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Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI ) has  grants  available and will support  retrofit schemes

SEAI’s Better Energy Homes Scheme

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has just launched

Our European and Local Partners
Interreg This project could not have got off the ground without the assistance European Regional Development Funding – Interreg IVD North West Europe .

The link to the InterReg

Senior Enterprise, an EU supported initiative through INTERREG IVB NWE, is specifically designed to encourage a greater involvement with enterprise by those aged over 50.

This may be through starting a business,

What we are hoping to achieve with the project

Community benefits –
This project is intended to provide stimulus for the Ballynagran Energy⁺ Plus area through the following benefits for the local

This is map of the townlands included in the Ballynagran Energy⁺ Plus area.

Among these townlands are the following: Ashtown, Ballinaclogh, Ballinacooley,Ballinameesda Lower, Ballinameesda Upper, Ballinclare,

In line with the aims and objectives of the Ballynagran Energy Plus Community Project the Food Committee was set up by local people with an interest in developing a strategy towards achieving these aims.

The

Potential community wind farm

A subcommittee has been set up in relation to local energy generation and any updates are posted on this page.

An outline windfarm feasibility study by the company Wind Energy

Public buildings within the community such as Glenealy Hall, Glenealy National School, and Kilbride Church are currently being repaired and upgraded to higher energy efficiency levels.

Glenealy School

The case

How much you are Using?

Simple to Install
It is proposed to supply a number of the participating homes with a wireless electricity monitor subject to funding.

The monitors are intended to provide

Newsletter March 2013
You can view or download our March 2013 Newsletter here —–>Newsletter March 2013

Newsletter February 2013
You can view or download our February 2013 Newsletter here —–> Newsletter-Feb-2013

Transport goals are:

To reduce use of their vehicular transport and, where journeys are necessary, to replace the use of carbon fuel with greener energy by, for example, linking in with a network of each

Community woodland

As part of a long-term vision for the community the Ballynagran Energy Plus Community Project, using funding from a number of sources, proposes to develop a coordinated system that organises

Threats from radon radiation

Some information on radon gas and potential solutions

Radon is a radioactive gas and is considered a health hazard due to its radioactivity. The gas is released from natural

How we are funded & what we are doing.
Funding has been secured from Wicklow County Council in association with Greenstar Ballynagran Landfill Community Fund for the first phase of the project

This involves