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Public Sector Energy Efficiency - National Conference - SEAI
2018                        Public Sector
                            Energy
                            Efficiency
                            National Conference

                            FROM PLANNING
                            TO ACTION
                            The hugely successful inaugural
                            SEAI public sector national conference in
                            January 2017 was attended by almost 350
                            representatives from public bodies and
                            government departments. Building on
                            current achievements, and with less than
                            three years to achieve the 33% energy
                            saving target, this year’s conference will
                            focus on putting energy management
                            plans into action.

  Wednesday 17th January 2018
  Registration from 8:30am,
  O’Reilly Hall, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4

                                           A plenary session with keynote speakers from government,              There will also be an
  This free event                          academia and policy makers.                                           energy exhibition area
      for public sector                                                                                          with stands from SEAI,
                                           Eight parallel group sessions focusing on:                            OPW Optimising Power@
      employees only,
                                           Getting the project pipeline moving and delivering energy projects.   Work programme and
         will comprise:                    Ensuring new and retrofitted assets are designed, constructed and     Obligated Energy Suppliers
                                           operated to the highest levels of performance.                        under the EEOS.
Public Sector Energy Efficiency - National Conference - SEAI
improving energy efficiency by

Why should you attend?
Under the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP), Ireland’s public sector                33                      %
                                                                                                                          by
                                                                                                 2020
is charged to take a leadership role on climate action by improving its energy
efficiency by 33% by 2020. The conference’s action focused agenda aims
to deliver clear insights and actionable goals to enable public bodies to
achieve this target.

    Last year, attendees learned about planning for                  •	Learn from sectoral colleagues how to move from
    success; from getting Monitoring and Reporting                      planning to implementing energy projects to
    (M&R) data right, to structured energy management                   achieve your organisation’s energy obligations.
    and specific sectoral opportunities in transportation,           •	Share best practice and learn how to maximise
    behavioural change, building and facility upgrades.                 energy efficiency in both retrofit and capital spend
    The focus this year will be on moving from planning                 projects.
    to delivering projects. Through an exchange of best              •	Learn how other public sector organisations are
    practice by exemplar public bodies and tailored                     already reducing their energy use and leading
    content for the specific sector groups, participants will:          the effort to achieve the 33% target.

                                                                                                    Registration
                                                                                                    and event
                                                                                                    enquiries:
                                                                                                    To register for this event
                                                                                                    please visit the Energy
                                                                                                    Link website : http://
                                                                                                    energylink.seai.ie/event/
                                                                                                    view/216 and click on
                                                                                                    ‘Attend event’.

                                                                                                    •	The event is free
                                                                                                       of charge, but pre-
Who should attend?                                                                                     registration is essential.
                                                                                                    •	You will also be asked
The event is for the following public sector personnel*:                                               to choose a break-out
                                                                                                       group. Please choose
• 	Energy managers or those                   •	Members of energy project teams                      the group session most
    responsible for energy management             within public bodies i.e. procurers,                 appropriate to your
    in public bodies.                             legal and those interested in energy                 organisation.
• 	Energy Performance Officers                   saving opportunities.                             •	If you are not already
                                                                                                       registered on EnergyLink,
    nominated to DCCAE under the
                                                                                                       please apply for free
    public sector energy efficiency            SEAI is also inviting influential business              membership here
    strategy                                   case makers and those who have a                        http://energylink.seai.ie
•	Those responsible for annual                decision making role in supporting
    Monitoring and Reporting (M&R) of          large scale energy projects to join and              Event enquiries to:
    energy performance.                        participate in particular sectoral group             publicsector@seai.ie
                                               discussions.

*Note this event is for public sector personnel or those invited by public bodies to attend
on their behalf.
Public Sector Energy Efficiency - National Conference - SEAI
Agenda
08:30 – 09:15  Registration in the O’Reilly Hall                14:00 – 16:00	Breakout sessions: Optimising
09:30 – 11:00	Plenary session – chaired by                                    energy efficiency for retrofit projects
               Jim Gannon, Chief Executive,                                    and capital investments from design
               Sustainable Energy Authority of                                 to operation (Groups A-H):
               Ireland
                                                                The afternoon session will have two parts which will be
•	Welcome from Jim Gannon,                                     tailored in accordance to your sector. It will initially focus
                                                                on best practice for retrofitting existing facilities and
•	Opening address: Minister Denis Naughten, T.D. (TBC),    secondly ensure that planned capital investments for
       Department of Communications, Climate Action and         new facilities deliver the highest level of energy savings,
       Environment                                              from design to construction and operation. Discussion
                                                                will focus on:
•	Keynote speech: John Howlin, Principal Officer,
    Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.                •	Incorporating the principles of energy efficient design
    ‘Opportunities for energy efficiency and reform within         (EED) into retrofit projects.
    the public sector‘                                          •	How to access funding and manage procurement,
                                                                   contracting and delivery.
•	Topics to be covered by other speakers:                     •	Ensuring that known capital plan spend projects are
    Why the public sector must lead in energy efficiency           designed to maximise energy savings.
    What will drive this change - policy, finance or culture?   •	Opportunities for EXEED, and applicability of other
                                                                   labelling schemes & tools, including NZEB.
•	Q&A session with the speakers
                                                                16:00    Wrap Up
11:05 – 11.45	Coffee in O’Brien Building
               (3 minute walk)                                  Attendees will leave with actionable goals for 2018 and
                                                                a plan for linking into upcoming workshops and events
In a similar format to last year, best practice presentations   relevant to their organisation.
and discussions will be tailored to each sectoral grouping.
                                                                16:30    Close
11:45 – 12:45	Breakout sessions: From energy
               management to delivering projects
               (Groups A-H):

