TAKE THE TECHIES GO GREEN
SMARTER
ENERGY
CHALLENGE
PROGRAMME AGENDA
Join our 8 week challenge: Build a practical action plan to help your business cut energy consumption, costs, and carbon emissions.
Take The Challenge - Sign up for our inspiring and educational events, and hands-on workshops to help you make the transition to cleaner, smarter, and more resilient energy solutions.
FOLLOW OUR 4-PART PROGRAMME
Part 1 - Reduce: Improve efficiency and cut energy waste - SEPT 21 - OCT 2
Part 1 will focus on the steps to monitor, identify and eliminate energy waste across operations, buildings, and equipment. This module will enable participants to evaluate costs versus actual value when selecting monitoring equipment, platforms, behavioral changes, and efficiency retrofit investments needed to lower operating costs. Participants are invited to fill in the Smarter Energy Planner supplied to them for their own use, as they follow the topics covered.
ONLINE WORKSHOP - Part 1: Audit, Understand, Control Your Energy Demand LEARN MORE | 10:30am – 1pm on Sept. 24
TOUR Croke Park Featuring Smart Managed Energy Efficiency Measures using EMS & BMS Systems LEARN MORE | 11am – 1pm on Oct. 1
Complete Your Energy Transition Readiness Survey LEARN MORE
Watch out for our Thought Leadership Series posts for Part 1 LEARN MORE
DEMOS, TRIALS, DISCOUNTS: Watch out for promotions LEARN MORE
Part 2 - Replace: Switch from fossil fuel heat and power to renewable alternatives - SEPT 21 - OCT 2
Part 2 explores how fossil fuel-based heating can be replaced with renewable alternatives. It helps businesses assess options for building, water, and process heating, to ensure their investment decisions are based on operational need and financial logic.Participants are invited to fill in their Smarter Energy Planner supplied to them for their own use, while following the topics.
ONLINE WORKSHOP - Part 2: Audit, Understand, Control Your Energy Demand LEARN MORE |10:30am – 1pm on Sept. 24
TOUR Croke Park Featuring Smart Managed Energy Efficiency Measures using EMS & BMS Systems LEARN MORE | 11am – 1pm on Oct. 1
Complete Your Energy Transition Readiness Survey LEARN MORE
Watch out for our Thought Leadership Series posts for Part 1 LEARN MORE
DEMOS, TRIALS, DISCOUNTS: Watch out for promotions LEARN MORE
Part 3 - Generate: Combine energy production, procurement, storage, and demand shift - SEPT 21 - OCT 2
Part 3 will focus on how businesses can actively produce and store electricity and use this capability to lower costs when combined with an integrated smart energy management system to reduce exposure to peak energy tariffs by managing consumption patterns. Participants are invited to fill in the Smarter Energy Planner supplied to them for their own use, while following the topics.
ONLINE WORKSHOP - Part 3: Audit, Understand, Control Your Energy Demand LEARN MORE |10:30am – 1pm on Sept. 24
TOUR Croke Park Featuring Smart Managed Energy Efficiency Measures using EMS & BMS Systems LEARN MORE | 11am – 1pm on Oct. 1
Complete Your Energy Transition Readiness Survey LEARN MORE
Watch out for our Thought Leadership Series posts for Part 1 LEARN MORE
DEMOS, TRIALS, DISCOUNTS: Watch out for promotions LEARN MORE
Part4 - Monetise: Find revenue opportunities from their smart managed clean energy assets - SEPT 21 - OCT 2
Part 4 will explore how energy can become a source of revenue rather than just a cost. It will show participants methods to leverage the excess capacity and flexibility of their energy generating and storage assets to unlock new revenue streams. Participants are invited to fill in the Smarter Energy Planner supplied to them for their own use, while following the topics.
ONLINE WORKSHOP - Part 4: Audit, Understand, Control Your Energy Demand LEARN MORE |10:30am – 1pm on Sept. 24
TOUR Croke Park Featuring Smart Managed Energy Efficiency Measures using EMS & BMS Systems LEARN MORE | 11am – 1pm on Oct. 1
Complete Your Energy Transition Readiness Survey LEARN MORE
Watch out for our Thought Leadership Series posts for Part 1 LEARN MORE
DEMOS, TRIALS, DISCOUNTS: Watch out for promotions LEARN MORE
Energy Transition Readiness Survey
From September 7 to October 27
As we begin the Smarter Energy Challenge, we invite you to take a short but important step - complete our Energy Transition Readiness Survey
What You Will Take Away
This questionnaire is your opportunity to benchmark where your business is today, from energy and fuel use in your buildings and vehicles, to your progress already on electrification, solar, EV charging, and smart energy management.
