18 May 2012
Dr Brian Motherway has been appointed as chief executive of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Dr Motherway holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Sociology. He first joined SEAI in 2006 and in his most recent role as chief operations officer had overall responsibility for SEAI operations, performance [...]
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18 May 2012
Ireland may have been shirking its legal responsibility to implement effective water charging policies for over ten years. That is according to Alice Whittaker, a Partner of Philip Lee Solicitors, a Dublin and Brussels based law firm with specialist expertise in environmental law. As part of the firm’s series of online updates on topical legal [...]
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18 May 2012
Twenty six partners of the Smart Energy Collective have signed a renewed co-operation agreement for the approval of the second phase of its smart grid initiative, which involves the development of five large-scale smart grid demonstration projects in the Netherlands. The signing follows a successful preparation period, and marks the start of the actual design [...]
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18 May 2012
Irish agribusiness is booming but the cyclical nature of the industry means that an extra edge is needed if the sector is to play its predicted key role in the future. That edge is technology and research As most businesses continue to struggle in the face of recession, the agri-food sector is increasingly being seen [...]
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18 May 2012
FreeTradeIreland.ie, the reuse website managed by RPS, has reached the significant milestone of 50,000 items reused. FreeTrade Ireland is a community initiative, promoted by local authorities around the country and has been in operation nationally since July 2010. With over 41,000 users the free online service has helped to divert items weighing an estimated 1 [...]
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17 May 2012
Public lectures at NUI Galway on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 May, will look at our throwaway culture, and ask what a future with everyone living more sustainably might look like. Philosopher Kate Soper, from London Metropolitan University will provide a public lecture entitled Towards an alternative prosperity? Irish “belatedness” and the politics of consumption [...]
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17 May 2012
Longer-lasting phone and computer batteries could be on the way thanks to a €1.6m investment in a young Irish company. The technology being developed by InfiniLED could also result in quicker diagnosis of health issues. By discovering a way of generating more light using less energy in LEDs (light emitting diodes), which are about one-fifth [...]
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17 May 2012
Diageo is on track to reach zero waste to landfill by 2015 at its Belfast production plants in Northern Ireland by engaging in an industrial symbiosis programme. The drinks manufacturer is among a core group of companies working with Invest Northern Ireland, a regional business development agency, to implement a zero waste to landfill policy. [...]
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16 May 2012
Chemicals which disrupt the hormone system – also known as ‘endocrine disrupting chemicals’ (EDCs) – may be behind significant increases in cancers, diabetes and obesity, falling fertility, and an increased number of neurological development problems in both humans and animals, according to a review of recent scientific literature commissioned by the European Environment Agency (EEA). [...]
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16 May 2012
SSE is planning to acquire Northern Irish gas supplier Phoenix Supply in a deal worth stg£19.1m. The acquisition, if it goes ahead, will make Airtricity, SSE’s retail supply brand, Northern Ireland’s second-largest energy provider and the third-largest energy provider on the island of Ireland, the company claimed today. Phoenix Supply is the regulated supplier of [...]
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Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Appoints New Chief Executive
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RPS Managed Reuse Website Reaches Golden Anniversary
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Public Lectures on Sustainable Consumption
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