Many energy efficiency upgrades in Clonakility, County Cork, are nearing completion.

Sustainable Clonakilty, the charitable organisation driving the low-carbon vision for the environs of Clonakilty, recently hosted an event highlighting the benefits to the local community from the projects being completed in local homes, buildings and facilities.

Works being carried out include energy efficiency upgrades to a wide variety of public and private buildings such as the rugby clubhouse, Richy's Cafe & Bistro, Fernhill House Hotel & Gardens as well as upgrades to the first rural community bicycle scheme in Ireland. One project will demonstrate the pay-as-you save financing model for the installation of air-source heat pumps in community-owned facilities.

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The retrofit projects, funded by the Better Energy Communities scheme, are being coordinated by Sustainable Clonakilty along with local partners the Chamber of Commerce, Tidy Towns and Cork County and Town Councils.

Dr Brian Motherway, CEO of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) said: "Collaboration is the future of energy retrofitting in Ireland, with the benefits felt right across the communities. It is encouraging to see communities like Clonakilty taking positive action to improve the efficiency and comfort of our buildings, create local employment and reduce our reliance on expensive imported fossil fuel."

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