Munster Joinery publishes first Irish window EPD
Munster Joinery has published the first environmental product declaration (EPD) for a window under the Irish EPD system.
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Ecocem gets €22m investment from Bill Gates's climate fund
Irish low carbon cement company Ecocem has announced €22.5 million in equity investment from Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Breakthrough Energy Ventures-Europe (BEV-E), venture capital funds that are part Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy coalition, which seeks to accelerate the global drive towards net zero carbon emissions.
Daikin streamer technology inactivates 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2
New research has confirmed the effectiveness of Daikin’s patented streamer technology, which successfully inactivated more than 99.9 per cent of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, after irradiating the virus for three hours.
WWETB's popular NZEB courses move online
The Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (WWETB), one the country’s leading providers of practical construction training for nearly zero energy building (NZEB), has moved most of its NZEB training courses online to facilitate critical upskilling during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Be aware of your retrofit obligations – BERcerts.ie
Leading energy consultancy BERcerts.ie has advised homeowners considering renovation projects to be aware of their potential obligations under Part L of the building regulations. The regulations set mandatory energy performance targets for dwellings undergoing “major renovation”.
Waterford Stanley aiming to be big force in heat pump market
Establishing Waterford Stanley as one of the most recognised and popular heat pump brands on the Irish market is the goal of the company’s new business development manager, Donal Reilly.
Save energy by using Aircrete for the whole inner leaf - Mannok
Mannok’s Aircrete blocks are often specified at the wall-to-floor junction to tackle thermal bridging, but specifying them for the entire inner leaf of a cavity wall can yield significant energy savings and an improvement in comfort, according to the company.
Forbo launches new glue-free flooring
Sustainable flooring manufacturer Forbo has
launched a new line-up of high traffic acoustic
vinyl flooring that includes a new glue free flooring
range.
Lidan win National Enterprise Award
Modular timber frame manufacturer Lidan Designs has won the Future Focus Award at the 2021 National Enterprise Awards.
Recycled aggregate cuts carbon emissions by 95 per cent, EPD shows
Integrated Materials Solutions (IMS) has published the first environmental product declaration (EPD) in Ireland for an aggregate product, for its Greenstone recycled aggregate, the first construction product of its type in Ireland. The EPD shows that Greenstone has a carbon footprint of just 5 per cent that of virgin aggregate.
A Proctor Group call for consideration of moisture balance issues
A Proctor Group (APG) have stressed
the importance of taking account of
the HAMM (heat, air, moisture movement)
principles when designing buildings, taking
account of the effect of insulation type and
placement along with the vapour permeability
of the various layers.
Steico set for major expansion with new factory
Leading wood fibre insulation manufacturer Steico has announced plans to build a new factory with three production lines at its recently acquired site in Gromadka, Poland.
Good design key to heating & cooling via MVHR – CVC Direct
A big part of a comfortable household is having good indoor air quality and a
comfortable air temperature. Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR)
is an efficient way of providing the necessary ventilation with little heat loss.
Partel’s Izoperm Plus achieves passive house ‘A’ cert
Partel’s Izoperm Plus airtightness system has achieved phA certification
from the Passive House Institute, the highest level of component
certification, following recent testing.
Superb airtightness result for Manchester ICF house
A new passive house in Manchester, built by Passive Building Structures, has achieved an airtightness test result of 0.31 air changes per hour at 50 Pascals on its final blower door test, easily beating the passive house airtightness standard of 0.6.
Aereco awarded Agrément cert for demand controlled ventilation
Aereco has become the first company to receive an NSAI Agrément
certificate for ventilation, while also achieving a new ISO 9001 quality
management standard for its Irish subsidiary.
Calsitherm boards to be rebranded ‘Red Board’
Calsitherm and Redstone, two of the largest
providers of calcium silicate based interior insulation
and mould prevention products, have joined
forces, with the Paderborn-based family business
Calsitherm taking a majority stake in Bremen-based
Redstone.
New embodied carbon rules for large London projects
Building life cycle assessment (LCA) experts Bionova have advised
architects, developers and contractors to be aware of their LCA
obligations under the Greater London Authority’s new London Plan,
which came into effect on 2 March. The London Plan is the spatial
development strategy for the Greater London Authority (GLA).
Viessmann launch ventilation system to tackle covid in schools
Viessmann has launched a new ventilation solution
to combat the spread of Covid-19 in schools. The
company’s new hybrid ventilation unit, the Vitovent 200-P,
provides closed rooms with constant air circulation of filtered
air.