The Principal of Gurteen College has taken home a top award at the SEAI Energy Awards.
Mike Pearson scooped the top prize for Energy Manager of the Year.
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He impressed judges with his spearheading of an ambitious renewable energy programme at the North Tipp College.
This includes a wind turbine, solar electricity system and a biomass boiler, all of which are included in the college’s education module for students.
The biomass boiler is fuelled from willow grown on site and provides 80% of the colleges heating each year.
The Awards reward excellence in energy management in businesses, communities and public sector organisations.