Building renovation will be centre stage in Ireland’s EU presidency on 5 November – with a key retrofit event in an RIAI Sustainability Award-winning retrofit in Dublin.
Renovate Europe Day 2026 will bring both commission and ministerial voices to the Department of Climate.
The 28th International Passive House Conference brought together experts and practitioners in April to discuss the world’s leading low energy building standard. Niall Crosson, group technical director at Ecological Building Systems, summarises this year’s event, which marked the 35th anniversary of the first passive house, and the 30th anniversary of the Passive House Institute.
One of the largest non-domestic passive house retrofits yet attempted in the UK, the £100 million Firoz Lalji Global Hub for the London School of Economics (LSE), will be the subject of a dedicated technical masterclass when the UK Passivhaus Conference returns to London this November for the first time in more than a decade.
Building envelope specialists and energy systems experts will meet in Manchester in September as the AECB's annual conference tackles one of the most contested questions in low-energy construction: how fabric performance and energy supply should work together.
The UK's leading sustainable construction event is co-locating with two other shows in May.
Industry leaders will gather at University of East Anglia in September to share practical insights on creating buildings that prioritise environmental performance without compromising design quality or occupant comfort.
As global temperatures soar, an Irish organisation is bringing experts together this month for a summit on the future of sustainable construction.
Businesses involved in the supply chain for low energy building or retrofit in Ireland take note: there are a number of must see events at the Energy Show in Dublin.
The en masse global shift to high performance buildings is essential to meeting the climate challenge and improving quality of life around the world, an international conference has heard.
The week of live and online events will show how to accelerate our transition to a more sustainable and resource efficient built environment
The potential of the passive house standard to change the world isn’t restricted to tackling climate change – it’s about social justice too.
The first in-person event of the Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) since Covid, the 2022 AECB Conference, focussed on practical solutions to decarbonising buildings.
Organisations tackling the UK cost of living crisis and providing a new generation with the skills for green jobs have been recognised in this year’s international Ashden Awards.