Wicklow Energy Awareness Day takes place this Saturday

Wicklow Tidy Towns Sustainable Energy Community is hosting an Energy Awareness Day on Saturday June 18th, where you can learn how to reduce your energy use and save money.

Come along to the Wicklow Pastoral Centre from 11am-4pm for some fun activites and the chance to win a free Building Energy Rating (BER) survey.

On the day there will be:

• Fun activities such as a smoothie bike where you can make your own refreshing drink without a plug and an electric game to test hand eye coordination

• Face painting and energy awareness activities for children

• A range of electric bicycles

• 16 electric vehicles from 10 dealerships

• Installers of solar panels, air to heat pumps and electric car chargers

• Suppliers of LED bulbs, eco-friendly paints, ultra-quiet electric lawnmowers and other electric powered garden equipment

• Launch of the Energy Master Plan for Wicklow

• Technical advice from a one-stop shop on appropriate measures that can be taken to reduce emissions

• Advice on behalf of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on available grants

• Information on the proposed Codling Wind Park off the Wicklow Coast

While significant progress has been made on generating electrical energy from renewables, 86% of the overall energy used in the country still comes from non-renewable fossil fuel sources.

Andrew Lawless of Wicklow Tidy Towns said that studies are coming out weekly that countries are running out of time to take action to combat Climate Change.

“An appetite to take action has been identified as one of the major barriers to tackling the issue of climate change. Different sectors are lobbying heavily to be exempted from some of the necessary measures. The Energy Awareness Day aims to bring some of the possible solutions direct to the public.

“Wicklow Tidy Towns has gained huge support from the people of Wicklow in recent years and the organisation is there to help those who wish to take action.”