A quick glance through the ideas short-listed in the UK Sustainable Development Commission's 'Breakthrough Ideas' competition reveals a few concepts that have previously been discussed in depth in Construct Ireland.
Kingspan Solar, part of Kingspan Renewables Ltd, has launched its all-Ireland solar accreditation scheme.
Following the Home Energy Saving scheme announcement by Minister Eamon Ryan last week, Durkan Residential, the Irish homebuilding company, has launched a new subsidiary, Durkan EcoFix , which will create 150 jobs to serve the home insulation market estimated to be worth €9 billion.
An interesting debate has broken out on the Guardian's Comment is Free site over the pros and cons of using charcoal as a means of sequestering carbon, an idea discussed in Construct Ireland by Richard Douthwaite in 2007.
According to today's Guardian , the pioneering Pelamis wave energy project off the coast of Portugal is in trouble after the collapse of majority shareholder Babcock & Brown. The company went in to voluntary administration last week, and its 77 per cent stake in the Pelamis projectis now up for sale.
A few interesting stories on ScienceDaily today that touch on the costs of both solar thermal and solar PV technologies.