Tagged: Energy Efficiency
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Green jobs potential for Ireland’s all-island economy News
31.08.2011 Energy efficiency is one of Europe’s fastest-growing sectors with an annual turnover of €319bn, so green job creation in Ireland and energy efficiency will to be thrashed out at...Categories: Sustainability, Recruitment, R&D, Jobs, Green Computing, Green, Energy, Green Tech, Careers and Employment -
Carbon capture project gets US$15m Dept of Energy grant News
17.08.2011 The US Department of Energy has awarded a US$15m grant to Linde Group to pioneer the advancement of carbon capture technologies, with the pilot plant in Wilsonville, Alabama,... -
Vodafone’s Dublin data centre could be most energy efficient in Europe News
25.07.2011 Vodafone’s Dublin data centre, one of only three owned by Vodafone worldwide, has achieved environmental certification from the influential TÜV Rheinland, which suggests... -
Home energy grant scheme wins ‘Stars of Energy Efficiency’ award News
25.07.2011 The Government’s grant scheme for home energy efficiency has received the prestigious Stars of Energy Efficiency award from the US-based energy coalition Alliance to Save Energy...Categories: Project Management, Infrastructure Management, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Consumer Tech -
GE invests in LED cooling technology firm News
20.07.2011 General Electric has joined a US$10m funding round for Nuventix, the Austin, Texas-based producer of LED cooling technology for energy-efficient lighting. -
Google’s PowerMeter to be ‘retired’ News
29.06.2011 Two years since it was launched, Google’s PowerMeter is soon to be no more as the company says its efforts have not scaled as quickly as it would have liked. -
Researchers get €500k to fund water supply tech development News
08.06.2011 A new energy-efficient water supply technology is to be developed by researchers from Trinity College Dublin and Bangor University with the help of €500,000 in EU funding. -
From green to gold News
02.06.2011 International experts urge multi-party consensus on tackling climate change, as businesses and investors realise this is the path to recovery.Categories: Green Tech, Cloud, Data Centre, Economy, Energy, Government, Investments, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Prove cloud is green: providers urged to publish energy figures News
31.05.2011 Major cloud computing providers’ inability to provide business leaders with real energy utilisation figures to prove that cloud computing is more efficient is only adding to...Tags: Green Economy, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Cloud Computing, CiX, Energy Efficiency, Electricity, Green -
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.