Opinion

Landowners & Cement Producers Gain, Homebuyers & Taxpayers Suffer. By Richard Douthwaite

Brian Dowd, ESB’s products and services manager, talks about the company’s new energy strategy and the launch of the next phase of their Halo programme.

Archie O’Donnell, projects coordinator for Éasca and the Irish Passive House Association

Eamon Ryan, former Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (2007-2011)

Ramon Arratia, sustainability director for InterfaceFLOR in Europe, Middle East, Africa & India

If you’re not assessing the environmental performance of your suppliers and their products, it’s rapidly becoming a case of “caveat emptor”. Many of the world’s biggest companies are now buying green, and the Irish government is about to follow suit. Ignore the issue and you put your company at a competitive disadvantage, argues Brian O’Kennedy, managing director of Clearstream Solutions

When the two worlds of heritage and development collide opinions frequently become polarised and fraught with difficulty. There are few more vexed issues, as Tim Carey, Heritage Officer with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council reveals

In an increasingly risky property market Richard Douthwaite looks at what developers can do to protect their investment.