Randles Hotel Killarney is delighted to announce that they were one of the shortlisted finalists at this year’s Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) small and medium business category award, which took place on November 16 in The Mansion House, Dublin

SEAI Awards 2023 - Randles Hotel

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Set up twenty years ago, the SEAI Energy Awards recognise and reward excellence in all aspects of energy efficiency and renewable energy in Ireland. They also acknowledge businesses who demonstrate high levels of innovation and strong potential for replication, and those who have achieved significant energy demand reduction or clean energy deployment.

This latest award follows on from Randles Hotel’s recent sustainability award they received in May this year, when they were awarded with the All-Ireland Business Foundation’s Solar Evolution Business All-Star Renewable Project of the year award, at the All-Ireland Business Summit.

Speaking about being shortlisted as this year’s SEAI Sustainability Awards, Tom Randles said: “Randles Hotel is honoured to be shortlisted in the small to medium size business category for the prestigious SEAI 2023 award. We are delighted to be recognised for the work that we have done to minimise our carbon footprint over the past twenty years. Our main goal is to deliver top-quality customer service to our valued clientele, while consciously achieving eco-friendly, sustainable, and effective energy solutions across all aspects of our business. We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Ballykilcavan Brewery, the winners of this year’s SEAI award, and we are privileged to have been nominated alongside them.”

Since the onset of the Randles Hotel’s sustainability project in 2001, they have made huge strides in implementing their unique and effective reduced carbon footprint and sustainability plan, and it is no mean feat that they are the first hotel in Ireland to roll out such an extensive carbon zero project on the Island of Ireland. They have also recently completed a series of positive sustainable initiatives via their sister hotel, the Dromhall Hotel, Killarney.

Phase one of Randles Hotel’s sustainability plan was completed in May 2023. This includes innovative and effective developments, such as, the reduction of single use plastics, introducing eco-friendly motion sensory lighting throughout the hotel, the avoidance of food waste, the reduction of chemical usage, and minimising transport for in-house laundry.

Under the direction of Kerry based designer, Tim O’ Leary, the hotels most recent developments include, turning a Victorian building into a carbon-free hotel, via the addition of Solar PV panels, an air source heat pump, and air to water heat pump, and an overall energy monitor of the system. As a result, Randles Hotel have achieved energy savings of 28,294Kwh and 13,451kg C02 per year, which has all led to effective and progressive change. This pioneering work was carried out by DJ Walsh of Thermopro, Castleisland, Lukas Kadlik of MastertTherm, and Brigid Walsh of Solar Evolution, who advised and installed the Solar (PV) panels.