Renewable Transport – an Opportunity for Northern Ireland

There is a tremendous opportunity to decarbonise Northern Ireland’s transport sector through the use of renewable transport fuels, that’s according to Ian Gordon of Action Renewables Energy Association (AREA). An event held (yesterday) at Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn, brought together policy makers and key figures from public and private sectors, to address the opportunities and … Read more

Solar AdTek Officially Opens Office in Italy

Solar AdTek, the leading developer and supplier of innovative solar powered and LED lighting systems for outdoor advertising, has officially opened its new office in Milan. This is a significant development for the Irish company who has recently partnered with Clear Channel Italia, the leading Outdoor Advertising company in Italy, in upgrading the lighting in … Read more

Bord Gáis Energy Index Down 4% In October

The Bord Gáis Energy Index was lower in October, falling 4% over the month, and is now 31% below the comparable period last year. Oil, the largest component of the index, fell 3% as the outlook for oil demand continued to deteriorate in the face of a weakening global economy. Among the other components of … Read more

Edina launches new ‘super efficient’ 10MW MWM genset

MWM has launched its new ‘super efficient’, low emission 10.3MWe gas engine into the UK and Ireland combined heat and power (CHP) and power generation markets via its exclusive partner Edina, which has its manufacturing base in Lisburn and sites in Dublin and Cork. The new genset provides exceptionally high electrical efficiency of up to … Read more

LOCATION OF HOUSING IS KEY TO ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE HEARS

“Ireland is facing a climate emergency and housing has a major role to play in addressing climate change and in ensuring Ireland meets its targets.” This was the message from the Housing Agency today as they hosted their Annual Conference which explored the theme of ‘Housing and Sustainability’. Ensuring existing homes are more energy efficient, … Read more

Have a lightbulb moment with WEEE Ireland

  WEEE Ireland have published findings that 3.2 million lightbulbs were recycled in 2018, despite an estimated 10 million being sold in Ireland in the same period.  WEEE Ireland is calling on Irish consumers to “Have a Lightbulb Moment” and recycle their compact fluorescent (CFL) lightbulbs. Recent research commissioned by WEEE Ireland highlights that almost … Read more

Tesco Ireland to Launch Fully Recyclable Black Plastic Range on Core Products

Fully recyclable detectable black plastic trays packaging will feature on over 100 individual Tesco own-label products before the end of December this year. At its recent national supplier briefing involving over 300 of its own-label and branded suppliers Tesco, in its ambition to end hard-to-recycle plastics in its business before the end of 2019, confirmed … Read more

Government of India Confers Honourable Mention on Schneider Electric at the Annual National CSR Award Ceremony

Schneider Electric, a leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced that it had been honoured by the government of India as part of the National CSR Award, 2018. Schneider Electric received an Honourable Mention for its contribution to the national priority of environment and sustainable development including solar energy. The Award ceremony … Read more

New technology empowers consumers to steer toward a Sustainable Future

The new Swedish blockchain platform PaperTale makes it possible for consumers to simply scan a product with their smartphone and get authenticated information about the supply chain and the product’s environmental impact. The platform also shows information about the workers who made the product and confirms lawful salaries. Consumers are therefore given the power to … Read more

Irish Company Leads in Carbon Reduction “Plastic” Bag Captures 200kg of Carbon for every 1000 kg of product

earth2earth® announced today (Thursday 17th of October) the first fully certified Bio-Based, Carbon Captured “plastic” sacks and films in Ireland. The refuse sacks, bin liners and packaging films are all made from ethanol produced from sugarcane, which captures and stores 200kg of Co2 for every 1000 kg of product produced.  It’s also 100% recyclable with … Read more