Kilkenny County Council launches Green Case Studies as part of International Climate Action Day
Kilkenny County Council was delighted to announce the launch of a series of Green Case Study videos on October 24th to celebrate International Day of Climate Action 2024.
The initiative – which was run through the Local Enterprise Office – was undertaken to highlight the challenges faced by business in the sustainability journey, and also to showcase the fantastic progress that has been made to date by business in the county.
Four businesses of varied types and sizes participated in this initiative, and the video output demonstrates the success that can be achieved in the green transformation through small steps in the right direction and ongoing commitment to change.
Martin Costello of Murphy Jewellers on High Street Kilkenny outlines the initiatives that have worked for the business including zoned heating and the move to LED lighting, while Liam Walsh of Peter Walsh & Sons, Three Castles describes the savings that the introduction of a biomass plant and solar farm have generated.
Gareth Connolly of Connolly’s Red Mills gives a tour of the reed bed created in their Goresbridge Headquarters which captures waste water and acts as its own natural habitat, and Nicholas Mosse shows the turbines that have been in operation for more than 100 years in the mill site dating back to the 1750s where his grandfather ran a flour mill and where Nicholas Mosse pottery now operates from.
Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council Michael McCarthy noted at the launch event “it’s inspiring to meet with businesses who have made such an investment in sustainability to date. These videos created through the Local Enterprise Office demonstrate the commitment to the green transformation across the county and show the forward-thinking nature of business in Kilkenny”
The videos are available to view on Kilkenny County Council’s YouTube channel and the investkilkenny.ie website.
