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2009 Overview

In 2009 there was an excellent response from Cúl Green fans with more than 50,000 energy saving pledges made amounting to over 4,500 tonnes worth of carbon saved. During the year over 10,000 people have supported us by registering on the site and changing their energy habits through our pledge system – saving them money and helping us towards making Croke Park carbon neutral.

At the same time the Environmental Management Group within the stadium were busy reaching their targets. They installed an Energy Monitoring System and a Building Management System which resulted in the stadium receiving its ISO Certification in May 2009 and 11.69% less electricity used in 2009 compared to 2008.

These and other 2009 achievements are detailed in the news stories below.

2009 electricity savings at Croke Park

01 Feb 2010

While the public have been playing their part in helping us make Croke Park carbon neutral by making over 65,000 carbon saving pledges in the last eighteen months the Cúl Green Team within Croke Park has been busy delivering on their targets.

Q4 electricity savings at Croke Park

25 Jan 2010

While the public have been playing their part in helping us make Croke Park carbon neutral by making over 65,000 carbon saving pledges in the last sixteen months the Cúl Green Team within Croke Park has been busy delivering on their targets.

Q3 electricity savings at Croke Park

01 Dec 2009

While the public have been playing their part in helping us make Croke Park carbon neutral by making over 60,000 carbon saving pledges in the last fourteen months the Cúl Green Team within Croke Park has been busy delivering on their targets.

Cúl Green wins Golden Spider Award

20 Nov 2009

We are delighted to announce that the Cúl Green website won the “Best Community and Charity Website” Award at the 13th Golden Spider Awards last night. The Awards were held at the Burlington hotel in Dublin. ESB, the GAA and all at Croke Park are very pleased that the website and the support of the fans on the Cúl Green initiative have been recognised in this way.

A great end to the 2009 Championship

19 Oct 2009

We have had an excellent response from Cúl Green fans throughout the 2008/09 Championship, even better than we had hoped for when we started last year.

Electricity savings at Croke Park

12 Oct 2009

While the public have been playing their part in helping us make Croke Park carbon neutral by making over 55,000 carbon saving pledges in the last twelve months the Cúl Green Team within Croke Park has been busy exceeding their targets.

Win Five Fantastic Family Trips

05 Aug 2009

Cúl Green’s aim is to make Croke Park fully net-carbon neutral by 2015. We are looking for your help to reach our target. All you have to do is make an energy saving pledge today and you could win a fantastic family trip to the GAA All-Ireland Final.

Croke Park receives ISO Certification

03 Jun 2009

ISO14001 certification is a key objective of the Cúl Green initiative. Croke Park achieved a major milestone in the Cúl Green Initiative in May by gaining ISO14001 certification for the Environmental Management System (EMS) at the Stadium. The certification was granted following an independent external EMS audit by SGS Ireland Ltd.

Cúl Green – website update

11 May 2009

The Cúl Green website was launched in August 2008 and based on user feedback that we received through our recent survey we have released an updated version of the website. Since the site was first launched we have had an exceptional response from Croke Park fans and others in support of making Croke Park carbon neutral – there have been over 33,000 pledges made amounting to over 3,500 tonnes of carbon saved.

Photo of: l-r Peter McKenna, Stadium Director, Croke Park, Christy Cooney, GAA President, Roy Keane, Ipswitch Manager and former Republic of Ireland International, Padraig McManus, Chief Executive ESB

Croke Park is Net-Carbon Neutral

01 May 2009

Croke Park has become one of the first net-carbon neutral stadiums in the world. ESB and the GAA are very happy to announce that the stadium – which attracted almost two million visitors last year - has reduced its carbon footprint by 4,500 tonnes, reaching the standard required to deem it a carbon-neutral venue.

Croke Park Composting and ISO Audits

21 Apr 2009

The Cúl Green Team working within Croke Park has been busy preparing for the ISO14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) Certification Audit. A pre-certification audit was conducted at the Stadium on Tuesday, 7th April.

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Cúl Green Fan Feedback

14 Apr 2009

We had over 1,000 people completing the Cúl Green survey last month and your feedback has allowed ESB, the GAA and Croke Park to develop a well informed plan for the next website update. Here we look at the feedback and our plans for updating the site.

Photo of: l-r, Dónal Rice, Senior ICT Advisor with the Centre of Excellence in Universal Design, NDA. Peter McKenna, Stadium Director, Croke Park. Minister Mary Hannafin. John Redmond, ESB Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Affairs.

Cúl Green wins eGovernment Award

23 Feb 2009

We are delighted to announce that the Cúl Green website won the Marketing Award at the eGovernment Awards 2009. The Awards were held at the Four Seasons hotel in Dublin last Thursday night.

Renewable Energy at Croke Park

18 Feb 2009

Environmental Engineers within Croke Park have done extensive studies into the possibilities for renewable energy at the stadium. Renewable energy describes energy that is drawn from naturally occurring sources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat.

ESB playing its part on Cúl Green

27 Jan 2009

Deirdre Newell of ESBI speaks to us about her work to make Croke Park a more energy efficient stadium.

Cúl Green by numbers!

20 Jan 2009

The Cúl Green website has been live for five months and in order to get a sense of what has happened to date, we have done up a list of some relevant numbers related to the project.