Other Reports
Climate Change Strategy for Dublin City 2008 – 2012
The climate change strategy for Dublin city has been prepared by Dublin City Council in association...View this report
Covenant of Mayors
The European Union (EU) is leading the global fight against climate change, and has made it a top...View this report
Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010-2020
The Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010-2020 was approved at a Dublin City Council meeting on 6th December 2010. The Action Plan was compiled by Codema in association with a Dublin City Council Steering Committee chaired by the Assistant City Manager Seamus Lyons.
You can now download the following documents that make up the Action Plan:
- Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010 – 2020
- Baseline Emission Inventory for Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010 – 2020
- Environmental Report for Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010 – 2020
- Strategic Environmental Assessment Statement for Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2010 – 2020
- Appropriate Assessment for Dublin City Sustainable Energy Action Plan
- As Gaeilge: Plean Gniomhaiochta um Fhuinneamh Inmharthana do Chathair Bhaile Atha Cliatha 2010-2020
Dublin City Council took the initiative to produce the Action Plan in order to reduce Dublin’s carbon footprint by 20 per cent by 2020 and to become an energy-smart and efficient city. The Action Plan analyses the City’s current energy and carbon dioxide emissions, and Codema calculates that Dublin City currently emits 5 million tonnes of CO₂ each year. The Action Plan sets out and evaluates how we can reduce energy consumption in areas such as planning, transport, residential and commercial buildings, while incorporating the use of renewable energy.
Dublin City became a signatory to the Covenant of Mayors in March 2009, which reinforced the commitment to achieve the principles of best energy policy and to go beyond the EU targets of a 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2020. A key deliverable as a signatory city to the Covenant of Mayors is the creation of this Sustainable Energy Action Plan, to be reviewed every two years.
If all the measures outlined in the Action Plan are put into place, it could have a significant impact on reducing carbon emissions in Dublin City.
A huge opportunity lies in residential and commercial buildings, which currently account for 55 per cent of the city’s total greenhouse gas emissions and represent the biggest possible opportunity for CO₂ abatement. Even simple measures such as proper insulation of these buildings could save over €37 million each year, in the period up to 2020.
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