Kieran Cunnane

Community: Works with Galway Energy Co Op's Warm Home Hub Team in an extension of the EU NetZeroCities Project (currently funded by the Department of Climate Energy and the Environment and Galway City Council). This work involves extensive community outreach, events, workshops, one to one client clinics for people Energy Retrofitting, something he had previously been providing on a volunatary basis for community groups around Galway.

Mentor: On SEAI’s Sustainable Energy Community Programme.

Energy Storage: Worked in a Business Support role on STEPS, an EU INTERREG Project focused on mainstreaming mid-scale energy Storage in North West Europe.

Domestic Energy: Worked for four years as a Domestic BER Assessor including detailed payback analysis and advice package for households in retrofit, heating, and electricity solutions. Also performed diagnostic air tightness testing.

Technologist: Industrial Test Engineering and Automation, data acquisition, and control of electronic, mechanical & electromechanical components. Measurement and control of current, voltage, power, flow, pressure, and pneumatic switching. Communication using serial, parallel, ethernet and radio.

Twinning: Kieran was also a participant in the Germany/Ireland energy town twinning project team where Galway twinned with Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria.

Other: Helped establish GEC's Energy Master Plan for Galway, provided a heating system analysis for a local Housing Association, and acted as Societal Impact Champion on an Academia driven bioenergy project.

Dr. Sandra Riordan

Sandra is a chemist, engineer, educator, and coordinator with over ten years
experience in academia and education and ten years further industrial experience
in the pharmaceutical sector.

She is a nature lover and outdoor adventurer with broad life experience, interests, and extensive skill base. 

Sandra recently worked with Galway Energy Co Operative's Warm Home Hub Team as part of Galway's EU NetZeroCities Project. She is also an SEAI Mentor for Galway City.

Sandra has been involved in Environmental groups, Climate change actions, and joined the Galway Energy Co-op to make a better and sustainable impact on the mid and long-term.

Phil James

Business: Phil has worked in financial management roles for 3 multi-nationals in USA, Germany, and Ireland. His CEO roles include management training & consultancy, language teaching & translation, community development, and charitable foundation. In EU Project Management roles, Phil participated in 12 EU funded international projects from the Directorate General in Education and the EU Social Fund and managed 4 of these.

Hydro: Phil Founded the Galway Waterways Foundation with a strong focus on Hydro Power. He Co-hosted the first mini-hydroelectric conference in Galway together with NUIG.

Hydrogen: Phil organised and hosted a hydrogen energy conference with NUIG, SSE, GEC, ECI, Valencia Island Coop, and government representative. The team formed is currently working on a Hydrogen Power Policy for the West Coast of Ireland.

Twinning: Phil is a very active participant in the Germany/Ireland energy town twinning project team where Galway is currently twinned with Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria.

Dr. David Killilea

David is a medical doctor. He is passionate about local development, energy justice and worker self management.

Co-op:
David has been very instrumental is setting up Galway Energy Co-operative rules and structures and is also involved with education and outreach on and with other co-operatives in Europe.

Twinning:
David is a very active participant in the Germany/Ireland energy town twinning project team where Galway is currently twinned with Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria.

Hervé Boinnard

Hervé is an entrepreneur, a website builder and integrator, web designer and developer with his business Puma-IT.

He specialises in eCommerce Solutions, and Multilingual Websites with Joomla. Hervé has created a lot of bilingual websites, and some only with the Irish language. He maintains the Irish language pack for Joomla, and contributes as a volunteer to this project since 2009.

Passionate about Free/Libre Open Source Software and community, Hervé has also been involved in Environmental groups, Climate change actions, and joined the Galway Energy Co-op to make a better and sustainable impact on the mid and long-term.