Andy's Scoop Major Accolade at SEI '09 Awards
Local Bar & Restaurant Andy's was recently recognised at the prestigious Sustainable Energy Ireland energy awards '09 held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry on the 19th November. Sponsored by ESB Customer Supply, the SEI Awards highlight excellence in business energy management and this year included entries from over 100 organisations. Retail and telecoms emerged as the most progressive sectors for energy management at Sustainable Energy Ireland's (SEI) sixth annual Sustainable Energy Awards in Dublin, with, Telephonica O2, Eircom Ltd, Xerox, Citi Bank, Dunnes Stores, and Heatons each taking awards at the all-island event. Category E Excellence in coordinated energy management was won by Tralee Institute of Technology with Andy's Bar & Restaurant being highly commended. The two other finalists in this category were Dalkia Ltd and the Office of Public Works, with the Vodaphone/Dalkia partnership having won this category in 2008.
Andy's Bar & Restaurant was recognised for their work in producing & publishing a handbook for the licensed trade. Sean & Kevin Redmond worked in conjunction with Niall O'Connor & Aileen Owens Environment Section Monaghan County Council and produced a full colour 36 page handbook entitled Calling Time on Waste .The judges were impressed by the savings that Andy's had made and by their efforts to replicate similar savings and initiatives in the licensed trade industry. Commenting at the launch of the handbook in May 2009 at the national VFI conference in Galway, VFI President Val Hanley noted that: "If every pub introduced these efficiency measures & saved €4,000 Euros, over €16,000,000 could be saved in the industry.
Independent market research by Ask Chilli concluded that a staggering 88% of publicans had introduced cost saving measures within the last year. A further 67% of publicans had introduced electrical cost saving measures. 33% had reduced water usage, 11% had reduced heating costs, 10% had reduced their waste costs.
Commenting after the awards Sean Redmond noted that "to even get to the final with such illustrious competition was a major achievement, never mind receiving a commendation from the judging panel".
Professor Owen Lewis, CEO, SEI said, In this the sixth year of the Energy Awards, SEI is particularly pleased at the number and quality of this years entries. We saw a marked increase in entries from smaller businesses that are reaping the rewards of energy management. This is further proof that energy efficiency is on the agenda of every business throughout the country regardless of size or sector.
Local Bar & Restaurant Andy's was recently recognised at the prestigious Sustainable Energy Ireland energy awards '09 held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry on the 19th November. Sponsored by ESB Customer Supply, the SEI Awards highlight excellence in business energy management and this year included entries from over 100 organisations. Retail and telecoms emerged as the most progressive sectors for energy management at Sustainable Energy Ireland's (SEI) sixth annual Sustainable Energy Awards in Dublin, with, Telephonica O2, Eircom Ltd, Xerox, Citi Bank, Dunnes Stores, and Heatons each taking awards at the all-island event. Category E Excellence in coordinated energy management was won by Tralee Institute of Technology with Andy's Bar & Restaurant being highly commended. The two other finalists in this category were Dalkia Ltd and the Office of Public Works, with the Vodaphone/Dalkia partnership having won this category in 2008.
Andy's Bar & Restaurant was recognised for their work in producing & publishing a handbook for the licensed trade. Sean & Kevin Redmond worked in conjunction with Niall O'Connor & Aileen Owens Environment Section Monaghan County Council and produced a full colour 36 page handbook entitled Calling Time on Waste .The judges were impressed by the savings that Andy's had made and by their efforts to replicate similar savings and initiatives in the licensed trade industry. Commenting at the launch of the handbook in May 2009 at the national VFI conference in Galway, VFI President Val Hanley noted that: "If every pub introduced these efficiency measures & saved €4,000 Euros, over €16,000,000 could be saved in the industry.
Independent market research by Ask Chilli concluded that a staggering 88% of publicans had introduced cost saving measures within the last year. A further 67% of publicans had introduced electrical cost saving measures. 33% had reduced water usage, 11% had reduced heating costs, 10% had reduced their waste costs.
Commenting after the awards Sean Redmond noted that "to even get to the final with such illustrious competition was a major achievement, never mind receiving a commendation from the judging panel".
Professor Owen Lewis, CEO, SEI said, In this the sixth year of the Energy Awards, SEI is particularly pleased at the number and quality of this years entries. We saw a marked increase in entries from smaller businesses that are reaping the rewards of energy management. This is further proof that energy efficiency is on the agenda of every business throughout the country regardless of size or sector.