Passive House Plus editor to speak at TEDx
Passive House Plus editor Jeff
Colley will be speaking at the
TEDx Tralee event on 15 October.
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Erne Campus is world’s largest passive house premium building
South West College’s new Erne Campus building in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, is the world’s largest, and the first educational building, to be certified to the passive house premium standard, the Passive House Institute has confirmed.
Cavity wall builds can meet RIBA carbon targets, new analysis suggests
A detailed analysis of the embodied carbon of six common build types has indicated that dwellings built with business-as-usual build specs of cavity wall construction and strip foundations may be able to meet the revised embodied carbon targets for dwellings in RIBA’s 2030 Climate Challenge.
New app for remote control of Nilan Compact P
Nilan has developed a new app that allows users to control their ventilation system and heat pump directly from their mobile phone. The feature now comes as standard on all of the company’s popular Compact P combined heating and ventilation systems.
Ecological seminar tackles embodied carbon ‘blind spot’
Ecological Building Systems recently hosted a series of thought-provoking presentations on the topic of going beyond NZEB and addressing the carbon blind spot of the construction industry: embodied carbon.
Ecocel on site with 56 homes in Cork
Irish cellulose insulation manufacturer Ecocel is currently on site completing the installation of its cellulose insulation to a new social housing development in County Cork.
Wicklow company makes eco-board from food packaging
The construction and demolition sector is among the top waste
producing industries in Ireland, generating close to 1.5 million
tonnes per year, excluding soil and stone.
Grant heat pumps at centre of NI energy transition project
Leading heating technology manufacturer
Grant will be supporting Ulster University
and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive
(NIHE) in their RULET – Rural-Led Energy
Transition – initiative, aimed at reducing
or eliminating the risk of low-income
households being left behind in the transition
to clean, smart, integrated energy systems.
Prodomo offer certified thermal brackets for windows and doors
Sustainable building product supplier
Prodomo Ireland is now supplying
Triotherm thermal brackets for windows
and doors to the Irish market.
Roll out CO2 sensors to slow spread of Covid-19 – NuWave Sensors
There has been growing focus in recent weeks on the use
of CO2 monitors to help slow the spread of Covid-19, after
the government announced at the end of May that it would
be supplying the devices to schools across the country.
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Exhaust air heat pumps prove ideal for social housing — Unipipe
Leading renewable heating supplier Unipipe says there has been a large increase in demand for exhaust air heat pumps for new local authority housing schemes.
Tarimatec eco decking & finishes now available in Ireland
Avantgard Agents, a leading supplier of porcelain and ceramics, is the new Irish agent for the Tarimatec range of sustainable decking, cladding and internal finishes.
Beam launch new app for easy heat recovery control
The new Beam VentSmart app for the Axco Counterflow range of MVHR units is now available. Beam said that the app has been designed to make control of its heat recovery ventilation systems as easy and straightforward as possible.
Prestige Aluclad: bespoke passive glazing can be competitive
Architects and self-builders who are designing bespoke dwellings often struggle to find bespoke glazing products that match their ideal design, but leading supplier Prestige Aluclad says consumers can find custom window and door solutions at competitive prices if they turn to specialist manufacturers.