An Irish energy firm has identified significant savings that could be made from an upgrade to the lighting systems for Frank Keane BMW.

Energia have reduced the firms annual electricity use by 85%, cutting their carbon footprint by 39 tonnes of CO2 and generating yearly cost savings of almost €12,500.

The work was carried out under Energia's 'Cash for Kilowatts' scheme that provides funding to companies for energy efficiency projects. It means that any company spending more than €5,000 on an energy efficiency project can qualify for funding of up to 30% of the project value. The new scheme is open to all businesses, whether or not they are customers of Energia.

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As well as benefitting from the generous funding, businesses will also make very significant ongoing savings through the energy efficiency projects.

Mark Bradley, Head of Business, Frank Keane BMW commented: "We are delighted with this energy efficiency work by Energia. It is helping us to substantially reduce our energy usage, which benefits the environment through a big CO2 saving. It also makes strong business sense as we save large amounts on our energy costs."

(CD)