ronan The regional body that promotes best practice in waste management has issued a positive progress report for the Southern Region. In its 2016 annual report, the Southern Region Waste Management Office said … Read more
Dublin City Council is responsible for co-ordinating and overseeing the enforcement of waste regulation in the East Midlands Region (EMWERLA). As the lead authority for the Region and the nominated authority for the National Trans-Frontier Shipment Office (NTFSO), the City Council has set up a multi-agency group in the East-Midlands region to tackle serious environmental … Read more
BSI, the business standards company has published ISO 9002:2016 Quality management systems – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2015. ISO 9001 is the most widely recognized standard in the world, with over a million organizations certified to it. After the major revision in 2015 there was a clear user demand for guidance, for reassurance … Read more
A Macroom managed initiative that quite literally offers entrepreneurs the chance to make money out of old rope has scooped a prestigious EU award. A pan-European EU project jointly sponsored in Ireland by Cork County Council and the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) South Cork, and based at the Macroom E centre, Circular Ocean investigates how … Read more
Irish Rail has invested in a new energy management system to enable the achievement of future savings. Under its ISO 5001 programme, Irish Rail claims to have reduced costs by €22m as part of an ongoing strategy to become more energy efficient. Irish tech company ResourceKraft has been awarded the contract to deploy a new energy … Read more
The Chief Executive of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has called for more Irish biotechnology firms, researchers and manufacturers to participate in the development of the world’s first international standards for the biotechnology sector. Maurice Buckley’s call came as over 120 experts from 26 countries around the world gathered in Dublin Castle to … Read more
Gas Networks Ireland hosted a conference, ‘Capturing the Economic and Environmental Benefits of CHP’ in conjunction with Energy Ireland, on Tuesday 11th October. The conference explored the significant reduction in energy costs, CO2 emissions, and carbon tax that can be achieved through Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology as well as the security and continuity … Read more
In euro terms, Irish wholesale gas prices are 14% lower on average this month compared to October 2015. This is due to continued healthy supply, lower oil prices and decreased demand. However, the average wholesale gas price this month is up 39% compared to last month. A significant supply overhang pushed the prompt market to … Read more
Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Chinese mobile comms giant Huawei, was in Dublin in August to scout potential locations for a major software research centre. China-headquartered Huawei is the world’s biggest mobile telecoms equipment company, and is emerging as a major competitor in the Android smartphone space against other Asian rivals like Samsung and Sony. … Read more
Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi has taken a 60pc stake in Irish energy trading and services firm ElectroRoute. ElectroRoute has grown rapidly from a start-up with just four people in 2011 to over 40 today. While the terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed, ElectroRoute’sentire senior founding management team, including CEO Ronan Doherty, will remain with the … Read more