The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) welcomed over 2,500 attendees to the SEAI Energy Show, which took place in the RDS at the end of March, after a two-year absence. The event showed the vibrancy of the energy sector and the pace of innovation, as new energy saving technologies were revealed over the two-day event.
Central to this innovation was Retrokit from Clonakilty, which took home the ‘Highly Commended’ award for ‘Best Service Provider’ for RetroKit Platform, a software as a service platform that provides a toolkit to deliver home energy renovation projects.
Paul Martin, Programme Manager at SEAI who chaired the judging panel commented: “I want to congratulate this year’s winners of the Product of Show Awards. The Government has set ambitious targets over the next ten years and beyond to reduce energy-use in our homes and our dependence on fossil fuels and the products and expertise that Retrokit and Verde Energy Group provide is an important facet of that transition.
For many years, the Product of the Show Awards has championed innovative product development. Considerable investment in R&D, coupled with rapidly changing technology, has seen a wave of pioneering products and systems featured at the Show. The winners all share a passion for a clean energy future and are providing businesses and consumers with exciting new energy products that will help us use less and use clean.”
Xavier Dubuisson, CEO Retrokit commented on the award: ”We were very honoured to receive this highly commended award; it is a recognition of the hard work over the last five years by the whole RetroKit team. A big thank you to SEAI and to the judges as well as to our clients.”
Other winners included:
• Mitsubishi Electric for the QAHV CO2 monobloc commercial heat pump which is designed specifically to produce high-temperature sanitary hot water using CO2 as a refrigerant.
• Cork company Verde Energy Group from Courtstown who won the Commended award for ‘Best Lighting’ for Enterprise, an energy-efficient LED power-adjustable high bay lighting.
• Grundfos for MIXIT which is a smart mixing loop solution for heating and cooling systems in commercial and large residential buildings.
• EnergyElephant for their energy and sustainability data platform with imbedded AI.
• Expert Leisure with SportsArt G690 Verde Treadmill which converts human generated energy into utility grade electricity.
• TaskLED with Cree Syrius, a unique street lighting featuring Wavemax Technology that provides decreased LED source luminance.
• Grant Engineering with HVO Biofuel Grant Vortex which is an innovative, A-rated biofuel-compatible condensing boiler.
In addition to the 150 exhibitors in the RDS, the Show featured; an extensive electric vehicle showcase with free test drives, live retrofit demonstrations, a new lighting pavilion, expert seminars and multiple networking events.
