Techies Go Green at the Guinness Enterprise Centre

NANGOR Road IT distributor DataSolutions Group has partnered up with more than 300 tech-oriented companies which are committed to decarbonising their businesses.

The movement Techies Go Green is located at the Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC), a top global incubator base, which will use the facility as its base of operations.

Recently nominated by Government as a Circular Economy Hub, the GEC currently houses 10 innovative organisations working in the sustainability space.

This includes companies which are developing green technologies and sustainability solutions.

In launching this initiative, the GEC also hopes to support further jobs in this space over the coming years.

Furthermore, the GEC is building on its own green strategy, investing €500,000 in making its premises more sustainable.

The majority of the funding – made available through an Enterprise Ireland Regional Enterprise Transition Scheme (RETS) grant – has already gone towards numerous upgrades across the building including more heat-efficient windows, a new heat pump system and sensor-controlled LED light fittings.

The upgrades will also cover the installation of electric vehicle, e-bike and e-scooter chargers. The GEC plans to create a changing room facility to encourage workers to travel by foot or bike and is exploring a major solar panel installation on the roof – which is currently home to thousands of bees in 15 beehives, encouraging biodiversity in the heart of Dublin city.

Michael O’Hara, Co-Founder of Techies Go Green and Managing Director of DataSolutions, said: “We are thrilled to partner with an organisation that is internationally recognised as one of the best new business incubators in the world, and one that has sustainability as one of its core objectives. We see the GEC as a key partner and sustainability evangelist. The actions it has taken to date, together with the actions it has planned over the next 24 months, will position the GEC as a sustainability leader and role model for the innovative start-up businesses based there.

“Techies Go Green partnering with the GEC provides access to more skills that will help businesses identify and achieve tangible results when it comes to being sustainable and reducing the impact of climate change. It’s a shared passion and one that requires people and businesses to collaborate and innovate.”