Tagged: Energy Efficiency & News
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E-waste is the next green challenge for the IT industry News
26.05.2011 Improving the energy efficiency of IT equipment is still the overwhelming focus of the green IT community, with little attention given to the next big challenge - how to safely... -
Engineers are key to Ireland’s recovery – Rabbitte News
24.05.2011 Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, said yesterday that Ireland needs to urgently address the shortfall in engineers if the country is to capitalise on opportunities in...Categories: Software & Web Development, R&D, Jobs, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Digital Media, Data Centre -
Crowley Carbon creates 30 jobs within two years News
23.05.2011 Serial entrepreneur Norman Crowley established Crowley Carbon in 2009 with a specific vision to assist corporations in their efforts to reduce the their overall energy consumption. -
Cabra school wins An Taisce green energy project News
19.05.2011 The winning schools of the An Taisce Green Schools Energy Project were announced today, with St Catherine’s Senior Girls’ School in Cabra scooping the ultimate award for its... -
Apple has least green data centres, Greenpeace says News
21.04.2011 Greenpeace has released its How Dirty is Your Data report, looking at global cloud companies’ energy footprint, with Apple coming out lowest in its clean-energy index due to its...Tags: Apple, HP, Cloud, Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, IBM, Twitter, Amazon, Clean Energy, Smart Grid, Nuclear Energy, Energy Efficiency, Electricity -
SEAI launches Sustainable Energy Awards News
20.04.2011 The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is inviting entries for all-island Sustainable Energy Awards, which are open to private and public-sector organisations of all... -
Volkswagen unveils the 21-century Beetle News
19.04.2011 Volkswagen has this week debuted its third-generation Beetle in New York, Shanghai and Berlin simultaneously. With the Beetle having undergone many reinventions over the years -...Categories: Green, EngineeringTags: LED, Energy Efficiency, -
UN embraces energy-efficient architecture News
01.04.2011 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a new energy-efficient United Nations office complex in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, yesterday. -
Renewables investment could create hundreds of Co Clare jobs News
16.02.2011 Multinational utility companies are seeking to invest more than €2bn to harness the energy of Co Clare's natural resources, the Clare County Development Board (CDB) said in... -
Greenpeace campaign to ‘green’ Facebook by 22 April News
10.02.2011 Greenpeace has set Earth Day as the deadline for Facebook to ‘unfriend coal’ and instead power up its data centres with renewables. Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo has met with Randi... -
Irish companies fighting to improve their energy efficiency News
03.02.2011 In the last three years, more than 50pc of Irish companies have taken action to improve their energy efficiency, a new survey from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland... -
Major nanotech breakthrough by Tyndall researchers News
01.02.2011 A team of scientists at the Cork-based Tyndall Institute have made the world’s first junctionless transistor even smaller. The breakthrough has already sparked off huge interest... -
New fuel-efficient data centre for Waterford Institute of Technology’s TSSG News
24.01.2011 The Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology has a new energy–efficient data centre to support its network-based research...Categories: Telecommunications, Systems, Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Internet, Engineering, Energy, Data Management, Data Centre, Cloud -
Trilliant expands smart grid footprint News
10.01.2011 Trilliant is partnering with GE for meters and with Siemens for integration to deploy the smart metering communications infrastructure for Burbank Water and Power in California.Categories: Wireless Communications, Sustainability, Green Computing, Green, Engineering, Energy, Green Tech -
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... -
UK firms waste £1.6bn annually on energy News
13.12.2010 Carbon Trust paper shows UK businesses are not recognising the business case for investing in energy-efficient practices and how it can impact their bottom lines in the long run. -
'Energy efficient' Bord Gáis electricity plant opens today News
06.12.2010 A new Bord Gáis gas-fired power station, which is said to be one of the most efficient electricity-generating plants in the world, is due to open later today. -
Toyota must repair 650,000 Prius hybrids worldwide News
03.12.2010 Around 650,000 pumps in the Toyota Prius must be replaced worldwide due to a malfunction in the hybrid car that leads to an unwanted switch from the hybrid system to petrol usage. -
More efficient method of oil extraction discovered News
25.11.2010 A team of international scientists has discovered how to treat carbon dioxide (CO2) in such a way that it can be used in efficient and environmentally friendly methods for... -
ESB launches sustainability-focused online store News
10.11.2010 A host of efficient energy products, from LED mood lighting to solar-powered mobile phone chargers, can now be purchased from the ESB online store - ESBStore.ie.