Food Printing Oxford: How to Feed a City [2.77MB] wants to reconnect the population with what they eat. This recently released report, focusing on Oxford (United Kingdom), aims to reverse the disconnect people feel between food and food production. This is done by providing information on where the food we eat comes from, how much … Read more
In 2013 Europe’s air was a central theme of work at the European Environment Agency (EEA), with several assessments looking at issues related to the gases, liquid droplets and solid particles polluting the atmosphere in many parts of Europe The European Commission also focused much of its work on air this year. Assessments from the … Read more
ARAMARK Environmental Services, the environmental and energy management division of ARAMARK, has been awarded the contract to provide energy upgrade works to nine local councils in the East Border region of Ireland. An investment of €450,000 for the energy upgrade works by the County Councils is being funded by the INTERREG IVA programme for Northern … Read more
Tuesday 10th December 2013 for the launch of Horizon 2020, the European Union’s new €70 billion programme for research and innovation to create new growth and jobs in Europe. Hosted by Enterprise Ireland, the event will take place from 10am until 1pm in the Convention Centre Dublin. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and … Read more
Irish building energy management systems company Cylon Controls has acquired Dutch electronics giant Philips’ US-based building automation system company Teletrol. The deal has the potential to boost Cylon’s revenues by US$10m per year. Under the deal, Cylon’s North American subsidiary Cylon Energy has acquired the customer base of 50 US dealers with a controller install … Read more
Keenan, one of Ireland’s leading farming solutions company, has hailed the recent Japanese by Taoiseach, Enda Kenny along with Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney a success. The trade mission focused on high-level Irish business relationships, bilateral economic, trade and cultural relations between Ireland and Japan, as well as broader economic issues. The Irish delegation included … Read more
The European Commission has today for the first time presented calls for projects under Horizon 2020. Worth more than €15 billion over the first two years, the funding is intended to help boost Europe’s knowledge-driven economy, and tackle issues that will make a difference in people’s lives. For the first time, the Commission has indicated … Read more
Black carbon is an air pollutant which harms human health and can contribute to climate change – so cutting emissions may have many benefits. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a report on the measurement of black carbon in the air. The EEA report, ‘Status of black carbon monitoring in ambient air in Europe’, … Read more
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, T.D., has (10 December, 2013) announced that the Government has approved the publication of the Pyrite Resolution Bill, 2013 and the early enactment of the legislation. The Minister said “Further to Government Decision of 15 October 2013 which approved the drafting of a Bill … Read more
Long-awaited legislation on climate change will be published by Easter, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has said. Mr Hogan has told the Parliamentary Committee on the Environment that some revisions need to be made to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill, but that he expects it to be completed and published by … Read more