Graeme Rees, President of the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA), believes the Covid-induced lockdowns, plus this summer’s extraordinary heatwave, have underlined the increasing value of smart buildings in terms of occupants’ comfort and environmental sustainability. Apparently, we in Ireland (and the UK) have something of a reputation for talking about the weather. During the seasons...Read More

The way homes are heated has a significant role to play in ensuring Ireland meets its objective of net zero by 2050. According to the Central Statistics Office (2017 figures), there were over 1.2 million homes in Ireland using gas or oil for heating, so how these are updated will be a big factor in...Read More

SMEs now face an unprecedented threat to their survival from two significant headwinds: • Interest rate hikes (after 14 years of record low rates); • Spiralling inflation. Spiralling inflation in Ireland (9.1% to July 2022 according to the CSO CPI1) has resulted in swift action from the European Central Bank which is forecasting two further...Read More