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Home Energy Saving Kits available at South Dublin Libraries

Home Energy Saving Kits available at South Dublin Libraries

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31/10/2018

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Home Energy Saving Kits available at South Dublin Libraries.

Kit helps householders do a mini energy audit in their home

 

South Dublin libraries are now offering householders an opportunity to borrow a Home Energy Saving Kit. The Mayor of South Dublin County Council Councillor Mark Ward launched the new service on Tuesday, October 30th in Lucan library. The Home Energy Saving Kit was developed by Codema, Dublin's Energy Agency. The kit aims to help householders make sense of the energy they use every day. The items in the toolkits address three key areas of energy use - space heating, hot water and electricity consumption.

 

So what is in the Kit?

Each kit contains six practical tools that help householders understand how their home uses energy and ways to find possible savings.

  1. Fridge/Freezer thermometer. This allows you to adjust the temperature in your fridge and freezer to save energy.

  2. Temperature and humidity meter. This identifies the temperature and humidity levels in every room in your house.

  3. Radiator key. To bleed your radiators and make them heat more efficiently.

  4. Thermal Leak Detector. This measures the temperature of your walls, floors, windows and ceilings to identify air leaks and draughts or insufficient insulation and glazing.

  5. Plug-In Energy Monitor. With this tool you can see how much energy the appliances in your home use and calculate their running costs.

  6. Stopwatch. You can measure the water flow rate of your taps and adjust to save water and money on it heating it.

 

Speaking at the launch Mayor Mark Ward highlighted the benefits of the service. ‘The kit will allow you to carry out a mini energy audit in your home. Its suggestions can reduce your home’s carbon monoxide emissions and establish easy and important ways to save energy. This will help you save money while also supporting the environment.’

 

The Home Energy Saving Kit is now available to borrow free of charge from Lucan, Ballyroan and Tallaght libraries for a two week period.

 

The Toolkit won Best Energy Smart Initiative at LAMA Community and Council Awards 2017.

 

For more information, contact South Dublin County Council Communications Unit at communications@sdublincoco.ie

 

Image 1 Cllr Mark Ward (Mayor of South Dublin County Council) displays the new kit at the Codema Home Energy Savings kits in South Dublin libraries launch in Lucan Library. Photo: Ben Ryan

 

Image 2 Maeve Murphy (Lucan Library) Cllr Mark Ward (Mayor of South Dublin County Council), Gerry Waredll (Codema), Elizabeth Corry (Lucan Library) and Katia Tikhoniouk (Codema), display the new kits at the Codema Home Energy Savings kits in South Dublin libraries launch in Lucan Library. Photo: Ben Ryan

 

Image 3 Katia Tikhoniouk (Codema), Cllr Mark Ward (Mayor of South Dublin County Council) and Gerry Waredll (Codema), display the new kits at the Codema Home Energy Savings kits in South Dublin libraries launch in Lucan Library. Photo: Ben Ryan

 

Image 4 Cllr Mark Ward (Mayor of South Dublin County Council) displays the new kit to Laura Fox and young Danny and Sadie at the Codema Home Energy Savings kits in South Dublin libraries launch in Lucan Library. Photo: Ben Ryan

 

For the Editor

 

About South Dublin County Council

South Dublin County is one of four local authority areas in the Dublin region.

South Dublin County Council provides and funds a broad range of services including housing, roads, walking and cycling routes, parks and playgrounds, libraries, sports facilities, litter control, arts centres, enterprise units, fire services, community infrastructure and financial supports. It also serves as a platform for local democracy with 40 councillors spread across six electoral areas.

Bounded by the River Liffey to the North and the Dublin Mountains to the South, the County lies 16 kilometres south-west of Dublin city centre and has an administrative footprint of 223sq. kilometres. The County has nine main villages Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown, Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Templeogue, Saggart, Rathcoole and Newcastle and is bounded by adjoining counties of Wicklow, Kildare, Dublin City, Fingal and Dún Laoghaire.

 

Images

  • Image 1: Mayor Mark ward displays the new Home Energy Saving Kit
    Image 1: Mayor Mark ward displays the new Home Energy Saving Kit
  • Image 2 Maeve Murphy (Lucan Library), Mayor Mark Ward, Gerry Waredll (Codema) Elizabeth Corry (Lucan Library), Katia Tikhniouk (Codema) with new Home Energy Saving Kits
    Image 2 Maeve Murphy (Lucan Library), Mayor Mark Ward, Gerry Waredll (Codema) Elizabeth Corry (Lucan Library), Katia Tikhniouk (Codema) with new Home Energy Saving Kits
  • Image 3: Katia Tikoniouk (Codema) Mayor Mark ward, Gerry Waredll (Codema) display new Home Energy Saving Kits
    Image 3: Katia Tikoniouk (Codema) Mayor Mark ward, Gerry Waredll (Codema) display new Home Energy Saving Kits
  • Image 4: Mayor Mark Ward with Laura Fox and young Danny nad Sadie at the Home Energy Savings Kits launch
    Image 4: Mayor Mark Ward with Laura Fox and young Danny nad Sadie at the Home Energy Savings Kits launch