Environmental Mission

• Build healthier buildings
• Reduce pollutants and chemicals
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Reduce the use of  refrigerants in buildings.

Message from our CEO

Hello Everybody,

As you are probably aware, engineers and our decisions have never been as relevant and important as we are in these current times.

Never before have our values and mission of reducing damage to the planet, whilst improving the health and comfort of buildings, been more important.

It is now time to discuss more deeply what ‘quality’ and ‘value’ mean in relation to heating, refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation systems.

As engineers and designers, we must strive to protect the planet, this is our primary objective, not money, not profit, not programme.

However, we must first acknowledge that it is impossible to build anything that does not damage the environment in some way.  That said, we must do our best to keep the damage to a minimum.  Most large companies and governments support us in this endeavour.  It is our biggest challenge, our job and it is what the public expect of us as engineers and designers.

As we all know, it takes enormous creativity and skill to design, install, operate, decommission and recycle HVAC+R systems that are the least damaging systems in the world whilst simultaneously being fast, easy to install, competitively priced and outperforming existing systems in every way.

As our communities strive for better ethics, equality, diversity and inclusiveness, it is really important that every person involved in the supply chain of HVAC+R products and systems is treated fairly.  Safe and healthy working conditions with reasonable working hours, holidays, along with social security systems, healthcare systems and pensions are very important.  Every person in the chain, from the original landowner where the minerals are mined, to the individual working the production factory, to the person recycling the system should be treated fairly.  It is with this in mind, that we can start to evaluate and compare systems and products.

Traditionally, terms like Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Life Cycle Costs (LCC) and Return on Investment (ROI) have been used to compare systems.  Now, we are starting to move away from that single project financial view and consider the global financial and environmental impact.

A new understanding of what ‘quality’ means is slowly emerging, it includes everyone in the chain, our planet, all the species and our descendants, to whom we have a fiduciary responsibility.

In particular we, as designers and contractors, can advise our governments to consider all of these responsibilities.  For example, it would be nice if public contracts included a new definition of ‘quality’ and ‘value for money’ and not just the traditional ‘Most Economically Advantageous Tender’ (MEAT).

It has been my great pleasure to serve as President of ASHRAE Ireland 2020-2021.

The number of people engaging with ASHRAE Ireland and Entropic continues to grow rapidly and more people have availed of technical support and guidance than ever before.

All are welcome to use the wide body of research, case studies and to attend all of our seminars and presentations.

It is in this way that we further our mission:

Be a model for others

Deliver longer lasting and less damaging HVAC systems (which are more ‘sustainable’ than others)

Reduce:

              Project delivery time

              Capital investment

              Operational costs

              Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions

I would like to thank our colleagues and friends in the industry, a really great team of people who give their time and expertise selflessly.

Finally, I would like to welcome new colleagues and acquaintances and look forward to working together in the future.

Michael Geraghty

Managing Director