Energy planning, policy and research
Leading the way in energy master-planning and an evidence base for local and regional climate action.
Overview
To create a better, livable, more energy efficient Dublin, we need to start with how we plan the city. Each area is unique, with different characteristics and different needs – by making energy an essential factor in spatial planning processes, we can find solutions that benefit communities and make Dublin a better place to live.
Key to this work and Codema’s wider work is research to build an evidence base for action. We deliver research, development and demonstration projects in energy and climate action, focused on the city and local levels. We find examples of best practice in other European cities and transfer this to Dublin.
Supporting this, our skilled team provides insight and advice on climate and energy policy, highlighting the best pathways, solutions and technologies to meet our energy and climate goals.
Impact
Policy and knowledge advice
Our policy advice is grounded at a local and regional level, with the current and future needs of the energy and climate transition for Dublin its core. We understand the relationship between national and EU policy, the climate and energy solutions available, and what this means for Dublin.
Our work includes participation in policy consultations and policy advisory groups, provision of policy and knowledge advisory support, and briefings to our key stakeholders in Dublin, including the four Dublin Local Authorities.
View our expert submissions to national and regional policy submissions:
Find out more about our policy submissionsEnergy planning and modelling
Each area across Dublin has its own set of needs and characteristics, which means different solutions will be needed in different communities. Spatial energy planning is built on evidence-based forward planning, which ensures each area has the required infrastructure in place to serve both new and existing developments with low-carbon and low-cost technologies.
Codema’s key energy modelling project, the Dublin Region Energy Master Plan – the first of its kind in Ireland – is a prime example of how spatial energy planning can provide realistic pathways to our energy transition.
