07 September 2007
Environmental awards by Sustainable Energy Ireland
Title: Making Best Use of Renewable Energy Sources
The Share Holiday Village on the shores of Upper Lough Erne in Fermanagh has won a top award in the annual Sustainable Ireland Energy, Environmental & Waste Management 2007 awards, held recently at the Ramada Hotel in South Belfast.
Supported by all the leading players within industry and government, the awards are designed to recognise the immense efforts being made by organisations and companies from all of the various and diverse sectors involved.
The Share Holiday Village operates on a 64 acre site from where it runs an outdoor education and creative arts centre, providing extensive residential and day visitor facilities. Over the past 10 years it has installed what is the largest reed-bed water purification plant in Northern Ireland and has built up an extensive portfolio of renewable technologies.
These include three wind turbines, four solar water heating systems, and three wood pellet boilers. The organisation can now boast of using 99% renewable electricity on site, and 90% renewable heat, resulting in a total overall offset of CO2 of almost 300 tonnes.
The award for ‘Making the Best Use of Renewable Energy Sources’ was presented by television personality and actress Nuala McKeever and collected by Robert Livingstone Share Holiday Village General Manager who expressed their delight,
“Share is very pleased to have been shortlisted in two categories of this prestigious awards ceremony and delighted to have won this particular award. Sustainable energy use and our environment feature heavily in everything we do at Share. As Ireland’s largest outdoor education centre and window to a vast array of flora and fauna we will continue to ensure our carbon footprint is minimised whilst educating others of the effects of energy use on our environment.”
The annual Awards were supported by the Environment & Heritage Service, organised by 4square media, the Hillsborough headquartered publishers of ‘Sustainable Ireland,’ the magazine for the waste, recycling, environmental and energy sectors.
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Notes to Editors
- Share is a fully accessible charitable tourism facility.
- Share is open seven days a week, more information is available from our website www.sharevillage.org or too make an enquiry or a booking please contact celia@sharevillage.org
- Picture attached is Robert Livingstone receiving the award for ‘best use of renewable energy sources’ from Nuala Mckeever and Clifford Lutton – Development Manager for Cemex NI who sponsored the award.
