Eugene Conlon on finance options for your community. This workshop was delivered at the annual Sustainable Energy Community event in Athlone.

1. Finance Options
Its all about the money
Eugene Conlon
Dunleer SEC
June 22, 2019

2. DUNLEER SEC
County Louth
• Population 2700
• County of 130,000 residents
• Situated 30 kilometers north of Dublin City
• County Louth borders with Northern Ireland

3. Entrepreneurs
hip
SustainabilityColloboration Influencing
The Pillars of the
Dunleer Community
Entrepreneurship SustainabilityColloboration

4. Dunleer SEC
Objectives
Educate--600 homeowners have attended our training
Retrofit--230 homes upgraded to date
Generate--In process for generation in 2021

5. Life In Colour Is
Good!
The Colour is Vanishing from
Our World
Live Life in Colour

6. Global Co2 levels at highest ever
recorded
Deforestation Greta Thunberg Sweden
Climate change protest Dublin
Ireland declares emergency
• Citizens Assembly
• Joint committee on
climate action
• Climate action plan 2019

8. Leadership
•HONESTY
•CHALLENGE
•INSPIRE
•ADAPT
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019?

9. Leadership needed from both
•HONESTY
•CHALLENGE
•INSPIRE
•ADAPT

10. P.P.N.
Leader
Financial supports target of 3% interest
Credit Unions
Banks
Community Funding
Private
Mentor programme next steps are good
National Panel
Regional Mentors
County Mentors
Establishing SECs needs proper
funding
Community Enhancement Programmes
Town and Village programme
Ways to show leadership
S.E.C. standards
Be more professional
Action oriented
Inclusive and diverse
Partner more
Be a forcefully lobby
Public Funding channels
Need to move to a solutions mindset
Challenge internal processes, systems and
timelines
Retrofit project mng. fees of 20%
Proposed National steering group is a
positive step

11. Dunleer: partnerships for funding and quality retrofits

12. John O Leary 021 4397938
Dunleer: partnerships for funding and quality retrofits

13. DUNLEER SEC
partnerships

14. Do you need
help?

15. Services: Based on our track record of success we can provide you with:
• Education: An interactive enjoyable education programme that will inspire
people in your community to join with you in taking action on climate
change ( To date 70% of attendees have signed up to community retrofit programmes)
• Community retrofits: Assist, support and capacity building for your
Sustainable Energy Community to successfully deliver a community retrofit
programme
• Energy master plan: The preparation of an energy master plan that delivers
practical solutions you can act on
• Generation: Advise you in your move towards community generation