GREEN CLUB
The Green Club Programme was established to support Gaelic Games clubs in taking simple and effective sustainability action in their grounds and activities. The Programme is structured around the themes of Energy, Water, Waste, Biodiversity and Travel & Transport and is designed to promote sustainability awareness and action in GAA clubs and communities.
While we have done some work in this area in the past number of years, a committee has been established to formulate and implement a plan to attain Green Club status.
We have started planning the next steps and we need your opinions and suggestions on how to shape this plan!
-Below you will find a high level plan for our potential steps.
Further details on the green club programme are here:
https://www.gaa.ie/greenclub
Check back to this page as it will be updated over the coming weeks with further information on our Green Club efforts.
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- Every year a large number of re-usable water bottles are left behind at training and not reclaimed. These are all now available fo anyone to take from a crate outside the clubhouse in Knockdoemore. Please consider taking, cleaning and reusing these bottles instead of purchasing new ones! When they are gone, they’re gone!
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- As part of the Green Club program an additional 300 native trees were planted at our grounds in Knockdoemore this Spring. The trees were kindly donated by Coillte in association with the Tree Council of Ireland and the EasyTreesie – Crann Project. PJ and Kevin together with Paddy Hughes looked after the planting. A further boost to our community green club efforts was achieved when our close neighbour Gerry Kearney planted 2000 trees on his land adjacent to the walkway. We say thanks you to Gerry for taking the initiative and supporting our green club efforts.
HIGH LEVEL CONSIDERATIONS
-Generator Fuel
-Pitch Lights – Conversion to LED to be explorered 25/26
-Walkway and Carpark Lighting -Significant power being generated from Solar from August 2025
-Clubhouse Energy Use – Energy Survey completed 2023 – Solar Array installed August 2025
–Water Heating -Signifiant heating completed using Solar from August 2025
–Pumps and Lights -Significant energy being used from Solar from August 2025
-Clubhouse Heating
–Insulation
-Lakeview Electricity
–Pitch Lighting – LED Lights installed July 2025
-Lakeview Fuel
–Heating
-Tractor Fuel
-Single Use Plastics – Colleciton are for lost water bottles establised, Collection bin for Re-Turn setup in KDM.
-Coffee Cup Waste
-Clothing and Sports Ware
–Sports Ware Swap
–Charity Shops
-Drinking Water Refill Station
-Other Waste
-Tree Planting/Maintenance
-Mini Woodland on Site Borders
-Environmentally Friendly Car Park (Grass and Hardcore)
-Wild plants promotion in designated areas
-Cycle/Walk to Training.
–Bicycle Shelter – To be installed September/October 2025
-Car Pool to Match/Training
-Member Mileage Tracking/Review Progress
-Electric Car Promotion/Chargers
-Useage Control
-Water Harvesting
-Pitch Maintenance
Solar Array
With thanks to a grant from Galway County Council and The Department of Environment, Communication and Climate we have installed solar panels in Knockdoemore. These were grid connected on the 26th of August 2025.
