900kWh

13. County Limerick
Retrofit in Numbers
CFL Lighting Upgrades Insulation Upgrades
13,000m 2 The total amount of
insulation installed
535 CFL light bulbs were installed This is roughly the same size as the pitch at Croke Park.
as part of the retrofit
Projected Savings From CFL Installation
8,560kWh
The equivalent of powering one and
a half Irish homes for a full year*
*Based on typical consumption of 5,300kWh
Building Energy Rating
107 Projected Thermal Savings For Insulation
448,050kWh
Building Energy Ratings The same as heating 26 average
were completed Irish homes for a full year*
*Based on typical annual consumption of 16,900kWh

14. County Limerick
Retrofit in Numbers
Over 300 people will benefit as a result Safety is paramount so risk assessments were
of the energy efficiency upgrades carried out before undertaking all work
20 Airtricity Home Energy Services Staff worked Over 30 homes received new windows and doors to Airtricity staff worked on cavity wall insulation
on the project over a period of 21 days help improve heat efficiencies. at each of the 107 homes.