Browsing Atlantic Technological University (Galway-Mayo) by Author "Walsh, Patrick"
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The development of an audit methodology to generate construction waste production indicators for the Irish construction industry
Kelly, Mark (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2006)This study develops waste production indicators for the Irish construction industry. Construction and demolition waste (C & DW ) was conservatively estimated to account for approximately 13.1 percent of all waste produced ... -
Energy from waste (EfW): a feasibility study on the economic and the environmental co-benefits of biogas production within rural communities
Moroney, Declan (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2010)Energy from waste (E/W) technologies in the form o f biogas plants, CHP plants and other municipal solid waste (MSW) conversion technologies, have been gaining steady ground in the provision o f energy throughout Europe ... -
Field enhancement of the parasitoid bracon hylobii (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to control hylobius abietis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae); the large pine weevil
Moran, Michael G. (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2012)Hylobius abietis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), the large pine weevil is the most damaging pest of reforestation sites in Ireland. This study examined the possibility of manipulating populations of a species specific parasitoid, ... -
Management and evaluation of a range of forest species for use as cut foliage
Costello, Amy (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2011)This project explored the possibility of harvesting marketable foliage stems in addition to producing timber from plantations of Larix leptolepis, Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Goldcrest’ and Tsuga heterophylla. Data recorded ... -
The role of biomass and biorefineries in a sustainable future
Gaffey, James (Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, 2010)Some o f the biggest issues facing humanity in the 21st century include energy security, global warming and resource scarcity. These issues will affect every nation and Ireland is no exception. There is much research ...