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.
Passivhaus Awards open for entries
The 2020 UK Passivhaus
Awards are now open for
entries. The awards will celebrate
the best certified passive house
projects from across the UK.
Daikin launches Altherma 3 high-temp heat pump
Daikin has announced the
launch of the latest addition
to its leading Altherma range of air
source heat pumps: the ‘best-inclass’
Daikin Altherma 3 H HT. The
company said that consumers will
appreciate the unit’s high performance,
low sound level and unique
design.
Partel launches recycled PET structural thermal break
Leading sustainable building product supplier Partel has a launched a new 100% recycled thermal break product. ALMA THERM is a hi-performance panel for structural insulation, and meets the highest technical and ecological standard for reducing thermal bridges, according to the company.
Don’t see MVHR as a heating or cooling system — CVC Direct
The idea that mechanical ventilation
with heat recovery (MVHR)
systems are designed to provide
heating or cooling remains a common
misconception about the technology,
according to leading supplier CVC
Direct.
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 Plus free to read due to Covid-19 crisis
To ensure anyone who wants to read Passive House Plus can do so easily during this challenging and disrupted time, we’re making the new issue of the magazine completely free to read, both digitally and in print. This edition is essential reading for anyone interested in how to design and spec out low energy, sustainable buildings.
Passive Purple used to seal Beattie Passive Enerphit
The innovative Passive Purple airtightness paint from Intelligent Membranes has been used to form an external airtight layer on an Enerphit project in Norfolk. The BEIS-funded deep retrofit to a block of six flats for Great Yarmouth Borough Council is being delivered by passive house specialists Beattie Passive.
Lamilux lights up new passive business centre
An impressive assembly of passive-certified skylights is helping to ensure that the occupants of a unique new eco business centre in Oxfordshire can work in an indoor environment full of natural light.
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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.
SuperHomes Ireland seeks deep retrofit grant applicants
Applications are now open for 2020 for SuperHomes, the ‘one-stop shop’ scheme for home retrofit projects.
Minister: NZEB co-benefits go far beyond climate action
The health, comfort and monetary benefits of building to the nearly zero energy building (NZEB) standard offers an opportunity to help convince Irish people of the benefits of climate action, housing minister Eoghan Murphy has said.
Sola open new NZEB showroom
Leading Tipperary-based low energy retrofit contract Sola Energy Solutions have opened a new NZEB showroom designed to showcase the full suite of low energy retrofit & new build options offered by the company.