How can SEAI support your business; Presented at the 2019 Energy Show.

1. NEXT UP ON THE
ENERGY THEATRE STAGE
Energy Efficiency for every business
How SEAI can support you
14:00-14:45

2. Update from:
Fiona Smith (Marketing and Communications Manager SEAI)
6th February 2019
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3. SEAI and our Role
www.seai.ie
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Q&A
Overview of Financial Supports Available
SME Case Studies
SME Support Programme

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SEAI Vision:
Creating a Cleaner Energy Future
Cleaner Energy Future:
Low Carbon – Sustainable, Secure, Affordable, Clean Energy
• Uses LESS energy
• Uses CLEAN energy
SEAI:
Leading the transition to Smarter and more Sustainable energy activities
What is Energy Efficiency?
Reducing the amount of energy needed to run your business
e.g. electricity, heating and finding more efficient methods of generating energy
needed for your more efficient ways of generating the energy needed

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Progress towards renewables targets
Current % 2020 Target %
Electricity 30.1 40
Heat 6.9 12
Transport 7.4 10
Overall 10.6 16

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7. SME Support Programme
2019

8. Energy Efficiency and Business
The average SME can reduce its energy bill by up to 30% by
implementing energy efficiency measures.
Typically, 10% saving can be achieved with little or no
capital cost.
Some investment may be required to get the remaining
20% but the payback is generally around 1.5 years for
many energy efficiency technologies.

9. Energy Efficiency Business Benefits
REDUCED
OPERATING
COSTS
BUFFERED
AGAINST
RISING BILLS
COMPLIANCE
WITH
LEGISLATION
DECREASED
RELIANCE
ON
IMPORTED
FUELS
GREENER
PROFILE

10. SME Support Programme
• Dedicated SME Programme Established 2018
• 200,000 Small and Medium Businesses in Ireland
• 90% Micro Business (<10 employees)
• Building on the work done to date, including:
• Energy Map Training
• 1800 AMA Audits
• Following Review of Market and SEAI Engagement

11. Main SME supports
Online
tools
Guidance
& advice
Energy
training
Grants,
funding &
incentives

12. Online Learning Platform – Q4 2019
• Launch Q4 2019
• Free – No Cost to user
• Multiple registered users per business
• Short Online Learning Modules (<20 mins)
• Learn in your own time
• Achieve certified levels of training for your staff
• Learn about:
• How to carry out an inhouse Energy Audit
• The basics of energy management
• Advancements in energy technology

13. Energy MAP Training
• Free energy management training for your staff
• Small business training 3 x half day – energy spend
< €100k
• Energy MAP training 3 x full day – energy spend
> €100k
• Your organisation saves energy & money

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Financial Supports for
Business Energy Efficiency

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Communities Grant
Assisting energy efficiency community projects through capital funding,
partnerships, and technical support.
• Supporting National Retrofit Initiative.
• Delivering energy savings to homeowners, communities, and private sector
organisations.
• Community oriented with a cross-sectoral approach,
€28m per annum
• Balancing domestic, commercial, not for profit projects
• Typically 30% grant
• Varying funding levels - Maximum would be €500k
• Timelines – e.g. for 2019 opened in November 2018 and closes in September 2019

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Electric Vehicles Grant
• Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV)
• For Commercial and private purchasers
• Tied cost of the car (Max €5,000)
• Apply through car dealer will apply for you
• Commercial - 0% BIK for first €50,000 of list price
List Price of Approved EV Grant Value
€14,000 – 15,000 €2,000
€15,000 – 16,000 €2,500
€16,000 – 17,000 €3,000
€17,000 – 18,000 €3,500
€18,000 – 19,000 €4,000
€19,000 – 20,000 €4,500
Greater than €20,000 €5,000

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Dairy Farm Grant
• Supporting Dairy Farming Sector
• Pilot Grant 2017 - 2019
• Average Savings: 1440 per applicant
• Average Carbon Saved: 1.6 GWh
• €500,000 available in funding for 2019 (1 Million Total)
• Covers both single and triple phase electricity
• 30% of the cost of Vacuum pump and milk pump systems
• Closes 29th March 2019

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Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme
Under the EEOS, 11 energy suppliers must support energy
efficiency projects in businesses and homes across Ireland
Support can be:
• Financial (typically payment per kWh saved)
• Technical (typically engineering services)
Get an obligated party involved early in the project

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SME Lighting Upgrade Scheme 2019
• Lighting is a significant cost for many SMEs, and
is the second highest cost for many businesses
after staff costs.
• New developments in lighting technology,
particularly Light Emitting Diode (LED)
technology, means that businesses can reduce
their lighting bills by up to 60% or more.
• Average Grant is 5000
• Average Payback is 2.5 years

