Climate change is an increasingly complex issue in modern society. To tackle this problem, European Union building energy directives and climate actions have established the need for long-term solutions regarding resource efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reduction. However, there is still a long way to go, write Raquel de Castro Rodrigues Lima, Edelle Doherty, Dmitry Brychkov, Gary Goggins, Louise Hannon, Marcus Keane, and Eoghan Clifford.

Deploying artificial intelligence successfully in Europe requires an integrated landscape for its adoption, and its development based on Europe’s unique characteristics, write Edward Curry of NUI Galway and Barry O’Sullivan of University College Cork.

As engineering academics work through this challenging year resulting from the continuing worldwide novel coronavirus pandemic, the Engineers Ireland Academic Society hosted its second webinar on October 28, 2020 on the topic 'Remote assessment: Creating, correcting and preventing collusion'.

Institute of Technology Sligo moved quickly from being a typical campus-based college to being a global innovator in online learning without being particularly aware of it, writes Brian Mulligan. 

As engineering lecturers prepare for the new year in third level, Engineers Ireland's Academic Society hosted a free webinar recently on the topic of Remote and virtual laboratories – equipping students for hands off learning.

Maintaining the quality of water is a global challenge in this era of rapid industrialisation and urban growth, writes Yan Yang, RPS Group, and Xinmin Zhan, Ryan Institute/MaREI, NUI Galway.