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.

The GAA and ESB have put in place a state of the art environmental-improvement programme covering Croke Park's electricity, waste and water management systems. This Environmental engineering work has resulted in the stadium receiving its ISO Certification and a 3.4% decrease in electricity used between Q3 2008 and Q3 2009. This follows a 21.6% decrease in electricity used between Q2 2008 and Q2 2009.

The energy saving was achieved by implementing the recommendations of an energy audit which was carried out in June 2008 to identify options for energy savings. It involved putting in place energy monitoring and improving the overall control of energy usage through a Building Management System.

The Energy Monitoring System was completed and commissioned in December 2008 and involved rewiring of electrical circuits, installation of meters and installation of energy monitoring software. The Operations Team in the Stadium now has continuous access to the real-time electricity consumption within the Stadium allowing them to identify areas of the Stadium where there is non-essential use of electricity.

As well as the decrease in electricity usage for Quarter 3 the Cúl Green Team in Croke Park put in place Waste Management systems which have resulted in 51% of Stadium waste being diverted from landfill to recycling, reuse and composting in Quarter 3 of 2009. This is compared to 26% of waste that was diverted from landfill during the same period in 2008.

These improvements with the pledges made by fans means that we are well on our way to making Croke Park carbon neutral.

If you would like to play your part in making Croke Park carbon neutral please register and make a carbon saving pledge today.

Many thanks for your continued support.

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