RIBA launches enerphit guide
RIBA has published a new in-depth guide to the Enerphit Standard, the Passive House Institute’s benchmark for retrofit projects.
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Towards a better national renovation strategy
Irish Green Building Council business development manager Marion Jammet reports on work by the IGBC to help make rollout of deep retrofit a reality.
Heating emissions increase as Ireland falls short on decarbonisation
The total amount of CO2 emissions associated with heating Ireland’s homes increased by 8% in 2018, a new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has revealed.
Passive house costs falling, new study finds
New research published by the Passivhaus Trust has shown that the real-terms cost of building to the passive house standard has fallen since the previous study four years ago.
Ireland’s emissions continue to exceed carbon budget — EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency's latest figures show that Ireland exceeded its carbon emissions budget in 2018 for the third year running.
AIB launches new ‘green mortgage’ for low energy homes
The market for ‘green mortgages’ continues to grow with the announcement by AIB that it is introducing lower interest financing for energy efficient properties.
Nine out of ten PH+ UK readers have made decisions based on articles
Nine out of ten readers of Passive House Plus have made decisions on building or upgrading projects in response to articles in the magazine – and nearly eight out of ten in response to adverts – according to the results of a survey of readers of the magazine’s UK edition.
‘Bottom up’ approach can kick-start retrofit, report finds
A new report has advocated a 'bottom-up'
approach as an effective way to deliver the
deep retrofit of the UK's building stock at scale.
Norwich passive house scheme wins Stirling Prize
The Goldsmith Street development in Norwich has become both the first social housing scheme and the first passive house certified project to win the Stirling Prize, British architecture’s most prestigious award.
Bank of Ireland unveils new green loans
Bank of Ireland has unveiled a suite of green loans and interest rates to encourage home owners and businesses to be more energy efficient. The new initiatives include a green interest rate discount for borrowers buying or building energy efficient homes, and a green home improvement loan for energy efficiency retrofits. Businesses, including farmers, will also be able to access reduced interest rates for investment in energy saving improvements.
New study to examine NZEB performance
A new research project at UCD will aim to uncover key early lessons from the design and operation of nearly zero energy buildings (NZEBs) in Ireland. The NZEB standard will become mandatory in Ireland for dwellings from November.
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“Only if we are capable of dwelling, only then can we build.”
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nZEB Ireland launched at national conference
nZEB Ireland, an independent not-for-profit
organization established to fill the knowledge
gap on the EU’s nearly zero energy
building (nZEB) standard in Ireland, has
been launched.