The Office of Public Works (OPW) has one of the largest and most diverse property portfolios in Ireland, including Government offices, Garda stations and historic buildings such as Dublin Castle and the Customs House.
The OPW has been running a state-wide staff energy conservation campaign, entitled Optimising Power @ Work, in Central Government buildings since 2008. The core principle of Optimising Power @ Work is to intensively work with staff to encourage behavioural change with regard to energy usage, with the overall aim of identifying and eliminating energy wastage.
The programme in the Central Government buildings has achieved average annual savings of 30% across 300 participating buildings, making it the largest and most successful campaign of its kind in Ireland.