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Results of social housing energy audit to be launched in Cork

Delegates at a seminar in Cork on Thursday will hear results of an energy audit of social housing schemes across Ireland. Attendance is free and a limited number of spaces are still available.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 03:07PM 20 May 2008

New state policy on sustainable architecture goes to public consultation

The Department of the Environment and the Irish Architecture Foundation are to hold a series of public meetings to consult on new architecture policy, which will put more emphasis on environmental sustainability.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 03:00PM 20 May 2008

More than just hot air

Aervent-Lindab offers higher BER ratings through SAP approval on heat recovery ventilation.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 02:47PM 20 May 2008

Well Oiled

Oil supply increases but prices remain high

person Posted by News Desk access_time 12:20PM 20 May 2008

Energy refurb scheme for existing homes launched by Minister Ryan

Construct Ireland can exclusively reveal that Energy Minister Eamon Ryan has today announced the launch of the pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme.

person Posted by Jeff Colley access_time 04:15PM 24 April 2008

Passing on expertise

Irish group attends passive house event in Germany

person Posted by News Desk access_time 04:00PM 13 April 2008

Ryan welcomes ESB greening

Energy Minister Eamon Ryan has welcomed the approval by the Board of ESB of a Strategic Framework to 2020 which should see the electricity supplier halve its carbon dioside emissions.

person Posted by Jeff Colley access_time 01:02PM 31 March 2008

Massive ice shelf on verge of break-up

An ice shelf about the size of Connecticut is breaking up and "hanging by a thread" from the Antarctic Peninsula because of global warming, the British Antarctic Survey said on Tuesday.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 12:49AM 26 March 2008

New climate talks end with no sign of consensus

The fourth meeting of the "Gleneagles dialogue" on global warming ended last week with no sign of a consensus on a new global climate policy after the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions expires in 2012.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 10:58AM 18 March 2008

Mayo rural housing plan won't fail Gormley test'

MAYO councillors are confident that their bid to overhaul planning rules in rural Mayo will stand up to scrutiny from the Minister for the Environment.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 10:53AM 18 March 2008

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An Taisce opposes Sandyford hospital

AN TAISCE is opposing the construction of a new €160 million women's, children's and maternity hospital in Sandyford.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 10:50AM 18 March 2008

Judge criticises wind farm project

A DEVELOPMENT society in Derrybrien, Co Galway, scene of a massive bogslide in 2003, has won its High Court challenge to the manner in which Galway County Council extended planning permissions for the erection of a wind farm on a mountain in the area.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 10:47AM 18 March 2008

Renewal of inner city areas left high and dry

Dublin City Council's decision to grant permission for a high-rise cluster in Ballsbridge has no real basis in planning policy, writes Frank McDonald .

person Posted by News Desk access_time 10:02AM 14 March 2008

M3 motorway protesters claim to have entered tunnel under road

CAMPAIGNERS AGAINST the M3 motorway claim they have stepped up their campaign by occupying a tunnel they say they have secretly dug under the proposed route that passes through the Tara Valley in Co Meath.

person Posted by News Desk access_time 09:59AM 14 March 2008

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