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Water is a critically important resource, fundamental to both homes and businesses, but it is also a limited resource with water shortages becoming a global reality.

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has launched a free online training resource to help businesses reduce their energy costs. The SEAI Energy Academy can help to lower energy bills by as much as 10%, potentially even more, by educating businesses and employees on changing energy use behaviours and effective energy management.

Confidence is back with incredible sales in the first two weeks of 2020 as buyers are out in force and bookings being taken in both second-hand private treaty and in new homes. The O’Donnellan & Joyce new homes department has seen a huge increase in activity in the new homes market due to strong demand for modern, energy efficient, homes in newly built housing estates around the city and county. It is an exciting time in Galway as many development lands are being sold to developers who are not holding back when it comes to building some beautiful and highly functional family homes all around the county.

Greta Thunberg, and indeed the children of the world, have thrown down the gauntlet and demanded climate action. Solving this literal meltdown is on such a global scale that it must surely be beyond the responsibility of Galwegians?

O’Malley Construction recently released phase one of its new development of Tuairín, on the Coast Road, Roscam, Galway. Open house events were held on Sunday March 24 and Sunday March 31 and were a phenomenal success, drawing in large crowds on both days.

Samsung Electronics has announced a revolutionary new washing machine technology, QuickDrive, which is now widely available in Ireland.

Students from the College of Engineering and Informatics will host Ireland’s first student-run energy summit, ‘Galway Energy Summit 2018’ on 8 March in the Bailey Allen Hall at NUI Galway.

NUI Galway has launched a new sustainability initiative which aims to make the university one of the most eco-friendly campuses in the world.

Local ultra-energy-efficient car team, the Geec (Galway energy-efficient car), has teamed up with Mondello Park International Race Circuit, the home of motor racing in Ireland, to push the bounds of automotive energy efficiency.

There was some good news for students and recent graduates of construction and built environment courses attending a construction conference in GMIT last week with a number of speakers highlighting the existing demand for highly-skilled professionals and the opportunities for them in Ireland and abroad because of the current skills shortage in the construction industry.