European Commission. European Commission Directorate-General for Energy - ManagEnergy Initiative. Background North Tipperary Local Authorities administer an area with a population of 79,000 people in rural Ireland.
The Local Authority (LA) was a founding member of the Tipperary Energy Agency (TEA), which manages the energy use in the LA, and has done so since 1998. Under the Irish transposition of the Energy Services Directive, all LAs in Ireland must save 33% of their energy use by 2020 and be an exemplar for the rest of society as a whole. European Environment Agency. Essential for the generation of industrial, commercial and societal wealth, energy also provides personal comfort and mobility.
But its production and consumption place considerable pressures on the environment: greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, land use, waste generation and oil spills. These pressures contribute to climate change, damage natural ecosystems and the man-made environment, and have adverse effects on human health. More Cities, due to the high concentration of people and activities, deliver and demand goods and services that impact their own areas and regions far away. While cities in Europe contribute 69 % of the continent's CO2 emissions, an urban resident... more.