Electric.ie July/ August 2020

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 3 A guide to I.S.10101 is now available - Page 47 23 Enhance your Outdoor Space with ATC Electric Heaters - Page 7 RFE teams up with NOARK Electric - Page 10 21 5 Editorial 7 Enhance your Outdoor Space with ATC Electric Heaters 10 RFE teams up with NOARK Electric, global supplier of cutting-edge low-voltage components 12 Apollo Group - Ireland's leading Electrical, Mechanical and Facilities Management Contractors 15 NECI brings challenge to labour court recommendations 17 Hager: New Vega Enhanced Consumer Unit 19 Thank You from EWL Management & Staff 21 ABB ComfortLine 23 Cahal McConville / Joe Gouldsbury Retires 25 Phoenix Contact: Mobile thermal transfer printer for creating markings directly on site 25 Phoenix Contact: Connection-ready distribution blocks for flexible mounting 27 Aurora Lighting: What are the Advantages of a Smart Garden? 29 Schneider Electric: Locking down productivity at home 34 WEEE Ireland – No Time to Waste 37 Tracking effect of COVID‐19 on electricity supply and demand during first month of lockdown 38 RFE: EasyClick is a solution for making the installation process of power meters into switchboard and distribution boards easy 41 The Single Lighting Regulation (SLR), Energy Labelling Regulation (ELR), and You 43 Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use down almost 4% in 2019 45 New PARATHOM ® portfolio from LEDVANCE provides smart lighting for a better living experience 47 A Guide to the National Rules for Electrical Installations 48 Clynder Cables lead the way on Low Smoke Zero Halogen panel wires 51 ESB and Irish-owned Harmony Solar partnership project to power over 10 percent of Irish homes 52 Discover Rointe electric radiators 54 Uncertain economic outlook for 2020 56 Rittal: Wiring Processing – Overnight 59 New graphical 3D configurator from Siemens simplifies the planning of control cabinets 60 Obituary: Paul Hoare Remembered 61 Golf Fixtures 62 Appointments 66 Buyers' Guide 25 Contents