Award Categories

Large Business

This award is aimed at organisations that have demonstrated achievements in energy management, energy efficiency improvement, and decarbonisation over a protracted period as part of a credible* pathway to 2030 and 2050 emissions reduction targets. Entrants should outline what energy savings have been made against their long term ambition, and any innovations in their actions, projects or engagement that have improved energy performance.

(*credible means demonstrable emissions reductions and not relying on “purchased” reductions from green electricity or offsets) 

Medium-sized Business

This award is aimed at medium-sized businesses going beyond best practice in new or upgrade technology deployments for energy efficiency, renewable energy or energy management solutions in their business or premises. Entrants should outline what energy savings have been made to date against their long term ambition.

Small Business

This award is aimed at small businesses going beyond best practice in new or upgrade technology deployments for energy efficiency, renewable energy or energy management solutions in their business or premises.  

Public Sector

The Leadership in the Public Sector Decarbonisation Award is aimed at public sector organisations that can demonstrate achievements in energy management, energy efficiency improvement, and decarbonisation as part of pathway to 2030 emission reduction targets. This excludes discrete projects or single grant aided activities.

Inspirational Sustainable Energy Community

This award is for members of the SEAI Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC) Network. It recognises the inspirational efforts of teams behind an SEC that go beyond the norm through a combination of ambition, passion and commitment. 

Energy in Buildings

This award rewards sustainable and low carbon commercial and public sector buildings that have demonstrated new and emerging best practice design, construction, retrofit, and operation of new and existing buildings. This can include digital technologies (such as BIM, building energy simulation, SMART building technology), circular economy and life cycle emissions reduction. 

Projects must be fully completed with all associated works finished, prior to the submission deadline in order to qualify for entry. 

Research

This Excellence in Energy Research award is aimed at organisations that have researched and developed novel energy-related technologies, processes or systems, that overcome barriers to uptake, support policy objectives and strengthen national capacity for world-class research, development and demonstration (RD&D). Research projects should have outputs that accelerate delivery of Ireland’s clean energy ambitions and early-stage pilot and demonstration projects are welcome. This winner will receive a €15,000 bursary.  

Transport

This award rewards businesses/companies/trials/projects/initiatives for going beyond best practices for tackling transport emissions, promoting and encouraging higher participation rates in active travel, affecting significant transport behaviour change and having a clear impact.

Residential Energy Upgrades

This category rewards companies working in sustainable retrofit to deliver low carbon homes, demonstrating best practice design and/or delivery of retrofit projects.

Low Carbon Technologies Innovation

This award is aimed at organisations who can demonstrate a high level of innovation in the deployment and/or operation of a functioning low carbon technology project. Projects may be addressing emissions in heat, electricity or transport, and may include projects for self-supply to a discrete facility, energy storage, demand side flexibility or other innovative approach to Ireland’s energy transition. This category is also open to innovative deployment of low carbon technology in homes. This winner will receive a published editorial.