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Little did we know when campaigning for the Fingal energy standard in 2005-06 that Construct Ireland would have a direct impact on Ikea’s first Irish store. Driven by a combination of Fingal’s requirements and their own renewable energy policy, the Swedish retail giant has invested in the largest ground source heat pump installation in Ireland and the UK, along with a well-thought biomass system fed by an onsite waste stream and a host of other green measures, as John Hearne reports
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
Construct Ireland has picked up two awards at the 2010 Green Awards. Editor Jeff Colley won the green
leader award and Construct Ireland picked up the green communications
award for successful campaigning work on pay-as-you-save and a proposal
to boost the impact of Building Energy Ratings, which in both cases
culminated in policy commitments in the renewed programme for
government, and planned launches later this year.
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, has announced
details of a "green loans" scheme to help people pay for improvements to
their homes to make them more energy efficient.
The scheme, which would see loans remain attached to the house where
insulation, solar panels or other green technology was installed, aims
to overcome the financial barriers and upfront costs people face when
trying make their homes greener.
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
 Figures released from Sustainable Energy Ireland reveal that over 100,000 Irish homes have had Building Energy Ratings completed to date, the majority of which were completed since January 2009, the first year for full implementation of the BER scheme. Introduced in 2007 as a requirement of the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings, the rate of BER publications has steadily increased in 2009, averaging 300 per day, Which Sustainable Energy Ireland indicates an increasing awareness of and compliance with the legislation.
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
One of the mid-west region’s best known primary schools has moved to
reduce its annual water and sewer charges by installing waterless urinal
systems.
The Model School in Limerick City invested in the systems,
installed by BR Waterless Solution, to offset the scale of metered water
charges that were introduced for all schools and educational centres in
January.
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
The BER Assessors Association of Ireland will hold its AGM and a series of workshops tomorrow, Friday February 19, in the Red Cow Moran Hotel, Dublin.
The workshops are open to members and
non-members of the association. Information stands will be hosted by FÁS, Flo Gas,
Kingspan Insulation, Kingspan Solar, OWL, Ecological Building Systems,
and Construct Ireland.
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 Designers and contractors looking to keep ahead of the competition no longer have to leave Ireland to learn about cutting edge sustainable design, with the launch of a new academy specialising in passive house design.
Established by leading Irish passive house advocate Tomás O'Leary of Mosart, the Wicklow-based Irish Passive House Academy is accredited by the creators of the passive house standard - Darmstadt's Passivhaus Institut - to provide training and the pertinent internationally-accredited qualification of certified European passive house designer.
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 The finalists have been announced for the 2010 Green Awards, with a shortlist consisting of a diverse range of companies and organisations from across Irish society. Construct Ireland has been shortlisted for two awards at the event, which will be held at the Burlington Hotel on 11 March. The magazine is a finalist for the green communications award along with Belvedere House Gardens and Park, Dell Exposure Media Services, Greenme.ie and Weee Ireland. Construct Ireland editor Jeff Colley is up for the green leader award along with Citi head of facilities Paul Boylan, Greenbusiness.ie project director Kara Flannery, Siemens CEO Dr Werner Kruckow, Vintners Federation director Sean Redmond and Vodafone Ireland CEO Charles Butterworth. |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
Energy Minister Eamon Ryan today announced the extension of the
Accelerated Capital Allowance Scheme. The Scheme, detailed in the
Finance Bill, allows companies to buy energy efficient equipment and
write off its full cost against corporation tax in the year of purchase.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 |
Rising energy use in buildings contributed to an increase of 1.5% in overall energy demand in 2008, despite the economy contracting by 3% over the same period, a new report from Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) reveals today.
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009 |
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The retail and telecoms sectors were the big winners at Sustainable
Energy Ireland's sixth annual awards in Dublin last Friday, with Dunnes
Stores, Heatons, O2 and Eircom each taking awards at the all-island
event.
The awards aim to highlight "excellence in business energy management",
and this year included entries from over 100 organisations.
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 |
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Ireland risks social and economic disaster from climate change unless the government takes urgent action, according to the Irish Academy of Engineers.
In a new report the group says delivering critical infrastructure must be prioritised, otherwise the country risks polluted drinking water, extensive flood damage and power blackouts.
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Saturday, 14 November 2009 |
An alarming new study jointly released by two prominent
California-based environmental/economic think tanks concludes that
unrelenting energy limits, even among alternative energy systems, will
make it impossible for the industrial system to continue operating at
its present scale, beyond the next few decades. The report finds that
the current race by industries and governments to develop new
sustainable energy technologies that can replace ecologically harmful
and rapidly depleting fossil fuel and nuclear technologies, will not
prove sufficient, and that this will require substantial adjustments in
many operating assumptions of modern society.
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