European Panasonic award – Victoria’s Secret -Dublin ©Julie McCoy Photography Tech reveals Victoria’s secret! Five floors of Panasonic heating and cooling equipment has been installed at retail giant Victoria’s Secret Grafton Street premises by Tech Refrigeration & Air Conditioning. The Panasonic ECO-G high power GHP solution was chosen because of its overall energy efficiency and,...Read More

Gay Byrne, President, EIFI Head in the sand approach won’t make it go away! While the far reaching business implications of the Covid-19 pandemic are now becoming apparent, they have somewhat overshadowed the proverbial elephant in the room … Brexit, so says Gay Byrne, President, Electrical Industries Federation of Ireland (EIFI). While Byrne’s primary brief...Read More

Glare — the great misunderstood law of lighting If we were to talk about glare, I bet a large number of lighting people would mention UGR, and in particular a UGR 19 fitting, writes Iain Macrae. Fundamentally, there is not much wrong with that … except for misunderstanding glare. It is not about UGR and...Read More

The transformation of lighting since the introduction of LED technology is bringing significant benefits, particularly for energy efficiency and lighting design. However, some of these benefits can be lost if products are substandard, writes Tim Stokes, Programme Manager, Market Surveillance, SEAI.Read More

Why are buildings typically consuming two to five times more energy than at design stage? Why is the industry letting this happen? James Duggan, Senior Sustainability Engineer, Lawler Sustainability, probes for the answers.Read More