Electric.ie Issue 39 May-June

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 35 ”‡Žƒ†̽• Ž‡ƒ†‹‰ ‡‡”‰› ‡˜‡– ”‡–—”‡† –‘ –Š‡ ‘ ‡†‡•†ƒ›ǡ ͣ͞ ƒ”…Š ƒ† Š—”•†ƒ›ǡ ͤ͞ ƒ”…Š ͥ͜͞͝Ǥ Š‡ —•–ƒ‹ƒ„Ž‡ ‡”‰› —–Š‘”‹–› ‘ˆ ”‡Žƒ† ȋ Ȍ ‡”‰› Š‘™ ˆ‡ƒ–—”‡† ͜͝͡ ‡šŠ‹„‹–‘”• ‘ˆ ‡‡”‰› •ƒ˜‹‰ ƒ† ”‡‡™ƒ„Ž‡ ‡‡”‰› –‡…Š‘Ž‘‰‹‡• ƒ† •‡”˜‹…‡•Ǥ Š‡”‡ ™ƒ• ƒŽ•‘ ‘˜‡” ͜͞ ‡š’‡”– •‡‹ƒ”• ƒ† ™‘”•Š‘’•Ǥ This year, the Lighting Association of Ireland (LAI) had a much larger presence with its new 'Lighting Pavilion' highlighting several topics such as environmental ’”‘†—…– †‡…Žƒ”ƒ–‹‘•ǡ –Š‡ „‡‡Ƥ–• of human centric lighting and how to deliver workplace lighting to meet and exceed the standards. Rointe's colourful stand seemed to be getting great attention particularly with the Designline ”ƒ‰‡ ‘ˆ •’‡…‹ƒŽ Ƥ‹•Š‡•Ǥ Congratulations to Switch Distribution for receiving a 'Highly Commended' Award for the Steinel true presence lighting sensor. Industry News SEAI Energy Show - Innovative Solutions ർ This energy event returned to the RDS in March with plenty of expert seminars and workshops. A lot is happening with EcoVolt at the moment. They are currently moving to a bigger premises here in Ireland and they have recently launched an incredible new product called the EVi hybrid inverter and battery pack. Could this be the future of home energy management? Electric vehicles were at the forefront of this event and there was a lot of interest in Garo's EV charging stations. Darkin Electrical was also there to give advice on the installation of these charging products. The Lighting Association of Ireland had their own Lighting Pavillion EVi Hybrid Inverter by EcoVolt Tegral Lighting Conor Brannelly of ROBUS Switch Distribution wins an award Rointe