Castlemartyr Resort in East Cork has received an environmental award from Green Hospitality Ireland, the only Irish developed environmental certification standard for the hospitality sector. Following an audit from the Green Hospitality Programme in May 2010, Castlemartyr gained the award for its sterling green credentials. This means recognition of the hotel’s innovative efforts in introducing … Read more
Fourteen female transition year students from across Dublin had the opportunity to explore the life of a working engineering during the recent third annual Women in Engineering programme hosted by ESBI. The programme is part of a wider initiative by ESBI to address future skills shortages by promoting engineering as a career choice for young … Read more
Competitive reliable and sustainable power will be key to economic recovery in Ireland and Northern Ireland, it was stated today at the opening of a major energy conference in County Louth. The 2010 EirGrid Group Customer Conference, entitled ‘Working together for a sustainable future’, was addressed by EirGrid Group chairperson Bernie Gray and by group … Read more
The European Commission has authorised The Netherlands under EU state aid rules to provide a €150 million grant for a CO2 capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project to a joint venture between E.ON and GDF Suez. The joint venture will construct a CO2 capture plant in the Rotterdam port area with the aim to capture … Read more
E.ON has officially opened one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms. Located in the Solway Firth, the Robin Rigg wind farm has a total capacity of 180 megawatts and the potential to generate enough electricity to supply the annual needs of 117,000 homes and to displace the emissions of 235,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. … Read more
Grontmij, the Dublin-based sustainable design, engineering and management consultancy, has appointed a new managing director for the UK and Ireland. John Chubb will join the company from 1st October 2010. Lawrence Hughes, current managing director of Grontmij in the UK and Ireland, will retain his role as chairman of the UK and Ireland board, as … Read more
Dublin City Council has launched its first sustainability report. The Sustainability Report 2010 sets out the Council’s principles, vision and actions for increasing the economic, social and environmental sustainability of Dublin City. The seven focus areas of the report are – energy, water, waste, biodiversity, transport, society and procurement. Kilbarrack Fire Station, through its Green … Read more
EU researchers will have sustainable and continuous access to the combined processing power of over 200,000 desktop computers in more than 30 European countries thanks to the European Commission funded European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) project, which was launched recently. The Commission is contributing Eur25 million over four years to the EGI-InSPIRE project to link the … Read more
People planning to build a new home could save themselves thousands of euro each year by developing a passive house. That is according to the Passive House Association of Ireland (PHAI), a low energy design initiative comprising passive house designers and contractors. The Association, which was officially launched in Dublin recently, will operate in tandem … Read more
Cork-based bio-science energy company Kedco has been given clearance to commence construction of a €45 million waste-to-energy plant at Enfield in North London. Having recently received clearance from Enfield Council, Kedco is due to commence the 18 months construction project shortly. When completed, the new facility will convert 60,000 tonnes of waste wood a year … Read more