It only takes a few minutes, but it can help us shape a more targeted, practical and impactful energy roadmap for your organisation.
Thought Leadership Series
Articles
The Thought Leadership Series in our Action Green magazine goes beyond information, it is designed to spark action. Through expert insights, real-world case studies, interviews with industry experts, and practical resource packs, the series helps businesses cut through complexity and understand what works in practice. Explore topics such as energy efficiency retrofits, solar and battery storage, distributed energy management systems, and fleet electrification. Follow our weekly content.
Focus On Energy Video Series
Through inspiring case study interviews and technology showcase features, the series highlights real-world projects and the people behind them.
What You Will Take Away
The series will focus on turning ideas into next steps. Our thought leadership articles, interviews, and examples will give participants inspirational guidance and a starting point for the next steps. This is not just about learning what the energy transition looks like, it’s about showing how to act on it.
Weekly From September 7 to November 23
Smarter Energy Challenge Conference Day
Attend the Smarter Energy Challenge full-day conference at the Guinness Enterprise Centre, Dublin where business leaders, energy experts, technology innovators, and exhibitors come together to explore how your business can cut costs, reduce carbon emissions and reduce your exposure to volatile fossil fuel and electricity prices.
Through keynote addresses, educational presentations, Q & A sessions, tech demonstrations, case studies and peer networking, you’ll gain practical guidance you can apply to your own organisation.
What You Will Take Away
Guidance on selecting the right mix of solar, battery storage, heat pumps and EV charging for your business how to and integrate them into a single coordinated energy strategy.
Insights on how smart energy management systems can optimise energy efficiency performance.
Meet our exhibitors, get advice, find solutions, attend green tech demonstrations.
Learn how community energy and virtual power plants can create shared value for participating businesses.
Get practical guidance on green finance including grants and green loans.
If you are ready to future-proof your business this is a day you cannot afford to miss.
9:30am - 4:30pm, October 14
Featuring Leading Industry Experts
Keynote speaker Mike Berners-Lee. Hear from one of the world’s most influential thinkers shaping how we understand and respond to the climate emergency and the energy transition under way.
Prof Fabiano Pallonetto
Professor in Management Information Systems, Maynooth University
Peter Lantry
Managing Director
Equinix Ireland
Prof Aoife Foley
Chair in Net Zero Infrastructure, The University Of Manchester
Prof Sarah McCormack
Professor In Sustainable Energy,
Trinity College Dublin
Alan Wyley
Chief Executive Officer EnergyCloud Ireland
Jerry Sweeney
Founder and Managing Director, Cloud CIX
ONLINE WORKSHOP 1
Audit, Understand, and Control Your Energy Demand
Through a step by step non-technical introduction to concepts using case study examples, this 2 hour workshop will show how combining audit insights with smart energy management systems can bring clarity, control, and measurable savings.
Businesses must first build a clear picture of how, when and where energy is being used and wasted. This starts with a comprehensive energy audit of buildings, equipment, and operational processes, identifying inefficiencies, hidden loads and opportunities for improvement.
Many companies operate multiple systems such as boilers, HVAC, heat pumps, CHP units that often function independently rather than as a coordinated system. Understanding usage patterns, peak load times and system interactions is essential to uncover where energy is being wasted and where demand can be shifted or reduced.
Put your questions to the experts in our Q & A session.
Participants will receive a Get Started Information ePack filled with useful information, an efficiency guide with practical next steps.
What You Will Learn & Take Away
How understanding and controlling energy demand is the foundation for cost reduction, electrification and net-zero readiness
How to organise an energy audit across buildings, equipment and operations.
How to identify usage patterns, energy wastage, and peak demand periods that drive the highest energy costs.
How multiple systems (boilers, HVAC, heat pumps, CHP, solar) can be coordinated rather than operated independently.
How to create a demand reduction plan.
How a central energy management system (EMS/BMS) can translate audit data into daily optimisation strategies.
How peak shaving strategies reduce demand charges and smooth operational energy costs.
