Innovation Dublin congratulates energy entrepreneurs, Belfield Technology who are based at NovaUCD, on winning the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) inaugural Innovation Award. 

The Awards attracted a high level of interest from entrepeneurs with innovative products at pre-or early-commercialisation stages. Eight finalists presented their innovations in a dragons’ den format to a panel of expert business ‘dragons’ at the Show.

The winning product, the HIDLightSaverTM, is the result of research into the costs associated with lighting and High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps found in street lighting, floodlit arenas, motorways and retail outlets. The Sustainable Energy Innovation Award winning product, the HIDLightSaverTM was developed and manufactured in Ireland and will help organisations reduce their energy costs and associated carbon footprint by as much as 35% and the technology has the potential to generate savings of €14 million on street light running costs alone.

The founders of Belfield Technologies are Dr Ger Devlin, Dr Kevin McDonnell, David Megan and Brian McDonnell, Bioresources Research Centre, UCD School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine.

The new SEAI award entries were evaluated on three criteria: innovation, energy performance and environmental impact, and the business potential of each product.

Belfield Technologies will receive financial support towards their business development costs for their energy efficient lighting control solutions.

Check out the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland website for further information on the Awards.

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