Tagged: Carbon Footprint & News
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The rise of smartphone recycling (infographic) News
09.02.2013 The number of mobile phones in circulation is enormous, and a new infographic takes a look at how they impact the environment and how recycling the devices can help keep our... -
#GreenGrowth - ICT industry’s bold goal to boost energy efficiency by factor of 1,000 (videos) News
25.01.2013 The ICT industry – whose share of the world’s carbon footprint at 2pc matches the airline industry and is in danger of exceeding this – has set itself a bold target of improving...Categories: Telecommunications, Sustainability, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Energy, Communications -
Citi and its sustainability imperative (interview) News
20.12.2012 At a time when companies of all types are starting to recognise the importance of embedding sustainability into their business planning, Carmel Doyle talks to John Killey,... -
Cork Airport approaches carbon neutral status News
04.12.2012 Cork Airport has landed a Level 2 rating under the European Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme in its efforts to cut its energy costs, and is now striving to reach Level 4,... -
Virgin Airlines reveals fuel-efficiency plans due to new software shake-up News
09.11.2012 Virgin Airlines is aiming to lower its fuel emissions by 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually as a result of a new software system to increase fuel efficiency that... -
New York’s Mayor Bloomberg advocates Obama for climate-change action News
02.11.2012 In the wake of the devastation Hurricane Sandy has caused, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term as US president, citing... -
Irish firm PCH to set up sustainable packaging design centre from China base News
27.08.2012 The Irish supply chain management company PCH International has announced that it is setting up a new sustainable packaging design centre in the city of Shenzhen in China, as...Categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Recycling Services, Hardware, Green Tech, Green -
New meteorological rooftop lab opens to measure Dublin’s urban climate News
10.08.2012 A new rooftop lab that’s poised on the roof of Dublin Institute of Technology’s (DIT’s) Kevin Street building has just been unveiled. Researchers from DIT have created the... -
BMW reveals prototype electric scooter – the C evolution News
31.07.2012 BMW has given a glimpse of its near-production prototype e-scooter, the C evolution, with the auto giant indicating it might soon be bringing such an electric scooter to the... -
#London2012 – How green will the Games be? News
27.07.2012 There’s less than six hours to go until the 2012 Olympic Games' opening ceremony, but much has been spoken about how the Games will be the greenest yet. So what are the...Categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Renewable Energy, Mobility, Green Tech, Engineering, Economy -
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 -
PCH International to open new low-carbon facility in Shenzhen, employing 1,500 people News
20.06.2012 Cork-headquartered supply chain management and development company PCH International is to employ an extra 1,500 people in Shenzhen, China, more than doubling its global...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Hardware, Green Tech, Green Computing, Global CIO, Engineering, Energy, Design -
Bord Gáis Energy and Siemens Ireland to offer energy-efficiency service News
19.06.2012 Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) and Siemens Ireland have forged an initial three-year deal to offer an energy-efficiency service to businesses in Ireland.Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Intel marks World Earth Day with energy review News
20.04.2012 World Earth Day is in two days' time, and here in Ireland Intel has released data for its Reduce our Energy initiative, whereby it worked with 10 local businesses and...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Internet, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Engineer, Energy, Business Intelligence, Engineering -
FedEx to offset carbon emissions with BP News
11.04.2012 FedEx claims it has become the first global express transportation company to offer carbon-neutral envelope shipping, as it has struck a deal with BP in a new carbon offsetting... -
Cloud provider Strencom to give RPS Group bandwidth boost News
30.03.2012 Strencom has won a contract worth €250,000 to provide the environmental consultancy RPS Group with a fibre-based network to connect more than 500 employees in eight offices...Categories: Virtualisation, Sustainability, IT Management, IT Consulting, Green Tech, Green, Energy, CIO -
€7.5m injection for Better Energy Workplaces Scheme News
14.03.2012 Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has announced details of a €7.5m capital fund to support sustainable energy investments in 2012 in the public, commercial, industrial and...Categories: Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Government, Funding, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Sustainability -
Galway firm to help Italian airports manage energy usage News
21.02.2012 Irish energy-management firm Enerit is deploying its cloud-based software at Milan Malpensa Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport, with the aim of helping the two airports track...Tags: Software, Energy, Cloud, Airports, EU, EU 27, Clean Tech, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Footprint, Electricity, CO2 Emissions -
Apple to build 20MW solar farm at North Carolina data centre News
21.02.2012 In its latest environmental report, Apple has revealed how it is planning to build a 100-acre solar farm around its data centre in Maiden, North Carolina. Apple is also building...Categories: Sustainability, Servers, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, IT Organisation, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Data Management, Data Centre, Consumer Tech, CIO -
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...