Offaly County Council through a range of measures has increased its energy efficiency by 38% since 2009 and will continue to work towards an increase in energy efficiency of 50% by 2030.
Public Lighting
Offaly County Council at present manage 9,359 lights in the county. All of the lights are maintained/repaired and upgraded on the network for various stakeholders such as Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
Offaly County Council working in partnership with TII began in 2019 to retrofit and change Public Lights in Offaly to LED lighting units in Offaly. To date 45% of all Public Lighting has been changed. There are now 4,199 lights changed to LED. The total cost to complete this retrofit is approximately €3.5 Million.
The Public Lighting Energy Efficiency Project (PLEEP) commenced in Offaly in May 2024 and to date 788 LED retrofits have been completed.
The project will achieve a significant measure in energy efficiency and assist Offaly County Council with our climate action targets.
Buildings
The Climate Action Team are currently undertaking a project with the Midlands Energy Agency and SEAI to begin an Energy Pathfinder Programme which will allow us to retrofit a quantity of the major energy users within our suite of buildings and save more energy.
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