Building Services Engineering Graduate Builds Career from Level 6 Start
Paul Martin, SEAI Programme Manager and CIBSE Ireland Chairman Looking back to his Leaving Cert subjects — accounting, geography and business studies — Paul comments that they weren’t “traditional”...
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Denis Naughten, TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with Jim Gannon, Chief Executive, SEAI and Ms Victoria Burrows, Project Manager, World Green Building Council. To tackle...
View ArticleRevision to EN 378 Now in Force
The Institute of Refrigeration Ireland (IRI) sits on the EN 378 Technical Committee and the Working Group, and both continue to meet two or three times per year to address outstanding queries and...
View ArticleCrystal Air Wins Special Recognition Award for Zalando
The Panasonic PRO Awards were presented at the iconic Shard building in London where Crystal Air directors David O’Brien (left) and Domnick Ward (right) accepted the Award. In the centre is Vincent...
View ArticleCIBSE Ireland ‘Florida Scramble’ Success
Overall winners — Alan Hogan, Heat Merchants with Team Winthrop Engineering members Michael Murray, Donal Clavin, Barry Hennesy and Darren Kavanagh. This year’s primary gold sponsor was Heat Merchants,...
View ArticleNew focus on health and ‘WELL Being’ in building design
Mona Holtkoetter, Arup Most people can correlate to scenarios where buildings or surroundings have a negative impact on our health. Why are you feeling more stressed after sitting in a meeting room...
View ArticleBuilding Regulations Part B and Fire Rated Downlights (Updated 31.08.17
Mark Walshe, Technical and QualityManager, LED Group and Lighting AssociationIreland Technical Committee member. When you consider the regular pattern of recessed luminaires that is likely to greet you...
View ArticleDaikin Home Energy Innovators Forum proves huge success
Shane McCarthy, Daikin Ireland with Graham Wright, Daikin UK and John O’Shaughnessy, Daikin Ireland Formal presentations were brief and focussed, the content and delivery style designed to educate, and...
View ArticleAircon delivers perfect data centre solution
Some of the Panasonic GHP units installed on the roof of the Concentrix building byAircon Sales and Service of Belfast. Given this emphasis on quality, Aircon only partners with brand-leading product...
View ArticleSirus Building Engineering Scholarship at DIT
Frank Caul, Managing Director of Sirus with scholarship winner Zoe Elliott. Ciara Ahern, the Head of Building Engineering in DIT says: “The buildings in which we spend 90% of our time are responsible...
View ArticleHevac Looks to the Future with Garrett White as MD
Garrett White, Managing Director, Hevac Garrett has been with Hevac for 20 years and his career path has very much mirrored the development and evolution of the company over that time. So, it is...
View ArticleLAI CE Regulation Course kicks off 2018 programme
Gabriel Byrne, LAI Chairman, addressing the attendance at the recent CE course in the RDS before handing over to Andy Guest, the course presenter from LIA. This course was specifically devised by LIA...
View ArticleDesigning future-proofed buildings for next 50 years
Paul Martin, Chairman, CIBSE Ireland In the intervening years the industry has learned from the many mistakes made back in the late 1960s and early 1970s in particular. Building stock constructed since...
View ArticleSEAI Calling All Energy Engineers
Programme Manager – SME Support Programme This role will be required to create a new unit to work with SMEs on...
View ArticleHywel Davis advises on Grenfel Tower Report
Hywel Davis, Technical Director, CIBSE UK, and a member of the UK Government Committee preparing the Grenfel Tower Report. The business end of the visit involved a special briefing by Hywel to senior...
View ArticleA Tribute to Sean Mulcahy
Sean Mulcahy’s impressiveengineering career spanned almost theentire second half of the 20th century,from the post-war years right up to theearly dawn of the Celtic Tiger era. Over that long period the...
View ArticleHeat pump grant details explained
Why heat pumps? Primarily to accelerate the move away from fossil fuels...
View ArticleIRI dinner, awards and expo success
Seamus Kerr pictured at the IRI Dinner and Awards night with Derek Byrne. The venue was the Grand Hotel, Malahide. After the inaugural delegate registration and exposition, approximately 200 industry...
View ArticleExcellent presentations at SDAR Awards 2018
Back Row: Michael McDonald (DIT) with Charles Dunn (CIBSE/RPS), Dr Avril Behan (DIT) and Gerry Farrelly (DIT)Front Row : Padraic O’Connor (SISK) with Thomas Shannon, Mona Holtkotter, Camila Dbastiani...
View ArticlePhotometrics the key to best lighting design
Photometrics key to best lighting design The historical significance of the church and ruins, and the prominent elevated site they occupy overlooking the town, made for an ideal lighting project....
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