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HENRY BROTHERS SUPPORT ULSTER WILDLIFE’S WORK
Henry Brothers have donated £500 to local charity, Ulster Wildlife, to support their work restoring and strengthening the natural environment across Northern Ireland. Over the last 40 years, Ulster Wildlife have been protecting Northern Ireland’s threatened wildlife, saving precious wild spaces and inspiring the next generation to love nature. Henry Brothers are particularly thankful for Ulster Wildlife’s collaboration in delivering the company’s Nature Park Education Programme. This has allowed Henry Brothers to engage over 5,000 students through pre- covid school visits and environmental lectures to university students. Wildlife has given us so much to enjoy during the covid-19 pandemic, however, it is under threat now more than ever. This donation by Henry Brothers will not only allow Ulster Wildlife to help nature thrive in Northern Ireland, but also help to secure healthier environments in the local community, which are fundamental to human well-being and vital to securing a sustainable economy.
Pictured at the new £30 million Erne Campus in Enniskillen to celebrate becoming world’s first educational build- ing to achieve Passive House Premium design status are Michael McAlister, Chief Executive, South West College, Minister for the Economy, Diane Dodds and Tomás O’Leary, Managing Director of MosArt.
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The Passive House Institute in Germany has confirmed South West College’s New Erne Campus is the world’s first educational, and currently the largest, Passive House Premium rated building. Designed by Hamilton Architects and constructed by local firm Tracey Brothers Limited, the four-storey campus is fully funded by the Department for the Economy and will accommodate in excess of 800 full-time students, 2,000 part-time students and 120 staff when it opens in September 2021. The 8,200 square-metre new build project
is also the first building in the UK to achieve both Passive House Premium and BREEAM outstanding accreditations. Tomás O’Leary Managing Director of MosArt Architects who guided the project to achieve the Passive House standard said, “It has been a great honour for the MosArt team to guide this project towards what is without doubt the most demanding energy efficiency standard on the planet. Congratulations to everyone involved, especially the leadership team at South West College who had the vision to set out on this challenging road.”
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Phoenix Natural Gas has launched a new series of Linkedin industry discussions given by key stakeholders and personnel delivering change across the energy sector in Northern Ireland. The energy sector has undergone significant change over the last number of years explains Jonathan Martindale, Phoenix Natural Gas. “However, if we as a region are going to realise the ambitions of reaching carbon zero, then further sustained periods of change will be required, particularly if we are to ensure
we maintain as a region economically competitive and also bring consumers on that journey and ensure that all consumers across all sectors are adequately protected.” So what does this change look like? What does the energy landscape in Northern Ireland lend already to decarbonisation? What new innovations are going to come to the fore to deliver decarbonisation locally? And what about the circular economy and the opportunities for extensive waste streams in Northern Ireland to be repurposed into energy sources. Discover answers to these questions and more by catching up with the episodes over on Phoenix Natural Gas’ Linkedin page.
Henry Brothers help Ulster Wildlife secure healthier environments in the local community.
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