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Call for Innovative Ideas to Make Limerick City Energy Positive

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Limerick City Energy Positive +CityxChange project in Limerick are running an Open Call to the public, looking for innovative ideas to improve how homes, businesses and residents use energy.

Call for Innovative Ideas to Make Limerick City Energy Positive

The +CityxChange project leaders in Limerick are running an Open Call to the public, looking for innovative ideas to improve how homes, businesses and residents use energy and make Limerick City Energy Positive. The overall project is developing areas of “positive energy” in Limerick city, producing more energy than they consume.


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Limerick is one of two EU ‘lighthouse’ cities involved in an effective climate-change pilot programme that will dramatically influence the rest of Europe on reducing the carbon footprint of urban areas. The EU +CityxChange Programme (Positive City Exchange) sees Limerick, along with Trondheim in Norway, chosen to roll out a project that can revolutionise how we produce and use energy in European cities and towns.

The EU Horizon 2020 programme supports the project, and the project team includes Limerick City and County Council, University of Limerick, GKinetic, and ESB Networks, among others. The first Open Call ran last year with five projects focused on the laneways of the Georgian Neighbourhood.

An ‘Open Call’ is a way for public members to join the project’s work by demonstrating ideas, pilot projects and prototypes that can be tested in real-life settings in Limerick.

This new Open Call, “Take Control of Your Energy,” is looking for projects that test ideas to reduce the amount of energy used in the city, and increase the power generated from innovative sources. Funded up to €5,000, the pilots will be tested in the city centre for a fixed period. Citizens, businesses, community groups, makers and other interested groups are welcome to get involved.

Welcoming the Open Call, Mayor of Limerick city and county, Cllr Michael Collins said he is hoping for innovative ideas from the public to be more effective in Limerick about how we use our energy.

“This call is focused on software-based projects that could improve how homes, businesses and residents use energy – making energy use simpler, more accessible, more streamlined and ultimately more effective,” he said. “Or how do we help people take control of their energy use? How do we help businesses and residents save energy, through recycling, waste management or smarter production methods? The overall aim is for us to develop areas in Limerick where we produce more energy than we consume, so I’m encouraging anyone who has an interest in this area to get involved.” 

The deadline for submissions is March 12. People can submit their ideas by emailing [email protected].

To register for this month’s information session and to find out more click HERE

For more stories on the +CityxChange project go HERE

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