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SME Lighting Upgrade Scheme 2019
• The SEAI grant is for 30% of eligible approved cost for a standard like
for like replacement upgrade in a single facility or grouped application
• Technologies covered include:
• New energy efficient light products which are on the Triple E
register
• Lighting controls
• SMEs in Ireland – under 250 employees and a turnover of less than
€50m
• €2m available for 2019, on a first come basis.
• Last year of Pilot Scheme 2017 – 2019
• OPENING 8th APRIL 2019 – APPLY EARLY

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Support Scheme Renewable Heat
To support the replacement of fossil fuel heating systems with renewable fuel
in large heat demand non-domestic users.
• Agriculture, commercial, public service, industrial & district heating – but not
single domestic)
• Eligible heat uses – space, water and process (some uses will be excluded)
• Must demonstrate efficient use of heat (fabric first)
• Sustainability standards will apply for fuels & emissions
• Grant for heat pumps (30%) OR
• Ongoing (15 year) tariff payment for useful & eligible heat for AD/biogas or
biomass

22. Project Assistance Grants

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Project Assistance Grants (PAG) – Energy
Contracting
Final Business case and project delivery
PM & Procurement
Legal & Procurement Advice
Technical: M&V, metering
Feasibility study / Energy Audit
Prelim Audit / Feasibility
Temp. Metering
Project Management
50% funding, max €15,000
EPG: 75% or €15,000
EPC: 75% or €37,500

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Excellence in Energy Efficiency Design
(EXEED)
EXEED provides a framework for EED for both new projects
and upgrades
Funding
• Stage 1 - professional services pre capital investment –
50%
• Stage 2 – capital investment – 30%
• Up to €500k per org. per year
(5 Years)
(3 Years +)
(Dependent on ISO 50001)
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2
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25. Research Development and Demonstration
(RD&D) Fund
• Accelerate the development of competitive energy-
related products, processes and systems
• Support solutions that enable barriers to energy market
uptake to be overcome
• Grow Ireland's national capacity to access, develop and
apply international class energy RD&D
• Provide guidance and support to policy makers and
public bodies through results, outcomes and learning
from supported energy projects
• From 25% up to 100% dependent on organization type
and type of research
• Call now closed.

26. Accelerated Capital Allowance
• Relevant to companies paying corporation tax
• It’s a tax incentive (not a grant!)
• Write-off 100% of eligible purchases against
Year 1 profit
• Equipment from Triple E Register
(ACA Register)

27. SME Case Studies

28. Lighting Case Study –
Ireland West Airport
• Received grant support from SEAI for
a lighting upgrade in 2018.
• Undertook an LED lighting upgrade to
reduce their environmental impact.
• Expecting a reduction of 20-30% in
their energy usage and costs as a
result of these upgrades.

29. Dairy Farm Case Study –
Pat Walton
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Milks 200 cows per day on almost 250 acres
He decided to get a vacuum pump and a
milk pump system both with variable speed drives
“It’s friendlier to the environment, there is no oil in it, its
cleaner and it’s safer. It’s an investment the first day but
over four or five years it will have paid for itself and
after that it’s saving you a lot of money,” says Pat.

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Any Questions
Question time

31. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is partly financed by Ireland’s EU Structural Funds Programme co-funded by the Irish Government and the
European Union.
Thanks for your time
www.seai.ie
business@seai.ie

32. KORE Insulation
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Monasterboice Inn
Roseanne Donegan

46. Introduction
Monasterboice Inn, Drogheda Co. Louth
Originally a coach house, Monasterboice Inn has been servicing
the road between Dublin and Belfast for over 200 years!
Cater for business functions and family occasions
Design and construction of a new 150 seat function room
and the design/upgrade of the existing restaurant building

47. Overall Aim
To design and construct a new
function room and upgrade the
existing building to deliver a new
restaurant with superior energy
efficiency whilst delivering the
required energy service to enhance
the customer comfort without
compromising customer
experience

48. Why did we do this?
• We want to do business responsibly using less fossil fuels and to
lower costs
• We realised that the stream running through our site would
need to be re- piped
• Our heating company Eurotech had the expertise to harness this
energy
• They recommended using a design-led approach to improving
energy performance alongside an EXEED consultant

49. How did we do this?
How it all began?
EXEED
Project Team

50. Energy Source – Our Stream

51. Aqua Thermal Energy Preparations

52. Aqua Thermal Energy – Today!

53. Humidity Table

54. What else did we do?
• Smart controls were installed to manage the various
sources of heat and cooling.
• Hot air is extracted from the extractor fans and used to
heat water.
• Smart lighting used in conference and car park which is
lux level and sensor controlled
• The old gas boilers were replaced with heat pumps.
• High grade superior insulation throughout the building
• Triple-A glazed windows

55. Results
• Extended premises by 41%
• Increased turnover by 9%
• Energy costs reduced by 1.3%
• Approximate payback of 3.5 years

56. What’s next?
• Plans to build rooms in the same eco-friendly
fashion
• Our refrigeration units in the kitchen and the
bar will be cooled from the stream
• Promote the positive environmental impact of
our work with customers

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Any
Questions?