The effects of standby: Turning your TV off fully is estimated to reduce the energy consumption of your TV by 10-20% of your power rating (typically – 15-20W). While this may seem small it is the duration at which TV are left on standby that means that this small amount of power incurs a lot

Insulation, Future-Proofing your Home against Varying & Extreme Weather Conditions: When you think about insulating your home and what it does for, you normally think of having a warm, cosy home in the winter and of course this is the main benefit of insulating your home. Insulating you home though can also help on hot

The National Rural Network (NRN) Newsletter is just out and contains an article on the Community Wind farm in Templederry, which the TEA is supporting.  The €6.3m project is close to achieving financial close with the banks and subject to this will start construction this year.  Read more here http://www.nrn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/nrn-newsletter-issue-8.pdf

http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL240758   Borrisokane Community College has launched a tender for a renewable locally source fuel to supply heat and hot water to the new build project at the school campus. See link to e-tenders above. The TEA are providing the procurement and project management service to the school. This is the 5th Biomass Boiler procured

The TEA presented it experiences of using RETScreen at the RETScreen International Conference in Niagra Falls, Canada on the 20th June.  Over 240 engineers, educators and developers from the energy sector attended the event.  See the presentation here TEA RETScreen Presentation Final.  Find out more about RETScreen at www.retscreen.net or join the RETScreen Users group

Wow…. Can you believe it?! Check out http://www.siliconrepublic.com/green-tech/item/22112-irelands-first-electric/ to see Dublin’s first electric taxis…… Interested in this and other sustainable transport issues, join the Clean Drive Club by contacting sdaly@tea.ie.

A Green Business Networking Session Wednesday 22nd June 2011 | 13.30 – 16.30 | Town Hall Theatre, Nenagh | €Free With the growing interest in the green economy and clean technologies we could be on the cusp of the biggest transformation in society since the industrial revolution. Establishing green jobs and exploiting the country’s ‘green

The European Climate cup has produced a few video’s to provide an alternative energy saving advice as our very own eco-cist will show: Alternatively if you want genuine advice, log on to the climate cup website, sign in and get expert advice online or over email and phone.