According to CSO data, in 2016 gas and oil boilers accounted for up to 1.2 million space heating products in Ireland. Although Government strategy is to encourage low carbon technologies and, in particular heat pumps, gas and oil boilers will continue to feature in the market in both the short and medium-term, writes Mark Cafferkey,...Read More

Solar power has won the global argument. Photovoltaic energy is already so cheap that it competes with oil, diesel and liquefied natural gas in much of Asia without subsidies, writes Ambrose Evans Pritchard, The Daily Telegraph.Read More

Gas, wind and energy efficiency is where it’s at according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) review of Irish energy policy. The Energy Institute agrees and goes a step further and asserts that oil also matters for future competitiveness, our energy security, and economic growth, writes David Taylor, Chairman Energy Institute, Republic of IrelandRead More

The NSAI Building Services Standards Committee (BSSC) has been developing a much anticipated Irish Standard Recommendation (SR) for the heating and plumbing trade, writes Fergal Finn, Standards Officer for the BSSC and the Gas Technical Standards Committee (GTSC). A draft made available for public enquiry was met with great interest with over 220 comments being...Read More