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HYL ‘Excellence in Training’
February 12, 2019 
Ciaran Smullen, Desy Haughton, Excellence in Training, Hibernia REIT, Huaghton & Young, HYL, James White, John Small
The annual HYL 2019 Apprentice Awards took place just before Christmas last in Croke Park Stadium with over 80 HYL apprentices in attendance. Also present were leading industry representatives from the academic, training and development, mechanical and electrical sectors. This is now a highly-respected annual event that recognises and acknowledges those apprentices who have gone above…
Call for SDAR Awards Submissions
February 5, 2019 CIBSE Ireland, DIT, Michael McDonald, SDAR Awards 2019, SDAR Journal
The SDAR* Awards is a joint initiative between CIBSE Ireland and DIT, supported by Building Services News. The awards are unique in that they are intended to disseminate knowledge, encourage research in sustainable design of the built environment, and raise the quality of innovation and evaluation of such projects. Short abstracts (between 100 and 200…
The MEP Value Equation
December 3, 2018 BER, BIM, David Hughes, LED Lighting, LEED, MEP Value Equation, NZEB, Rose Patrick
Building services (MEP) are evolving at quite a pace, driven by continuous technological innovation, greater regulatory emphasis to improve building energy efficiency, and on-site project challenges. Heat pumps, sophisticated building controls, LED lighting, modular off-site construction, photovoltaics, building information modelling (BIM), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Building Energy Rating (BER) and Nearly Zero…
CIBSE Ireland 50th Dinner — Additional seats released
October 23, 2018 CIBSE Ireland 50th Anniversary Dinner, CIBSE Ireland Awards, Daikin, Hevac, Mitsubishi Electric, WIlo
An additional number of tickets for tables of 10 — and individual seats — have now been released for the CIBSE 50th Anniversary Dinner being held in the Clayton Burlington Hotel on Friday, 30 November next. Tickets are very limited. To book click on www.eventbrite.ie/e/cibse-50th-anniversary-dinner-awards-night-tickets-29979854552 The night promises to be a celebration of buildings services with awards to acknowledge…
Building Services Roadmap Guide
October 10, 2018 Ciara Ahern, Dertek Mowlds, DOnal FInn, Hywel Davies, Jim Gannon, Jim O'Sullivan, Kevin Kelly, Mona Holtkoetter, Paul Martin, Seamus Homan, Sean Armstrong, Sean Downey, Tim Dwyer
Welcome to this special edition of Building Services News marking the 50th anniversary of CIBSE Ireland. It is appropriate that we dedicate an entire issue to this milestone achievement given our long association with the Institution. Founded in 1961, Building Services News has been involved with, and has supported, CIBSE Ireland from day one, and indeed has been its official…