Electric.ie January/February 2018

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 3 As we start the sixth year of publication we at ELECTRIC.IE take pride in our achievements to date. The magazine has been growing in strength and popularity in the industry thanks to the support of our advertisers. We hope we can continue to give value to our supporters in the future. ǡ ƥ in the last year and we have introduced, with great success, web banner advertising on the ELECTRIC.IE site. Editorial electric.ie Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd., Excel Electric Centre, Bluebell Avenue, Dublin 12 Tel: (01) 4080256 Info@electric.ie Reg. Dublin: 512293 Our Team Colin Sherlock Sales & Marketing Manager Layout/Design colin.sherlock@electric.ie Jessica O'Farrell Administration jessica@electric.ie DISCLAIMER Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd. accept no respon- siblity for the accuracy of contributed articles or statements appearing in this publication. PRINTED IN IRELAND By Turner’s Printing Co. Ltd Electric.ie is published by Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd. The magazine is circulated throughout Ireland and is available on wholesale trade counters and from representatives of electrical distributors who are members of EMDA The editor welcomes: contributions of technical papers, information on new products, details of installation projects and all editorial input of interest to our readers. As part of our work programme we have worked on the restructuring of the new EMDA website and are Ƥ of a website for the EIFI. This site will be shortly launched and contributions of suggestions for content will be welcome from all members. In 2017 EIFI introduced the Industry Awards in cooperation with ELECTRIC.IE. This was a great success and details of the 2018 awards programme will shortly be unveiled. We have become conscious of a shift in the nature of submission to the magazine. Supporters are reporting more on all things digital. No doubt that digitalisation is changing the skill requirements and product designs across the electrical industry. We welcome papers and articles that may contribute to the distribution of knowledge and training within the industry. NSAI are active in establishing the ElectroTechnical Committee which will take responsibility for wiring rules in the future. Included in this issue is a report from NSAI on changes to rules in Ireland's Electrical Vehicle (EV) infrastructure. We review the DataCentres Ireland 2017 event that took place recently in Dublin. Back by popular demand is the 'Trade Counter' page. As always we take a look at the glamour and glitz at the annual EIFI charity ball. EIFI Black Tie Charity Ball EIFI Irish Electrical Industry Awards: Hager - Distributor of the Year