10:30am - 12:30pm, September 17
Hosted By:
Francis O’Haire
Sustainable Technology Ambassador, Techies Go Green
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This Workshop Is Kindly Sponsored By:
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ONLINE WORKSHOP 2
Electrify, Generate and Optimise — What Are The Right Solutions For My Business?
This 2 hour workshop will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to identify the right clean energy transition approach for your business.
Through a step by step non-technical introduction using real-world case study examples, this workshop will guide you through:
Technology specification: Evaluating the suitability of heat pumps, bi-directional EV charging, solar PV, battery storage, and smart controllers for your business.
Demonstration of a smart Energy Management System and its long-term value.
Available Grants and application guidance.
Finance Models - CapEx (owning assets directly) vs OPEX (Energy-as-a-Service)
Implementation staging and optimisation for your needs.
Finally, the workshop introduces the emerging role of community energy projects, where groups of businesses can share and optimise local renewable generation and storage.
Put your questions to the experts in our Q & A session.
Participants will receive a Get Started Information ePack filled with useful information, an efficiency guide with practical next steps.
What You Will Learn & Take Away
How to assess the right strategy across buildings, heat, and operations.
How to evaluate which technologies deliver the strongest cost, carbon and operational performance outcomes.
Why integrated energy systems outperform standalone solutions in efficiency, resilience and long-term value.
How Smart Controls and Energy Management Systems (BMS & EMS) enable real-time demand reduction, reduced energy bills, and revenue generating potential.
A clear framework for deciding what to implement first, what to scale, finance options, and how to integrate more systems over time.
10:30am - 12:30pm, October 8
Hosted By:
Francis O’Haire
Sustainable Technology Ambassador, Techies Go Green
Presenter: Renewable Energy Technology Options
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Presenter: Grants and Finance Models Guidance.
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Q & A Panellist:
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This Workshop Is Kindly Sponsored By:
LOGO HERE
ONLINE WORKSHOP 3
Electrify, Generate and Optimise — What Are The Right Solutions For My Business?
This 2 hour workshop will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to identify the right clean energy transition approach for your business.
Through a step by step non-technical introduction using real-world case study examples, this workshop will guide you through:
Technology specification: Evaluating the suitability of heat pumps, bi-directional EV charging, solar PV, battery storage, and smart controllers for your business.
Demonstration of a smart Energy Management System and its long-term value.
Available Grants and application guidance.
Finance Models - CapEx (owning assets directly) vs OPEX (Energy-as-a-Service)
Implementation staging and optimisation for your needs.
Finally, the workshop introduces the emerging role of community energy projects, where groups of businesses can share and optimise local renewable generation and storage.
Put your questions to the experts in our Q & A session.
Participants will receive a Get Started Information ePack filled with useful information, an efficiency guide with practical next steps.
What You Will Learn & Take Away
How to assess the right strategy across buildings, heat, and operations.
How to evaluate which technologies deliver the strongest cost, carbon and operational performance outcomes.
Why integrated energy systems outperform standalone solutions in efficiency, resilience and long-term value.
How Smart Controls and Energy Management Systems (BMS & EMS) enable real-time demand reduction, reduced energy bills, and revenue generating potential.
A clear framework for deciding what to implement first, what to scale, finance options, and how to integrate more systems over time.
10:30am - 12:30pm, October 8
Hosted By:
Francis O’Haire
Sustainable Technology Ambassador, Techies Go Green
Presenter: Renewable Energy Technology Options
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Presenter: Grants and Finance Models Guidance.
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Q & A Panellist:
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This Workshop Is Kindly Sponsored By:
LOGO HERE
ONLINE WORKSHOP 4
Electrify, Generate and Optimise — What Are The Right Solutions For My Business?
This 2 hour workshop will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to identify the right clean energy transition approach for your business.
Through a step by step non-technical introduction using real-world case study examples, this workshop will guide you through:
Technology specification: Evaluating the suitability of heat pumps, bi-directional EV charging, solar PV, battery storage, and smart controllers for your business.
Demonstration of a smart Energy Management System and its long-term value.
Available Grants and application guidance.
Finance Models - CapEx (owning assets directly) vs OPEX (Energy-as-a-Service)
Implementation staging and optimisation for your needs.
Finally, the workshop introduces the emerging role of community energy projects, where groups of businesses can share and optimise local renewable generation and storage.
Put your questions to the experts in our Q & A session.
