Electric.ie January/February 2018

46 ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • Industry News Tel: +353-1-4597088 Fax: +353-1-4597087 Airsynergy Scoops Major UK Tech Award A ‹”•›‡”‰›ǡ ‘‡ ‘ˆ ”‡Žƒ†ǯ• Ž‡ƒ†‹‰…Ž‡ƒ–‡…Š Ƥ”•ǡ Šƒ• •…‘‘’‡† –Š‡ –‘’ ƒ™ƒ”† ˆ‘” ‡‡™ƒ„Ž‡ ‡”‰› ‡…Š‘Ž‘‰› of the Year at the third annual ‡”‰› ™ƒ”†• ͣ͜͞͝Ǥ Š‡ ƒ™ƒ”†•ǡ ™Š‹…Š ”‡…‡–Ž› –‘‘ ’Žƒ…‡ ƒ– –Š‡ ‘†‘ ‹Ž–‘ ‘–‡Žǡ ”‡…‘‰‹•‡ international excellence in the ‡‡”‰› ƒ”‡– ƒ† ƒ”‡ ƒ––‡†‡† „› •‘‡ ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‘•– •‡‹‘” ‘’‡”ƒ–‘”• ‹ –Š‡ ™‘”Ž†Ǥ Airsynergy, which originated in Longford and is now based at Dublin Airport, took home a top award for its hybrid wind- and solar-powered smart pole installed at Wayside Celtic Football Club. The product, called an Independent Smart Pole (ISP), uses a mini wind turbine and solar panel to power ‹–•‡Žˆ ‡–‹”‡Ž› ‘ơǦ‰”‹†Ǥ Š‹Ž‡ converting wind and solar energy to electricity, the smart pole generates enough excess power to run ancillary products for monitoring, lighting, and surveillance. The result is reliable, renewable system that ‘ơ‡”• ‘ơ ‰”‹† ’‘™‡” •‘Ž—–‹‘•Ǥ Commenting on the win, Airsynergy’s Marketing and Communications Manager Daphne Reilly-Duncan said, “We are delighted to have won Renewable ‡”‰› ‡…Š‘Ž‘‰› ‘ˆ –Š‡ ‡ƒ”Ǥ –ǯ• ƒ •‹‰‹Ƥ…ƒ– ƒ…Š‹‡˜‡‡– ˆ‘” –Š‡ company, and it goes to show that the hard work and years of research ƒ† †‡•‹‰ Šƒ˜‡ ’ƒ‹† ‘ơ ‹ ƒ ’”‘†—…– –Šƒ– ƒŽŽ ‘ˆ —• ƒ– ‹”•›‡”‰›…ƒ „‡ extremely proud of. It is a testament –‘ ‡˜‡”›‘‡ǯ•…‘‹–‡– –‘ ‘—” shared vision that we have received this award.” As well as commercial installations like the one at Wayside Celtic Football Club, the smart poles are installed in other locations such as schools, universities, retail parks, car parks, and construction sites where sustainable lighting, monitoring, and measurement are required. Nicola Meadows, Event Director at RWM, Daphne Reilly-Duncan, Marketing and Communications Manager at Airsynergy, and Tom Allen, Host