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Lero wins global smart buildings R&D contract with United Technologies News
19.03.2013 The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre Lero has won an international R&D contract with United Technologies Research Centre (UTRC) Ireland to assist it in the design of...Categories: Sustainability, Security, Research, R&D, Investments, Engineering, Energy, Development, Design, Deals Done -
International Energy Research Centre in Cork appoints new director News
12.12.2012 Prof Tony Day, an expert in energy-efficient buildings and low-carbon technology solutions, has been appointed director of the International Energy Research Centre (IERC), which... -
Energy firm Cylon scoops global clean-tech award News
15.11.2012 Irish company Cylon, a developer of smart energy management systems for buildings, has won the Global Cleantech Cluster Association’s 2012 award for lighting and energy... -
Siemens opens new centre in London to pioneer smarter, greener cities News
19.09.2012 Siemens is today opening a new centre in London called the Crystal, which the engineering and electronics giant is claiming will be the world's largest exhibition dedicated to... -
New transparent solar cells could lead to ‘smart windows’ that generate electricity News
23.07.2012 Imagine a day when the windows in your home could generate electricity. Well, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) say they have developed a new type of... -
UK takes the lead in global energy efficiency rankings – US report News
17.07.2012 The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has revealed details of its energy efficiency ranking of 12 of the world’s major economies. The UK has taken the top...Categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, R&D, Mobility, Green Tech, Engineering, Education, Economy -
Honda tests ‘smart home’ in Japan that runs on off-grid energy News
11.05.2012 Honda has been pioneering a new type of smart home in Japan to test out its Honda Smart Home System (HSHM) technologies to control and monitor energy usage using solar power,... -
Green economy forum to explore smart city opportunities News
23.03.2012 Clean-tech and sustainability experts from Ireland, Madrid and Vienna will be sharing their insights on smarter cities at a conference in Dublin next week. They'll also be...Categories: Energy, Data Management, Engineer, Engineering, Green, Green Computing, Green Tech, R&D, Science, Supply Chain ManagementTags: Green IFSC, SEAI, Smart Buildings, ICT, Sustainability, IBM, Ireland, Green Economy, Dublin City Council, Clean Tech, -
Lero signs research agreement with UTRC News
15.02.2012 Lero, the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre, has signed a research agreement with United Technologies Research Centre (UTRC) Ireland to explore the area of access...Categories: Sustainability, Software Development, Software & Web Development, Security, R&D, Global CIO, Software -
Cylon Active Energy wins cloud contract in US News
30.01.2012 Irish firm Cylon Active Energy has secured its first US contract following an Enterprise Ireland trade mission. The company will apply its cloud-based, real-time energy...Categories: CIO, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Global CIO, Green, Investments, Servers, Sustainability -
Are cities missing out on ICT to become sensory hubs? News
07.12.2011 The rapid pace of global urbanisation is creating challenges for cities to innovate and become smarter. Just last week, the first-ever global smart city congress drew attention...Categories: Economy, Digital Media, Digital 21, Green Tech, CIO, Education, Energy, Global CIO, Green, Green Computing, IT ManagementTags: Smart Buildings, IBM, Accenture, Education, CO2 Emissions, digital, Green Economy, Smart Cities, ICT -
Irish energy firm Cylon gets sustainability innovation accolade News
29.11.2011 Cylon Active Energy, the new cloud-based energy management division of Cylon Group, has been awarded the Sustainable Energy Innovation Award at the SEAI 2011 Annual Awards. -
SolarPrint pioneers next wave of indoor energy harvesting News
11.11.2011 For the past three years in Dublin SolarPrint has been quietly developing its solar cell technology, which has the potential to transform the wireless sensor industry, and help...Categories: Sustainability, Storage, Science, R&D, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Consumer Tech, Energy -
Sustainable cities will be growth centres of the global economy News
31.05.2011 Cities are the growth engines of the global economy, contributing up to 50pc of some nations’ GDP. Soon they will need to start competing on sustainability and their approach to... -
Cisco to pioneer Europe's largest sustainable city project News
13.05.2011 Cisco is to become the master planner for the IT and communications design of PlanIT Valley in northern Portugal, which is set to be the world’s greenest city when completed and... -
IBM picks four Irish researchers to R&D smarter cities News
01.04.2011 Four Ireland-based researchers have been funded by IBM to focus on smarter cities. IBM is in the midst of creating 200 jobs in Dublin at the first-ever IBM Smarter Cities... -
NUI Galway students to hold ‘Energy Night’ News
12.01.2011 Energy experts from the fields of energy technology, policy, innovation and business will be thrashing out ideas about Ireland’s future energy needs at Energy Night on 26...Categories: Green TechTags: IRCSET, NUI Galway, Wave Energy, Innovation, Green Economy, Biofuels, Smart Buildings, Chemistry, Physics, Smart Grid, SEAI, Energy, Siemens, IBEC, -
Consumer electronics market vying for US$1trn mark in 2011 News
05.01.2011 With consumer electronics global retail sales projected to grow 10pc this year, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) 2010 Sustainability Report released yesterday is... -
IBM Dublin Lab working on semantic web project for BBC News
20.09.2010 A semantic web project for the BBC was among a number of key projects explored at IBM’s European Extreme Blue Expo in Dublin last week, when 100 of Europe’s top students...Categories: Wireless Communications, Science, R&D, Multimedia, Life Sciences, Internet, Intellectual Property, Education, Economy, Development -
Launch of awards scheme for energy efficient buildings News
19.07.2010 A €10,000 prize is on offer for the Irish winner of the Isover Energy Efficiency Awards.