EcoMerit Benefits

• Cost savings:
  Substantial and ongoing, from €5k to €50+k per year, depending on client
• Optimal environmental and business performance:
  Minimising waste, water and energy usage, which can in turn improve business processes, staff morale, customer engagement and risk management. See our impressive track record.
• Credible and straightforward environmental certification:
  EcoMerit’s Oversight Board provides assurance that your environmental certification is in line with best practice.
• Readiness for Green Procurement:
  Winning business from clients increasingly requires evidence of environmental credibility
• Enhanced appeal to investors, customers, staff and other stakeholders:
  Environmental considerations are playing an increasing role in how stakeholders decide to engage with your business
• Financial Support:
  EcoMerit Certified Members are part of a Sustainable Energy Community registered with the SEAI enjoying enhanced access to grants and finance. Nearly €2 million (€1,704,036) in SEAI grants have been awarded to our members, with a 100% application success rate.

EcoMerit Performance

The effectiveness of the EcoMerit programme is measured in three ways:

• The cost savings achieved in the first year of operation by the certified sites
• The year-on-year reduction in the energy carbon footprint of the certified sites
• The grant aid won for energy-saving improvements
  at the certified sites

On average, EcoMerit certified sites achieve a 9% year-on-year reduction in energy carbon emissions, with typical annual carbon savings of some 70 tonnes per site. That’s an emmissions reduction of 60% over a 10 year period.

In addition to this extraordinary emissions result, average cost savings for each member has been over €10,000 in their first year of membership alone, with ongoing savings across the membership amounting to millions of euros over 10 years.

The performance graph shows the emissions performance of a range of EcoMerit certified sites since joining the programme. The thick orange line shows the average year-on-year improvement achieved by the combined certified sites. The thick blue line provides an interesting contrast. This is the national performance of Ireland over a similar timescale.

To date, EcoMerit certified sites have also benefitted from over €1.7 million in SEAI grant aid on energy-saving capital projects. Success in winning these grants for our client base has contributed to emmission reductions of thousands of tonnes of carbon.