Wales unveils net zero pattern book
Wales’s devolved government has moved forward with plans
to standardise sustainable, timber-based affordable homes
in the country with the publication of a new pattern book.
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Scotland to accept passive house as regs compliant
Certified passive house to be alternative means of compliance to proposed Scottish passive house equivalent.
Green homes key to climate and housing crises and rebuilding Ukraine
The Smarter Finance for EU consortium, which is aiming to unlock €100bn worth of green homes across Europe, announced the launch of a European centre of excellence to promote green home certification and investment across Europe at the Irish Green Building Council’s annual residential conference in Dublin.
Lung disease patient: Zehnder MVHR “the best thing I’ve ever had”
A Scottish lung disease patient has credited a Zehnder heat recovery
ventilation system with causing such a significant improvement in
his respiratory health that he’s been taken off a lung transplant list.
Proctor creates head of global sales for modular offsite sector
A. Proctor Group has announced the
promotion of Adam Salt to the position
of head of global sales modular offsite,
effective immediately.
Why airtightness, moisture and ventilation matter for passive house
Ecological Building Systems technical specification advisor Dave Judd looks at airtightness, active moisture control and effective ventilation in passive house properties.
Plain English book tells story of embodied carbon
Canadian green building writer and
architect Lloyd Alter has published a
book to explain the importance of embodied
carbon in simple terms.
70 per cent grants for passive house training
There may never be a better time for companies
to upskill their staff in passive house,
Enerphit and net zero construction – thanks
to new 70 per cent grants.
Pilot UK net zero carbon buildings standard launched
A pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry standard for net zero carbon-aligned buildings has been launched.
ProAir MVHR unit achieves up to 95% efficiency
Galway-based mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) manufacturer ProAir has achieved best in class energy performance levels on a new MVHR system.
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Ireland’s first 3D printed homes insulated with clay foam
Ireland’s first 3D printed housing project has been delivered in Dundalk – integrating Firetite aerated clay cavity wall insulation.
Sisk-led consortium secures £500,000 fund from Innovate UK
Sisk, in collaboration with a consortium of leading low carbon industry experts, has announced that it has been successful in securing £500,000 from Innovate UK funding as part of the Contracts for Innovation: Decarbonising concrete competition, to invest in a pioneering scalable low carbon demonstrator, marking a world first new low carbon concrete technology.
Green homes a “multi-trillion euros opportunity” – but greenwashing must end
Europe’s burgeoning green homes market is a multi-trillion euros opportunity – but lenders must be wary of facilitating greenwashing, a pan-European consortium has warned.
Study: gas cooking killing 40,000 Europeans per year
Gas cooking is killing 40,000 European people a year in Europe, a
major new study has revealed, with an average of almost two years
taken off their life in the EU and United Kingdom due to exposure to
nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emitted during gas cooking.The countries with
the highest burden were Italy, Poland, Romania, France and the UK.