Is turning your lights off or holding off on that second round of hot water for another cuppa enough to help combat our ever-growing climate problems?

Our ECollective team from Foiroige caught up with Codema CEO Donna Gartland who answers your most frequent everyday questions regarding energy and climate change. 

In this episode, you’ll find out:

• The importance of education when it comes to combating climate change
• What changes we need to see within the next five years and the repercussions of those not happening
• Everyday changes you can begin to implement

About Our Guest:
Donna Gartland took up the position of Chief Executive Officer of Codema in April 2020 and has worked with the company since 2013. 
 
 She is a qualified electrician with a BEng in Energy and Environmental Engineering from the Institute of Technology Tallaght and a MSc in Sustainable Energy Planning and Management from Aalborg University, Denmark. She is currently completing a PhD in Energy Engineering with University College Cork. 

In her previous role as Codema’s Senior Energy Planner, Donna worked on monitoring and reporting the progress of the Sustainable Energy Action Plan for Dublin City in line with the Covenant of Mayors Initiative and developed the first Spatial Energy Demand Analyses (SEDA) in Ireland for all four Dublin local authorities in order to integrate energy and spatial planning at a local level. 
 
Donna is also working on implementing the first District Heating systems in Dublin with Dublin City and South Dublin County Councils, and is Technical Advisor on the EU Interreg NWE project ‘HeatNet’. She is the lead author of the national level ‘Guide to District Heating in Ireland’ report, funded by the SEAI. 

You can check her out at @donnagartland on Twitter! 

Got a question for us? Drop us an email at: foroige@dustpod.ie