Ruth Buggie is the Sustainable Energy Communities Programme Manager with SEAI. She joined SEAI in 2005 and has managed several national grant programmes including the SEAI Energy Poverty programme, the Better Energy Homes Scheme and the Area Based programme.

Ruth is responsible for the development and deployment of the Sustainable Energy Communities programme to support the development of a community approach to energy and to stimulate a national move towards sustainable energy practice through demonstration in exemplar communities. More recently this role has extended to include the energy in education and youth engagement programme areas. Ruth holds a Degree in Building Services and a Masters in Energy Management from the Dublin Institute of Technology.