by Lugh@climateconnected | Jul 8, 2025 | Building Energy Use, Case Studies, Committee Tools, Community Energy, Energy at Home, Galway, Governance and Leadership, Organizational Development
We are a community owned energy cooperative representing the 3 Aran Islands. Lifetime membership is open to everyone who lives on the Islands for a fee of just €100. The cooperative is non-profit with all of the benefits going back into the community. The co-op shows...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Jul 8, 2025 | Building Energy Use, Case Studies, Community Energy, Galway, Home Energy
We are a community owned energy cooperative representing the 3 Aran Islands. Lifetime membership is open to everyone who lives on the Islands for a fee of just €100. The cooperative is non-profit with all of the benefits going back into the community. The co-op shows...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Jun 5, 2025 | In Ireland Travel, Personal Stories
The benefits are both immediate, sustainable and you send a clear signal of sustainability, environmental consideration and an active lifestyle to your kids. They will then, hopefully, be more likely and more comfortable making these types of decisions into the future...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Mar 20, 2025 | Personal Stories, Waste/Recycling
The impact of my action has been a reduction in my carbon footprint and control on the amount of single-use waste that I produce. For example, if I go out to work 5 days a week for 48 weeks of the year, buy a takeaway coffee, a plastic bottle of water and dispose of...
by Lugh@climateconnected | Jan 16, 2025 | Energy at Home, Personal Stories
In October 2013 we installed 2 kW of Photovoltaic panels (8 panels) ground-mounted at our home. At that time, we also installed a 5kW heat-pump. In September of 2023, we installed a further 2 kW of Photovoltaic panels, making it 4kW in total. The total electricity...
