Fossil fuel lock-in refers to the idea that countries are locked-in to carbon or fossil fuel energy systems because they have invested heavily in the infrastructure of that energy system. Stakeholders in the finance and banking industries, including central banks, regulators and credit rating agencies, have warned of the financial risk associated with being locked … Read more
The Irish Centre for Business Excellence (ICBE) is pleased to present the Digital Productivity Summit 2021 which will take place in Thomond Park, 10th March – a unique event which will bring together developmental thinking from industry and business to openly discuss the challenges and benefits of Digital Transformation! Digital Productivity and Transformation is the … Read more
Chambers Ireland are hosting an SDG Webinar Series, covering five different goals; June 17th – SDG8 Decent Work and Economic Growth June 24th – SDG13 Climate Action July 1st – SDG9 Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure July 8th – SDG11 Sustainable Cities and Communities July 15th – SDG5 Gender Equality
Time is running out to avert catastrophic consequences from global warming. Following IPCC’s wake-up call, bold and decisive action is needed now. With a third of global final energy consumption, industry has a key role in the transition ahead. Regardless of the end-use sector, energy efficiency is key to decarbonisation, productivity gains, energy security, improved … Read more
DIGITAL INNOVATIVE WATER WEEK In 2050 Europe aims to be the world’s first climate-neutral continent implementing the European Green Deal: an ambitious package of measures to deeply transform our economy and society. In the meantime, the wake-up call of the COVID-19 crisis deeply reinforced this necessity for Europe to a new paradigm towards a Water-Smart … Read more
The sustainable concept behind CO2 Heat Pumps is to use freely available energy from the environment or waste energy from one process to feed another. The heat (or cold) energy released by a process or a building, which would normally be dumped into the atmosphere, is instead used to heat (or cool) a different process … Read more
By 2050, the world population is expected to be 9 billion people. The combination of richer diets and increased population means that food production will have to be doubled in the next 30 years. Today’s Food and Beverage manufacturing facilities are held to extremely strict standards that are being met and regulated through automation. There … Read more
Building analytics enables resource-efficient and environmentally responsible buildings by finding the energy and operational efficiency issues and opportunities that people alone can’t. Discover how large building owners and operators are using data-driven insights to revolutionise their response to energy challenges, maximise operational efficiencies and rapidly reduce energy consumption across their portfolios. Learn why this smarter … Read more