Category Archives: Renewables

Smart Gas meters benefit Irish commerical and domestic users

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

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

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

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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Free irish newspapers on your kindle

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

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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LIT Tipperary takes the lead in Sustainable Energy Technologies

“Ireland has an opportunity to take the lead in the development of Smart Sustainable Technologies which will benefit energy security, sustainable development and the creation of employment” according to Dr Liam Noonan the programme chair of the Computing degree in … Continue reading

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Retro fit Air Tightness project update – lessons learned so far

I have just completed the knee wall/ crawl space area of our dormer house using the vario air tightness system. I find the Vario protape ideal for attaching the membrane to the timber beams and the masonay wall and I … Continue reading

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Heat your home with irish timber instead of imported oil

With heating oil heading beyond 90 cent a litre. Irish home owners should give serious consideration to heating their homes with solid fuel stoves with back boilers. The fuel can be sourced from Irish timber growers such as ash thinnings and is … Continue reading

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Retrofitting- an air tightness solution

a pressure and infrared assessment revealed significant convection loops and heat loss due to air movement in our dormer house. We have decided to implement an isover vario air tightness solution. Which means constructing a warm roof. The insulation under … Continue reading

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