Funding may be available to help eligible Irish businesses improve energy performance, reduce carbon emissions and invest in sustainability.
Supporting Businesses to Turn Energy and Sustainability Plans into Action
Funding can play an important role in helping businesses turn energy, carbon and sustainability ambitions into practical action.
Enterprise Ireland provides a range of supports for eligible businesses at different stages of their sustainability journey – from initial assessments and action planning through to developing internal capability, energy monitoring and investment in larger decarbonisation projects.
Lawler Sustainability can support organisations in identifying the technical opportunities within their operations and developing the assessments, strategies and engineering solutions required to move projects forward.
Whether you are starting to understand your current energy and carbon performance or preparing to invest in a larger decarbonisation programme, our team can help you explore the most appropriate route.
Funding, eligibility and programme availability are subject to Enterprise Ireland criteria and may change. We recommend confirming current availability before progressing.
1. Climate Action Voucher – Start Your Sustainability Journey
The Climate Action Voucher provides an entry point for Enterprise Ireland clients beginning their sustainability journey, supporting independent consultancy to identify opportunities and establish an initial action plan.
Lawler Sustainability can support businesses with areas including:
- Sustainability reviews
- Energy and carbon assessments
- Initial carbon footprinting
- Decarbonisation action planning
- Metering strategy reviews
- Identification of potential next steps
Outcome: A clear, practical roadmap to start reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions.
2. GreenStart – Build Best Practice
GreenStart supports Enterprise Ireland clients seeking to improve environmental performance and embed more sustainable practices within their organisation.
Projects can address areas such as:
- Carbon footprinting
- Carbon reduction plans
- Net-zero and metering roadmaps
- ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
- ESG planning
Outcome: Stronger environmental management systems and a credible plan for reducing carbon emissions.
3. GreenPlus – Embed & Scale
For organisations with more advanced sustainability ambitions, GreenPlus can support larger consultancy and training projects designed to build internal capability and embed sustainability into business strategy and operations.
Areas of support can include:
- Net-zero and ESG strategy
- Wider sustainability strategy
- Supply chain strategy
- EcoVadis preparation
- Sustainability reporting frameworks
- UN Sustainable Development Goal alignment
- Sustainability training and capability building
Outcome: A robust sustainability strategy with stronger internal capability to deliver long-term change.
4. Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund (EERIF) – Move From Planning to Investment
For eligible businesses preparing to invest in larger energy-efficiency and decarbonisation projects, capital support may be available through Enterprise Ireland programmes.
This can include projects designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, fuel switching and wider decarbonisation measures.
Lawler Sustainability can support the technical development and delivery of projects through:
- Investment-grade energy audits
- Feasibility studies and business cases
- Measurement & Verification plans
- Metering strategies
- Tender specifications and engineering design
- Project management
- Energy and carbon savings calculations
Outcome: A robust business case for investment, supporting the delivery of measurable and verified energy and carbon savings.
5. Energy Monitoring & Tracking – Measure & Manage Performance
Investment is only part of the journey. Understanding whether improvements are delivering the expected results is equally important.
Enterprise Ireland support may also be available within relevant programmes for energy monitoring and tracking systems.
Lawler Sustainability can support businesses with:
- Metering roadmaps and design
- Utility monitoring strategies
- Meter specification and procurement support
- Data analytics
- Measurement & Verification
- Energy dashboards
- ISO 50001 monitoring support
Outcome: Greater visibility of energy performance, enabling ongoing optimisation and verification of savings.
How Lawler Sustainability Can Help?
1. Assess
Understand your current position through energy audits, carbon footprinting, metering strategies and opportunity identification.
2. Plan
Turn insight into action through decarbonisation roadmaps, sustainability strategies, feasibility assessments and energy management systems.
3. Implement
Develop and deliver practical solutions through engineering design, project development and delivery support for energy-efficiency and decarbonisation measures.
4. Measure
Demonstrate results through metering, monitoring, data analysis and Measurement & Verification, supporting continuous improvement over time.
From Funding to Measurable Outcomes
Securing funding is only one part of a successful energy or decarbonisation project.
Lawler Sustainability combines sustainability expertise with technical energy and engineering capability, helping organisations move from identifying an opportunity through assessment and project development to implementation and measurement of results.
This means funding can form part of a wider, practical pathway towards reducing energy costs, improving operational performance and delivering measurable carbon reductions.
Could Funding Support Your Energy or Decarbonisation Project?
If you’re considering an energy-efficiency, sustainability or decarbonisation project, our team can help you understand the technical opportunity and explore whether relevant Enterprise Ireland support may be available.
Speak to our team about your project using the form below.
