Tagged: Environment & News
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100 Irish ‘green’ hotels to get e-car charge points News
24.05.2012 ESB ecars and Fáilte Ireland are leading what they are terming a Green Hotel Drive to install ecar charge points in 100 green-accredited hotels around Ireland. -
Bat experts converge in Dublin to talk about windfarms News
15.05.2012 Bat experts from all over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa are at the Eurobats conference in Dublin Castle this week. They are here to discuss how to best protect bats... -
Microbiology lecturer at UL gets €75,000 Marie Curie Fellowship News
15.05.2012 Dr Achim Schmalenberger, a lecturer in microbiology at University of Limerick (UL), has been awarded a €75,000 Marie Curie grant by the European Commission to take his soil... -
Green handset shipments may reach 392m by 2017 News
09.05.2012 Are we about to witness a massive splurge in green handsets hitting the marketplace? Juniper Research appears to think so, as its latest analysis is predicting that green...Categories: Engineering, Green, Green Tech, Intellectual Property, Mobile, Recycling Services, Sustainability -
Irish Water to run as State-owned Bord Gáis subsidiary News
17.04.2012 Environment Minister Phil Hogan has just announced that the new Irish Water utility will be set up as an independent State-owned subsidiary of Bord Gáis.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
ESA’s Envisat satellite stops sending data to Earth News
13.04.2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) has declared a spacecraft emergency as it is trying to establish why its Envisat satellite has suddenly stopped sending data to Earth after 10... -
Story contest on energy opens for primary schoolers News
04.04.2012 'If I was the Government and my job was to think of a clever way to provide energy for our homes, schools, hospitals and factories, my plan would be … ' – that’s what primary... -
EcoNav transport research receives €2.35m EU funding News
14.02.2012 The Centre for Transport Research and Innovation for People (TRIP) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is playing a major role in an EU sustainable travel research project called... -
Clean-tech Finance Bill changes welcomed by Green IFSC News
09.02.2012 The clean-tech tax changes to the Finance Bill have been welcomed by the Green IFSC, which says Ireland’s Government is likely the first in the world to recognise forest carbon...Categories: Sustainability, Software, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Private Irish Business, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Funding, Financial, Energy, Economy -
Limerick tech firm AMCS buys UK software company News
18.11.2011 Limerick-headquartered environment and recycling management software company AMCS has acquired UK software company The Solution Works for an undisclosed sum. -
OpenHydro in Global Cleantech Cluster Association finals News
02.11.2011 Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro has made it to the final top 30 in the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) awards, and is now one to watch as a rising clean-tech...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Jobs, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Green Tech, CIOTags: Dublin, Green Tech, Clean Tech, OpenHydro, Ireland, Smart Grid, Environment, Tidal Energy, Innovation -
The cloud and your firm’s carbon footprint News
15.10.2011 The school of thought that cloud computing can help businesses globally reduce their carbon footprint needs to move from notion to fact.Categories: Virtualisation, Sustainability, IT Management, Infrastructure Management, Green Computing, Financial, Energy, Data Centre, Green Tech, CIO -
World sites from Ireland to Brazil aim to get on UN Geoparks list News
16.09.2011 From the breathtaking Cliffs of Moher in Ireland to Tuscany's Alpi Apuane mountain range, a glacier-covered volcano in Iceland and a mineral-rich outcrop in Brazil and the Aras... -
Renewable energy powers Interxion’s London data centre News
12.09.2011 Interxion's London data centre has taken another step forward in reducing its carbon footprint by signing up to 100pc renewable energy from UK provider SmartestEnergy. -
Green Grid appoints Interxion director committee co-chair News
29.03.2011 Green Grid has appointed Interxion's director of corporate communications Ali Moinuddin co-chair of its European Communications Committee. -
Biomass and carbon capture potential to cut emissions News
03.08.2011 Combining biomass with carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) could result in an annual global saving of up to 10 gigatonnes of negative CO2 emissions by the year 2050, an... -
Toyota, 3M and Siemens are greenest brands - report News
27.07.2011 Toyota has been named the greenest brand in the world in a new Interbrand report, which finds that automotive, IT and electronics companies lead the way in implementing... -
Sony cuts its global CO2 emissions by 31pc News
27.07.2011 Sony has reduced its global CO2 emissions by 31pc across its business sites and achieved targets set out in its "Green Management 2010" (“GM2010”) mid-term environmental plan. -
University alliance develops R&D-related MSc programmes News
25.07.2011 Two third-level institutions – NUI Galway and University of Limerick (UL) – have joined forces to launch MSc programmes to address Ireland's strategic research and development... -
Irish organic yoghurt producer weighs up electric vehicles News
22.07.2011 Managing director of Irish organic yoghurt maker Glenisk, Vincent Cleary, believes making its fleet run in a more environmentally-friendly way is an important aspect of reducing...