'News' Category

Tyndall Appoints Professor Brian Norton as Head of Energy Research and IERC

Tyndall National Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Brian Norton as Head of Energy Research with direct responsibility for its International Energy Research Centre (IERC). He is the immediate Past President of Dublin Institute of Technology and most recently Principal, City...

IERC launches a report examining Ireland’s domestic heating policy against four other EU Countries

The International Energy Research Centre (IERC) has published the EuroHeat Report, a joint project with Ervia and Gas Networks Ireland. The aim of this report is to analyse the domestic heat sector policy and strategy of countries with a similar temperate climate to Ireland,...

NOVICE Project

Innovative new business model reduces payback period of energy efficient building refurbishment projects by up to 16% Over the last three years, the NOVICE project, coordinated by IERC, has been testing the validity of a new business model for Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) that...

Job Opportunities

The International Energy Research Centre is hiring. For more information, check out our available posts here! BOR-2 Research Software Engineer SKH-02 Post-Doc Researcher (Electrical Engineering) SKH-01b Research Assistant – Electrical and Electronic Engineer

IERC Conference 2020 POSTPONED

After careful consideration, the IERC have decided to postpone our 9th Annual IERC Conference planned for this April 22nd & 23rd at the Maryborough House Hotel in Cork, due to the development of COVID-19 across Europe. We remain optimistic that we will be able...

IERC Conference Registration Open

Registration for the IERC Conference 2020 is now open. An early bird rate is available until 6th March 2020. Further details on the conference and how to register are available here: IERC Conference 2020

Save the Date: IERC Conference 2020

The IERC 9th Annual Conference will be held on Thursday 23rd April 2020. The conference networking dinner will take place the evening before, Wednesday 22nd April. This years conference will be held in Maryborough House Hotel in Cork. The conference theme is A New...

StoreNet Project

Electric Ireland have produced a content series telling the story of Ballyferriter over the summer, highlighting the uniqueness of Ballyferriter and telling the story of the StoreNet project. We, in the IERC are working with Electric Ireland to test solar panels and battery...

Looking to India to help Ireland achieve its 183-point climate action plan

The IERC International Energy Research Centre’s own Piyush Verma had an article published in the Irish Examiner business page. How bringing transparency and having a robust monitoring process can help achieve climate action. For more info: https://bit.ly/2ZfgNWm

IERC lead €2 million energy research project

The International Energy Research Centre (IERC), hosted by Tyndall National Institute, was selected by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 initiative to lead a €2million energy research project focused on energy efficiency programme development, targeted at SMEs through the delivery and implementation of energy audits. The...