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Smart Gas meters benefit Irish commerical and domestic users

Posted on October 12, 2011 by admin

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) published the results of their smart gas meter trial on October 11th 2011.  The trial was rolled out to 2000 small businesses and homes across Ireland and concluded in May 2011.  The headline result … Continue reading →

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Saving money on smart meter roll outs by using broadband friendly meters

Posted on October 7, 2011 by admin

Technology incompatibility can cost a state millions in smart meter roll outs. This is being experienced in the state of Victoria in Australia as reported in metering.com The electricity companies have opted for wireless technology not broadband to retrieve data from … Continue reading →

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Upperchurch-Drombane Fighting Blindness Charity Weekend

Posted on September 29, 2011 by admin

Saturday October 8th and Sunday October 9th are going to be busy in Upperchurch with the hosting of the fighting blindness charity weekend. For more info visit http://upperchurch.ie/index.php/2011/09/upperchurch-drombane-fighting-blindness-charity-weekend/ you can also make an online donation

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Anna Ternheim – Thenightvisitor.com Come with me to an unknown place

Posted on September 23, 2011 by admin

Come with me to an unknown place at http://www.thenightvisitor.com  

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Anna Ternheims New album “Night Visitor” due for release on 28th October 2011

Posted on September 22, 2011 by admin

If you have not heard of Anna Ternhiem then I am not surprised. For an amazing Swedish singer/song writer her popularity has not translated to the UK and Ireland.

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LIT-Tipperary application for Green-Campus Programme accepted by An Taisce

Posted on September 7, 2011 by admin

As part of LIT- Tipperary’s ethos of a sustainable campus we recently applied for the Green-Campus programme. An Taisce has accepted our application to register for their Green-Campus programme. The Green-Campus programme will increase the opportunities for our students to engage … Continue reading →

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LIT Tipperary shows the way at International Energy Conference

Posted on September 5, 2011 by admin

My colleague Seamus Hoyne presented at a major gathering of experts at a conference in Niagara Falls, Canada. They attendees heard about a range of sustainable energy projects being developed in Tipperary.  RETScreen International, developers of a software tool for assessing … Continue reading →

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Triple Glazing upgrades are they worth it?

Posted on September 4, 2011 by admin

We recently had our double glazing windows serviced by munster joinery. I was surprised to learn that our 9 year old windows can be upgraded to 24mm triple glazing. This involves replacing the glazing and where necessary the hinges and … Continue reading →

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Free irish newspapers on your kindle

Posted on August 27, 2011 by admin

I am a big fan of the wifi version of the kindle as I can use Calibre to download Irish & UK news papers and have them converted to a mobi kindle file which then gets emailed to my kindle. … Continue reading →

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LIT Tipperary’s Smart Sustainable Energy students can expect a green and busy year

Posted on August 26, 2011 by admin

As we head back for another academic year in LIT Tipperary/ Tipperary Institute my thoughts are turning to the busy year we have ahead of us. Our Smart Sustainable Energy students in our level 8 and level 7 programmes will … Continue reading →

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