The sessions will focus on:
•	Getting organised for a project pipeline towards 2020
   and understanding where you need to be now.
•	Finding the best energy saving project opportunities
   in your sector.
• Learnings from the SI 426 energy audit requirement.

12:45 – 14:00      Lunch
Public Sector Energy Efficiency - National Conference - SEAI
Sectoral Breakout Groups
Representatives of over 350 public bodies will pre-register into one of the eight sectoral breakout groups (A-H)
that best fits their organisation, to maximise discussion and peer to peer learning. Where appropriate, some public
bodies will be asked to send multiple representatives and attend different sessions.

         Very Large
         Energy Users                                                A           Medium Sized
                                                                                 Organisations                                             B
                                                                                        – for medium sized organisations whose energy
                                                                                           consumption includes a significant amount of non-
                      – for state and semi-state bodies with very large
                                                                                           office consumption, e.g. ports, harbours, multi-site
                         energy spends across a range of infrastructure. The
                                                                                           organisations, and specialist centres such as labs, data
                         specific focus will be on strategic approaches to
                                                                                           centres etc. The specific focus will be on developing
                         implementing large scale projects and mobilising
                                                                                           a project pipeline, from finding opportunities through
                         these organisations to engage in energy efficient
                                                                                           to delivery; identifying larger scale capital projects and
                         design for larger capital investments.
                                                                                           examples of good design and energy performance
                                                                                           in-use’.

         Smaller Office
         Based Organisations                                         C           OPW Buildings
                                                                                 & Central Government                                      D
                                                                                         – for OPW owned or managed offices, civil service
                      – for smaller organisations whose energy
                                                                                            and any large public bodies with significant OPW
                         consumption is mainly office based, including
                                                                                            owned / managed facilities. The specific focus will
                         Education Centres. The specific focus will be on
                                                                                            be on developing a project pipeline for central
                         best practice examples of identifying projects,
                                                                                            government energy saving projects, from smaller
                         from opportunity through to implementation; and
                                                                                            projects right through to larger, asset renewal type
                         overcoming the most commonly identified barriers.
                                                                                            projects.

         Local Authorities
         and Energy Agencies                                         E           Education
                                                                                 Services                                                  F
                      – for all local authorities throughout Ireland and                – for universities, Institutes of Technology and
                         energy agency staff working on their behalf. The                   other education facilities including education
                         specific focus will be on mobilising large-scale                   and training boards (ETB’s). The specific focus will
                         energy saving projects in public lighting, leisure                 be strategic approaches to implementing large
                         centres and general building stock; identifying                    scale projects in addition to mobilising these
                         large scale capital investments, where relevant, and               organisations for energy efficient design of larger
                         ensuring high levels of energy performance in-use.                 capital investments.

         Healthcare
         – for HSE / Acutes                                          G           Healthcare – for Non-Acute Section
                                                                                 38 & all Section 39 Organisations                         H
                      – for representatives from HSE owned or managed
                                                                                         – for all non-acute Section 38 Organisations and
                         facilities throughout the country and the 16 main
                                                                                            Section 39 Organisations. The specific focus will
                         Acute Voluntary Hospitals. The specific focus will be
                                                                                            be on developing a project pipeline, from finding
                         on developing an energy saving projects pipeline
                                                                                            opportunities through to delivery, with particular
                         and processes from smaller to larger scale projects,
                                                                                            emphasis on the early stages of establishing
                         including Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs),
                                                                                            projects; identifying larger scale capital projects
                         and embedding energy efficient design into large
                                                                                            where appropriate, good design, and examples of
                         capital investments to ensure high levels of energy
                                                                                            energy performance in-use.
                         performance in-use.

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Wilton Park House, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, D02 T228
t   +353 1 808 2100         e info@seai.ie
f   +353 1 808 2002         w www.seai.ie
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