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Longford lecturer highlights need to deliver more sustainable urban spaces

...regeneration and sustainability. With the built environment accounting for almost 40% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2), construction professionals are being forced to act immediately to reduce the built environment’s whole-life carbon. If you...

25 Aug 2022 at 10:00

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Taking the first step to reducing emissions on your farm

...Agriculture (as well as other sectors) continues to rise. For 2021, emissions from Agriculture increased by 3% to 20.5 MTCO2eq compared to 2020 levels. This is going in the wrong direction. We have a national carbon budget for 2021-2025 and from...

15 Aug 2022 at 11:04

Irish greenhouse emissions soar to pre-Covid levels putting pressure on carbon budget

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Irish greenhouse emissions soar to pre-Covid levels putting carbon budget targets under pressure

...gas emissions for Ireland for 2021 on July 21. In total in 2021, 61.53 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2eq) were emitted, with emissions 1.1 per cent above 2019 pre-COVID restriction levels. The increase is mostly due to a...

21 Jul 2022 at 11:40

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Climate experts raise concerns about emissions cuts falling short of 51% target

...she said “needs to be addressed urgently”. The land use sector covers forests and bogs, both of which can over time absorb CO2, but are currently on track to be a source of emissions in Ireland due to low forestation rates and peaty soils being...

29 Jul 2022 at 18:47

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Working from home could save you 'up to €1,400 every year’

...commuting. The research found that working from home could save up to €7.6m for the State by removing 164,407 tonnes of CO2 a year. Businesses could save nearly €1,500 per worker if they gave up office spaces, the report found.

18 May 2022 at 16:13

Housing For All plan could see construction carbon emissions almost double, expert claims

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Housing For All plan could see embodied emissions almost double, says expert

...is that if we build 400,000 homes, there will be an embodied carbon cost of somewhere between four and six megatons of CO2 equivalent, based on the current carbon intensity of construction,” Dr Kinnane said. “If we were to move to a less carbon...

26 Apr 2022 at 18:31

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...are currently in train which are aimed at ensuring future environmental compliance, improving plant efficiency, reducing CO2 while driving energy reduction overall. This work will require a very strong project management and technical engineering...

20 Apr 2022 at 11:29

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The top 5 need to know make up trends on Tik Tok right now

While TikTok might be famous for dance routines and lip-synching clips, the video sharing site is full of brilliant beauty advice too – particularly when it comes to make-up. Pro artists and influencers regularly go viral with their insider tips, ...

15 Apr 2022 at 13:32

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EXPLAINER: Did the use of hand sanitiser during Covid-19 pandemic damage the environment?

... these gels had a four-times lower impact than did liquid soap hand washing (producing the equivalent of 1,060 million Kg CO2 compared with 4,240 million Kg CO2) At the lower end of the scale, using isopropanol-based sanitising gels would...

25 Feb 2022 at 16:17

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Guinness to cut carbon footprint of pints through agricultural programme

...as one of the most ambitious ever undertaken on the island of Ireland. It is designed to drive down the volume of CO2 generated by the production of barley – one of the key ingredients of Guinness. Involving 40 Irish barley farms in the...

23 Feb 2022 at 11:48

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Irish festival hopes to break world record for largest disco ball

...the air on the evening of the 25th June." Fans can expect an immersive experience featuring flash mobs, confetti, fire, CO2 jets, drone shows, fireworks, and many more surprises as over 40 acts from the 90s and 00s take to the stage. The current...

11 May 2022 at 17:10

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100,000 hectares of forest to be planted in effort to focus on climate action

...by 2050, supporting the delivery of the national afforestation target; and create a carbon sink of 18 million tonnes of CO2 Manage its existing forest estate to capture an additional 10 million tonnes of CO2 in its forests, soils and...

21 Apr 2022 at 17:41

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