Focus on better buildings, not better spreadsheets

Does the sustainable building industry prioritise spreadsheets over real-world performance? And what is the upshot of this? These are the questions Will Kirkman, managing director of Ecomerchant is putting to the sector.

Proctor gains ground with Scottish passive schools

A. Proctor Group’s Wraptite airtightness membrane is being specified in a number of Scottish passive schools – including an award-winning school in Perth and Kinross.Riverside Primary, Scotland’s inaugural primary school to achieve passive house certification, accommodates nearly six hundred pupils including eighty nursery-age children, and has been nominated for and secured multiple accolades for its innovative and sustainable design.

Irish ICF manufacturer attains EPD

Amvic, Ireland’s leading manufacturer of insulated concrete formwork (ICF) has published an environmental product declaration (EPD) via the Irish Green Building Council’s EPD Ireland database, for its Amvic 300 ICF block system.

Passive EcoWall cuts whole life carbon

Drawing from 25 years of experience promoting airtightness and green building materials, Ecological Building Systems has developed Passive EcoWall, a system which integrates high quality, low embodied carbon, natural materials to deliver passive house performance levels, including exceeding Ireland’s nearly zero energy building (NZEB) standards.