Donna Gartland's guest appearances

Donna Gartland

Near FM – Listen Again

Five Degrees of Change

City Stories by Energy Cities

John Sweeney

John Gibbons

John Fitzgerald

Norman Crowley

Daniel Murray

Pat Cox

David Connolly

Brian Caulfield

Richard Bruton

Cara Augustenborg

Fraser Stewart

Stephan Hartmann

Lynn Boylan

Mark Foley

Sue Garrard

OwlTail

Dublin counts half a million residents. Its energy agency CODEMA is in the early stages of redesigning the city’s energy landscape by involving the local community. The challenge is huge: How do you decarbonise a capital city that is very much driven by the fast-growing digital economy? Today I talk with Donna Gartland who is heading the Dublin energy agency with a staff of 16 people. She will explain what changes can be expected in the city and describes how she and her team trigger conversations with citizens around very abstract topics such as district heating using waste heat from data centres.

Episode about Dublin's big transition with Donna Gartland from CODEMA

In episode ten, host Daniel Murray is joined by Donna Gartland, CEO of Codema, Dublin‘s energy agency.     Donna is a qualified electrician who decided early on that she wanted to study energy engineering. After completing her Bachelors of Engineering in Energy in Tallaght Institute of Technology, Donna went on to do a masters in Denmark in sustainable energy planning. In 2013 Donna joined Codema where she worked as a senior energy planner, monitoring and reporting on the progress of the sustainable energy action plan for Dublin city whilst also working on Dublin‘s first district heating systems which could prove complete game changers for how we warm our homes in Ireland.     Earlier this year Donna was appointed CEO of Codema, solidifying her position as a trailblazing leader in Ireland‘s sustainable energy sector. She and Daniel discussed heating systems, the role for gas in our energy future mix and even fossil fuel advertising.

Codema CEO Donna Gartland