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“Addressing the challenges of COVID-19 in Building Services” – Michael Curran (NUI Galway)
Thursday the 2nd of July 2020 marked the second edition of ASHRAE Irelands technical mini series on COVID-19. The main objective of this series is to bring together a range of expert panelists from both industry and academia covering topics related to reducing the spread of airborne infections in the built environment with specific reference to COVID-19.
“A Data-driven COVID-19 Response Framework for Global Workplaces”
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major short-term impact on workplaces, as people work from home or are unable to work. However, the virus will continue to impact workplaces even as lockdowns ease, since new measures to protect workers’ health must be implemented. The health-promoting aspects of buildings have always been important to our long- and short-term health, wellbeing, comfort, and productivity. The pandemic has sharpened minds to the immediate and catastrophic impacts of building design and operation on disease transmission.
SEAI Energy Awards 2020 – Call for Applications
SEAI has launched its annual SEAI Energy Awards and is calling on climate action champions to showcase their achievements. Now in their 17th year, the SEAI Energy Awards recognise and reward […]
Key Issues and Innovations in Laboratory Ventilation
Cork Institute of Technology 3rd March 2020 ASHRAE’s March event in Cork saw a visit by Chris Mulholland and Phil Milne-Smith of Critical Airflow Europe Ltd, specialists in laboratory airflow […]
Heat Pumps for Commercial Applications
On 11th February, ASHRAE Ireland hosted a technical seminar on \"Heat Pumps for Commercial Applications\". The objective of this event was to showcase some heat pump technology and applications in Industrial and commercial buildings, as well as the benefits in today\'s environment, with a strong focus on increasing energy efficiency and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
UCD Sustainable Smart Cities & Communities symposium
The UCD Sustainable Smart Cities & Communities symposium, hosted in UCD on the 4th December 2019, was aimed at providing a vision of future sustainable cities and communities, where each component not only aims to […]
ASHRAE Ireland Training 2019
ASHRAE Ireland Chapter held our first training event \”HVAC Design Level I – Essentials\” at the Beacon Hotel, Sandyford on 18-20 November 2019. This training was lead by two ASHRAE […]
UCD Symposium – Young Member showcase and Flexibility in the Irish Energy System
The ASHRAE UCD student branch co-organised the \”Young Member showcase and Flexibility in the Irish Energy System\” event together with CIGRE Next Generation Network (NGN) on the 21st of October. […]
Polypropylene and Plastic Piping Systems in the Building Services Industry
Our second Cork event took place on 12th November at Cork Institute of Technology on the subject of “Polypropylene and Plastic Piping Systems in the Building Services Industry”. This event […]
Steam Boilers – Control and Condition (Daniel Wells, Spirax Sarco)
The Autumn season of talks kicked off with an absorbing presentation by Daniel Wells of Spirax Sarco at the Berkeley Centre, Cork Institute of Technology. Following an introduction by Michael […]