Low carbon concrete blocks now available in Ireland
Low carbon concrete blocks are now widely available on the Irish market – bringing up to 50% reductions in embodied CO2 – and Passive House Plus helped make it happen.
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BER data indicates national house building growth – except for Dublin
Significantly more new homes (16.5%) were built in Ireland in the first eight months of 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 – with double digit declines in Dublin cancelled out by strong growth in the rest of the country, new analysis by Passive House Plus indicates.
New retrofit finance available in Waterford
Leading low energy retrofit contractor Encon has teamed up with Waterford Credit Union to offer low interest loans to anyone thinking undertaking of a home energy upgrade, in a bid to help develop the retrofit market in the region.
100 Irish households sought for indoor air quality study
Researchers from the School of Physics at NUI Galway are seeking to recruit 100 households to measure indoor environmental air quality within Irish homes that have been built to be highly energy efficient, by deploying remote sensors within the homes.
State-of-the-art heating test lab opens at GMIT
An international standard ‘E-Thermal’ environmental test facility designed to assist Irish SMEs in developing new sustainable heating products has formally been opened at Galway Mayo Institute of Technology.
Wicklow firm makes big noise in soundproofing
An innovative Wicklow company is embracing the circular economy by manufacturing soundproofing boards from recycled materials.
Daikin heat pumps chosen for major Dublin scheme
A luxury new development in an exclusive Dublin location will achieve nearly zero energy building (NZEB) standards with help from Daikin Altherma air-to-water heat pumps and a highly energy efficient building fabric.
Beam Vacuum & Ventilation awarded three new ISO certs
Beam Vacuum & Ventilation has announced that they have successfully achieved certification against the requirements of ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO 14001 (environmental management), and ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety), while also meeting the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) for contractors’ criteria.
Sola Energy Solutions set for 50 deep retrofits this year
A 1960s cottage in Tipperary is one of the first projects to be deep retrofitted this year by Sola Energy Solutions under Tipperary Energy Agency’s popular SuperHomes scheme, which aims to make it easy for homeowners to undertake a deep energy upgrade by managing the entire retrofit process.
Ecological brings Lime Green plasters to Ireland
Ecological Building Systems has announced a new partnership with Lime Green UK, the UK’s leading innovator in the field of lime-based plasters, renders and mortars.
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Saint-Gobain ‘Build Better’ roadshow continues
Saint-Gobain Ireland announced that its Build Better Roadshow
would travel to the Clayton Hotel in Galway on 25 June, with trips to
Waterford and Limerick following in October and November. This
follows the success of the first two Build Better Roadshows which took
place in Belfast and Cork during April and May.
SMET screed boosts heating at Cork passive house
A liquid screed installed three years ago at a passive house in
Cork City has been performing superbly, according to its
architect, enabling the A1 rated home to be heated quickly and
evenly via underfloor heating when required.
ICF makes it easier to achieve NZEB – Amvic
The inherent properties of the Amvic ICF
system make it easier for developers to
meet energy efficiency, airtightness, noise
and other regulations, according to the
company’s Pat Martin.
Work underway on ‘crowd funded’ passive house
Work is progressing on a house designed by Passive House Plus columnist Mel Reynolds that is expected to be certified to the passive house ‘plus’ standard, and which was financed by Property Bridges, Ireland’s first peer-to-peer lender for development finance.