thomas Environmental Management standard (ISO 14001) and Quality Management standard (ISO 9001) have been revised to reflect increased globalisation and changing customer expectations NSAI is advising Irish businesses that two of the world’s most popular standards in Quality Management (ISO 9001) and Environmental Management (ISO 14001) are set to change from this month. Key improvements will … Read more
Abbott has been awarded the top Shingo Prize®, an international award for operational excellence, by the Shingo Institute at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Abbott’s diagnostics manufacturing facility in Longford, Ireland, received the award, recognising the site’s initiatives to develop and maintain continuous improvement to achieve operational excellence. The prize is awarded to … Read more
Irish energy firm has been named the greenest home electricity supplier in the Republic of Ireland, for the second year. The ranking is derived from the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) report on fuel-mix and CO2 emissions for individual electricity suppliers licensed in Ireland. The report found that Energia’s emissions of CO2 in tonnes per Megawatt Hour … Read more
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KIC InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for Europe’s energy industry, is delighted to welcome Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, as a shareholder and formal partner. Schneider Electric has been an associate partner of KIC InnoEnergy since it was launched in 2010. This change of partnership status marks the first time since … Read more
The Aviva Stadium is going green. Under a new deal with SSE Airtricity, the arena’s power supply is to come solely from renewable energy sources. By removing its carbon footprint, the stadium says it is saving the environment nearly 3,000 tonnes in annual emissions, equivalent to the carbon stored by 22 acres of mature rainforest. The … Read more
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today published the Annual Report 2015 on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance which shows that in 2014 energy efficiency measures in public bodies reduced energy spend by €120 million. This puts the public sector about halfway towards its 33% energy efficiency target for 2020, against a backdrop of … Read more
The interest and appetite for Solar Power in Ireland was evident today at the sell-out “Ireland’s Solar Energy Future” conference hosted by Energy Cork at the Clarion Hotel, Cork. More than 350 national and international delegates attended the event from investors, developers, policy makers, farmers and energy operators, to hear about the future of Solar … Read more
The European Policy Centre, with the support of the King Baudouin Foundation, and Schneider Electric launch the Energy Poverty Task Force to consider energy poverty challenges in the European Union. UK and Ireland, January 29, 2016 – Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, and the European Policy Centre, an independent, not-for-profit … Read more
SSE generated 6.8TWh of electricity from renewable sources in the nine months to 31 December, up from 5.6TWh in the same period last year. The power came from conventional and pumped hydro, onshore and offshore wind and biomass, the company said in a trading statement covering up to the end of the third quarter of … Read more