Participants will receive a Get Started Information ePack filled with useful information, an efficiency guide with practical next steps.
What You Will Learn & Take Away
How to assess the right strategy across buildings, heat, and operations.
How to evaluate which technologies deliver the strongest cost, carbon and operational performance outcomes.
Why integrated energy systems outperform standalone solutions in efficiency, resilience and long-term value.
How Smart Controls and Energy Management Systems (BMS & EMS) enable real-time demand reduction, reduced energy bills, and revenue generating potential.
A clear framework for deciding what to implement first, what to scale, finance options, and how to integrate more systems over time.
10:30am - 12:30pm, October 8
Hosted By:
Francis O’Haire
Sustainable Technology Ambassador, Techies Go Green
Presenter: Renewable Energy Technology Options
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Presenter: Grants and Finance Models Guidance.
TBC
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Q & A Panellist:
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This Workshop Is Kindly Sponsored By:
LOGO HERE
Join our site tours - step beyond theory and see energy transition examples in action
Our on-site tours will take you inside real-world examples of smart energy efficiency and smart energy solutions. These visits are designed to show what is possible today, not a theoretical future, and to give you practical insights, ideas and confidence to apply in your own organisation.
SITE TOUR 1
Tour Dublin’s Leading Smart, Low-Carbon Innovation and Energy Transition Hub
Join us for an exclusive visit to Dublin’s premier business district, one of Ireland’s most advanced urban testbeds for smart, low-carbon business infrastructure. This fast-evolving tech hub is actively reshaping how business energy systems work at district scale, from EV charging clusters and smart building retrofits to near-zero energy offices and integrated district energy planning through the Dublin Region Energy Master Plan.
This tour will give participants a first-hand look at how a real business district is transitioning from traditional energy use to a coordinated, data-driven, electrified energy ecosystem — and what that means for the future of business competitiveness, sustainability and urban resilience.
What You Will Learn And Take Away
Get a clear understanding of how district-scale energy planning works in a live business environment.
Get insights into how EV charging clusters can be deployed and managed at scale without overloading infrastructure.
See practical examples of smart building retrofits and energy-efficient office design in operation
Learn how business districts can act as coordinated energy ecosystems, not just individual buildings
Get inspiration and ideas for how your own organisation or business park can adopt smarter, lower-carbon, future-ready energy strategies
11:00am - 1:30pm, October 1
SITE TOUR 2
Tour the Dublin Waste To Energy Facility, Poolbeg
Step inside one of Ireland’s most important and often misunderstood pieces of national energy infrastructure at the Dublin Waste to Energy Facility in Poolbeg, Dublin.
This visit offers a rare opportunity to see how non-recyclable waste is transformed into baseload electricity for the grid and low-carbon heat for district heating systems, playing a critical role in Ireland’s circular economy and energy security strategy.
As businesses look for smarter ways to manage waste, reduce carbon and understand the full lifecycle of energy systems, this facility provides a powerful real-world example of how urban infrastructure is evolving from linear consumption to integrated energy recovery and system-level efficiency.
What You Will Learn And Take Away
Get a clear understanding of how waste-to-energy contributes to Ireland’s electricity generation and energy security.
Get insights into how baseload energy systems support renewable integration by balancing wind and solar variability.
Get a real-world view of circular economy principles in action, including energy and materials recovery.
Learn how district heating systems can decarbonise urban energy demand at scale.
11:00am - 2:00pm, October 29
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Trials and Discount Offers
As part of The Smarter Energy Challenge, participants can access exclusive trial access and discounted offers from leading energy technology providers, consultants and SaaS platforms. This is a unique opportunity to move beyond theory and explore real tools that help you manage energy more intelligently — from smart building platforms and EV charging systems to solar analytics, demand response tools and energy optimisation software.
Instead of just learning what’s possible, you can test it in your own business environment, compare solutions, and see real-world impact before committing to investment. It’s a low-risk, high-value way to accelerate your energy transition journey with expert support.
What You Will Come Away With
Get hands-on experience using real energy management software and consulting support tools tailored to business use cases
Get a clearer understanding of which digital platforms and technologies actually deliver measurable cost and carbon savings
Avail of this reduced risk opportunity to test solutions before committing capital investment
Browse our shortlist of trusted vendors, advisors and technologiesbest suited to your organisation’s energy transition plan.
Beginning On September 7
