E2-CUTIES
E2-CUTIES aims to empower local energy communities by creating a step-based roadmap and a method to create investment propositions, both of which will help communities to overcome common challenges.
About the project
E2-CUTIES looks to empower Local Energy Communities (LECs) by helping them overcome the common challenges faced in relation to governance, community inclusion, technical expertise and legal and financial barriers.
These four common challenges will be addressed through toolboxes of best practices, which will then be incorporated into a step-based roadmap for use by LECs.
This project will focus on new public-civic partnerships connecting energy cooperatives and local authorities. This approach will support Fingal County Council’s Balbriggan Decarbonising Zone strategies by facilitating co-creation activities with the community that will lead to prioritised climate actions for the local area.
Extensive stakeholder and community engagement will be carried out with Balbriggan Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) and the wider Balbriggan community to ensure that the plan and its associated actions are reflective of the wants and needs of the local area.
By the end of the project, the aim is to have an executable investment proposition for integrated energy systems in operation by the Balbriggan SEC.
Project aims
Project team
Sarah McEllistrem
Public Engagement and Stakeholder Coordinator
Sarah McEllistrem
Public Engagement and Stakeholder Coordinator
Rebecca Cachia
Executive Manager - Energy Planning
Rebecca Cachia
Executive Manager - Energy Planning
Eli Babei
Assistant Project and Resource Manager
Eli Babei
Assistant Project and Resource Manager
Prior to her work with Codema, Eli worked with several not-for-profit organisations within fundraising and strategic engagement and outreach.
Eli holds a MA in European Integration from the University of Limerick, a MA in Civil Law and BA in Public Law, both from the State University of Moldova.
Hannah Byrne
Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Hannah Byrne
Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Katie Harrington
Executive Manager - Public and Stakeholder Engagement
Katie Harrington
Executive Manager - Public and Stakeholder Engagement
Project partners and funders
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