STRIVE 114 - Summary of Findings

STRIVE 114 - Summary of Findings: From Doughnuts to Energy: Miniature Enzyme driven Biofuel Cells, December 2013

Year: 2013

The aim of this EPA funded project was to develop cost effective microfluidic platforms for enzymatic biofuel cells.

STRIVE 111 - Summary of Findings

STRIVE 111 - Summary of Findings: New approaches to renewable energy, December 2013

Year: 2013

The project has demonstrated the first step towards the development of a green approach to CO2 reduction and recycling, and delivers a technology where hydrogen can be produced from water at room temperature.

STRIVE 116 - Developing Coated Filtration Membranes for Water Purification

STRIVE 116 - Denise Rooney, Orla Power, Catherine Fox, Carmel Breslin, Bernadette Alcock Earley , December 2013

Year: 2013

This project involved a laboratory scale study into improving the properties of commercial water filtration membranes for removal of metal ions such as copper and chromium from water, forming ion selective smart membranes and the reduction of protein fouling.

STRIVE 114: From Doughnuts to Energy: Miniature Enzyme driven Biofuel Cells

STRIVE 114 - Monika Zygowska, Vladimir Ogurtsov, Eric Moore, Grégoire Herzog., December 2013

Year: 2013

The aim of this EPA funded project was to develop cost effective microfluidic platforms for enzymatic biofuel cells.

STRIVE 113 - The use of novel enzymes for the cleaner, greener production of cellulosic bioethanol

STRIVE 113 - Angela Boyce & Gary Walsh, December 2013

Year: 2013

The focus of this project was to develop an alternative greener pretreatment method, based on the use of thermoacidophilic enzymes, which aims to improve the efficiency of the pretreatment step and overcome many of the technical, economical, environmental and health & safety related disadvantages associated with current practice.

STRIVE 119 - Safer Acid Catalysts

STRIVE 119 - Nick Gathergood, December 2013

Year: 2013

This report details our progress towards the development of safer, less toxic and biodegradable chemicals called acid catalysts.

STRIVE 111 - New approaches to renewable energy

STRIVE 111 - Dr Mary Pryce, Prof. Han Vos, Jennifer Manton, Suraj Soman, Avishek Paul, Prof. Sven Rau, December 2013

Year: 2013

The project has demonstrated the first step towards the development of a green approach to CO2 reduction and recycling, and delivers a technology where hydrogen can be produced from water at room temperature.

Summary of findings: STRIVE 107 - Biodegradable Plastic from Farm-waste Plastic

Year: 2013

This summary report highlights the achievements of this project, which demonstrated the development of a technology for the conversion of post-consumer (farm) plastic into a biodegradable plastic.

Resource-efficient Ireland – Biodegradable Plastic from Farm-waste Plastic

Year: 2013

This project looks at upcycling waste plastic from Irish farms to a more valuable biodegradable form of plastic.

STRIVE 101 - Flow Technology – A green technology with a bright future

STRIVE Report 101: Kieran Nolan, Alexander Yavorskyy, Michael Oelgemöller, Oksana Shvydkiv, July 2013

Year: 2013

Currently, for every 1kg of active pharmaceutical product produced between 25 and 100kg of waste is generated. This project looks at new technologies that reduce water and energy requirements, offering cost savings and improved product yield, with less waste generated.

Joint Programme Initiative: Cultural Heritage and Global Change: A new challenge

EPA leaflet highlighting Irish involvement with European Joint Programming Initative 'Cultural Heritage and Global Change, February 2013

Year: 2013

EPA leaflet highlighting Irish involvment with European Joint Programming Initative 'Cultural Heritage and Global Change: A new challenge'

Cleaner Greener Production Programme (CGPP) Business Case Studies 2008-2012

Year: 2012

This publication highlights case studies from the EPA-supported Cleaner Greener Production programme from 2008-2012.

EPA Cleaner Greener Production Programme: Experiences, Impacts and Outcomes for Participant Organisation

CGPP Report - Dr Rachel Hilliard, Dr Suchitra Pal and Valerie Parker, February 2011

Year: 2011

CGPP report - EPA Cleaner Greener Production Programme: Experiences, Impacts and Outcomes for Participant Organisations. Authors: Dr Rachel Hilliard, Dr Suchitra Pal and Valerie Parker, Centre for Innovation & Structural Change NUI Galway.

Industrial Applications of Membrane Technology in Ireland: A Review

Final Report for the ERTDI project: 2005-ET-MS-32-M3, January 2011

Year: 2011

STRIVE Report 63 - Michael O’Dea and Noel Duffy

Recombinant DNA Approaches to Enhance the Activity of the Pathway for the Degradation of the Toxic Pollutant Styrene

in the Bioreactor Isolate Pseudomonas putida CA-3: a Biotechnologically Significant Metabolic Route Final Report for the STRIVE project:2007-FS-ET-9-M5, January 2011

Year: 2011

STRIVE Report 65 - Mark M. O'Mahony, Niall D. O’Leary and Alan D.W. Dobson

Summary of Findings - ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES:Potential for a Zero Carbon Emission Micro Fuel Cell

Summary of Findings - STRIVE Report 70, January 2011

Year: 2011

Summary of Findings - STRIVE Report 70

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES:Potential for a Zero Carbon Emission Micro Fuel Cell

Year: 2011

STRIVE Report 70 - Lorraine Nagle and James Rohan

Summary of Findings - Testing a new technology for monitoring nutrients in rivers

Summary of Findings - STRIVE Report 81, January 2011

Year: 2011

Summary of Findings - STRIVE Report 81, Katrina Macintosh, Rachel Cassidy, Phil Jordan, Joerg Arnscheidt and Valerie McCarthy

Testing a new technology for monitoring nutrients in rivers

Flow-Proportional passive sensor validation of phosphorus and nitrogen in Irish rivers (Flow-Pro) , January 2011

Year: 2011

STRIVE Report 81- Katrina Macintosh, Rachel Cassidy, Phil Jordan, Joerg Arnscheidt and Valerie McCarthy.University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Summary of Findings - The conversion of waste PET plastic to a high value added biodegradable plastic

Summary of Findings - STRIVE Report 77, January 2011

Year: 2011

Summary of Findings - STRIVE Report 77, Dr. Kevin O’ Connor, Shane T. Kenny, Jasmina Nikodinovic Runic.