thomas New research, published by the EPA, shows how economic forecasts can be used to project waste generation and emissions of pollutants across Ireland. The ISus (Irish Sustainable Development) Model is based on the work of a three year study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), funded under the EPA STRIVE research programme. The … Read more
Local authorities in the Dublin Water region (South Dublin County Council, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council) are calling on all water users to play their part in conserving water. They have issued an urgent water conservation message to all water users due to the dramatic increase in demand … Read more
With its share price continuing to fall, BP’s market capitalization has now fallen by more than $100b since its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico started. According to the oil giant, the cost of cleaning up the leaking oil has risen to $2.35b. Its market capitalisation could well sink deeper due to anticipated further … Read more
Dublin is leading the way in cutting its carbon emissions and is on track to becoming one of Europe’s first energy-smart cities. Projects include the world’s first carbon neutral convention centre, a wholly sustainable urban park and an innovative clustering scheme for homeowners to join together to retrofit their houses. Dublin city signed up to … Read more
Water experts from international consultancy, WYG are assisting in the creation of one of the largest water mains in Northern Ireland as part of Northern Ireland Water’s (NI Water) £2.4 million project to improve water supply across Belfast City. WYG has been appointed as designer to Lagan Construction on the Belfast Cross Town Water Main … Read more
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) and GE Energy have launched of REFER (Responsible Energy for European Regions), a blog aimed at facilitating thoughts and discussion on energy matters across all regions of Europe. Available at www.refer.blogactiv.eu, REFER reports on the latest energy news, energy analysis and commentary about the various regional energy markets, energy … Read more
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is currently inviting submissions from manufacturers and suppliers to the new Accelerated Capital Allowances (ACA) equipment categories announced by the Government as part of the Finance Act. The ACA is a tax incentive for businesses to encourage investment in energy efficient equipment. Introduced in 2008, it offers an … Read more
Worldwide environmental engineers seeking the most appropriate way for protecting the environment from industrial processes, designing environmental remediation methods and similar computationally-intensive aspects of environmental research and engineering can get easy to follow step-by-step instructions on how to select the best-suited local or global optimization routines, from the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) Library, by making … Read more
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is introducing two new features to the Home Energy Saving (HES) scheme, designed to further empower consumers, first by guiding them on suitable upgrade works and secondly informing them of the impact of works undertaken. The Home Energy Saving scheme, administered by SEAI provides grants to homeowners for … Read more
The EPA Climate Change Conference 2010 will provide a unique perspective on key developments in climate science and policy. It will provide a forum to explore a range of challenges, including communication of science process and understanding, as well as informing the public, policymakers and enterprise in relation to the likely actions and opportunities. The conference will … Read more