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Capturing the Economic and Environmental Benefits of CHP with Gas Networks Ireland


Gas Networks Ireland hosted a conference, ‘Capturing the Economic and Environmental Benefits of CHP’ in conjunction with Energy Ireland, on Tuesday 11th October 2016.

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Evidence of significant decarbonisation of Ireland’s energy sector – SEAI

 
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has published a report which shows that significant decarbonisation of our energy system has happened in the last decade.

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EPA Drinking Water Report for 2015

  • Monitoring of Ireland’s public drinking water in 2015 found that: 99.9% of samples comply with the microbiological standards
  • 99.9% of samples comply with the microbiological standards
  • 99.4% of samples comply with the chemical standards
  • 35 Boil Water Notices were in place during 2015 for part or all of the year, affecting nearly 40,000 people.
  • 115 “at risk” drinking public water supplies were on the EPA Remedial Action List at the end of 2015.
  • Today there are 108 “at risk” supplies on this list. 37 of these supplies lack adequate treatment to prevent Cryptosporidium entering drinking water.
  • 37 of these supplies lack adequate treatment to prevent Cryptosporidium entering drinking water.

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Presentation: Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Central Statistics Office (CSO) Environment Statistics

This presentation from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) was given by Nova Sharkey and Linh Trieu Nolan at the Irish Organisation for Geographic Information’s conference on17  October 2016.

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Urban Agenda: new knowledge sources available for Europe's cities

To further reach out to cities, foster the exchange of best practices and the development of urban strategies, the European Commission has launched a new web portal for cities.

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