Archive 2007 – 2009

This website is now defunct; it will be maintained for an indefinite time to provide some public archive a selection of the activities of the of the Science Discovery and Technological Innovation section of the Office of the Theme Leaders at Dublin City University. Some material has been moved here for more complete archiving. See [...]

Proposed Inter-Faculty Centre for Sustainability in DCU

We propose that the DCU Sustainability Initiative must evolve into a self-funded entity, integrated with Faculty and yet cross-disciplinary, achieving specific implementation of the goals for cross-disciplinary collaboration set out in the University’s strategy, allowing individuals with different expertise to work together and providing a focus for Sustainability in DCU. This is unique and we [...]

(Response) Micro-Generation in Ireland

(Responses to the CER’s report on the ESB’s proposed micro-generation payments trial are due on January 16th.) During these times of perceived uncertainty and disquiet, finding a solution to the energy problem is a certain and immediately important task for the peoples of the world. Micro-generation is very small-scale, and generally sustainable, energy production close [...]

(Proposal) Enterprise Ireland Competence Centres

During October, the Sustainability Initiative made a submission to Enterprise Ireland’s Competence Centres programme. The Competence Centres programme fits the ethic of intellectual fusion and with the ambitions of the University’s Sustainability Initiative. Importantly, we propose that the key contribution that a research performing organisation can provide to the Competence Centres is a team of [...]

(Response) An Energy Research Strategy for Ireland

(Submitted to the DCENR, June 2008) Monday, 30 June 2008 For the attention of the Irish Energy Research Council (IERC) Secretariat, Energy Planning Division, Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR), 29-31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2 Response to An Energy Research Strategy for Ireland DCU Sustainability Initiative, Office of the Theme Leaders, Dublin City [...]