Challenge, Response and Experience
Location: Civic Theatre, Tallaght.
PROGRAMME
09.00 – 09.30 Registration, Tea and Coffee
09.30 – 09.40 Introduction by Joe Horan, South Dublin County Manager
09.40 – 09.50 Welcome from the Mayor of South Dublin County, Councillor Mick Duff
09.50 – 10.00 Opening Address; Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Conor Lenihan TD
Session 1 : Addressing The Challenge
Chair: Eddie Conroy, County Architect, South Dublin County Council
10.00 – 10.30 Th e Energy Challenges facing Ireland: Enabling a private and public sector response; Conor Molloy, Authentic
Energy Management Services Ltd.
10.30 – 11.00 Case Study 1 – Dundalk 2020: Ireland’s most advanced Sustainable Energy Community Project; Aideen O’Hora,
Project Manager, Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI)
11.00 – 11.30 Tea/Coff ee Break
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Session 2: South Dublin Responds
Chair: Frank Nevin, Director of Land Use, Economic and Transport Planning, South Dublin County Council
11.30 – 12.00 Energy MAP: A County Energy Policy for South Dublin; Eddie Conroy, County Architect and Paul Hogan, Senior Planner, South Dublin County Council
12.00 – 12.30 Case Study 2 – The Tallaght Study: Energy Demand and Renewable Supply Options; Des Murphy, Kovara Ltd.
12.30 – 13.00 Case Study 3 – The Newcastle Deep Geothermal Project;
Padraig Hanly, Director, Geothermal Energy Limited
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Break
Session 3: Learning from Experience
Chair: Philomena Poole, Deputy County Manager and Director of Environmental Services, South Dublin County Council
14.00 – 14.30 Case Study 4 – Geothermal Projects and District Heating in Cork City; Seamus Coghlan, Senior Engineer, Cork City Council
14.30 – 15.00 Case Study 5 – Southampton City Council: Geothermal Energy and District Heating; Bill Clark, Sustainability
Policy Manager, Southampton City Council
15.00 – 15.30 Case Study 6 – Sustainable Communities Projects including Birmingham District Heating; Mike Smith, Commercial Director, Utilicom
15.30 - 15.50 Tea/Coffee Break
15.50 – 16.20 Geothermal energy regulation in Ireland; Dr. Ben Dhonau,
Chair of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Working Party on Geothermal Energy
Regulation
16.20 – 16.40 Th e Way Forward; Declan Meally, Director, Sustainable Communities Projects, SEI
16.40 – 17.00 Questions and Discussion
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