Reavey launches new airtight folding stairs
Folding attic stairs are a common addition to many homes in Ireland but, like any product that requires cutting a larger aperture in the building fabric, it has the potential to leak air like a sieve.
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Soltherm external insulation roadshow launched at major passive house site
Leading external insulation supplier Hammond Roof & Energy has launched a new technical roadshow series promoting the Soltherm external insulation system – at a live passive house construction site in Carlow.
Harmon: upsurge in demand for uncertified passive windows
More buyers are opting for cheaper windows
which meet or come close to passive house
requirements rather than fully certified ones
in a bid to keep costs down, according to
Stephen Harmon of Harmon Vinduer.
New timber framer specialises in passive & ecological building
A Galway-based timber frame construction firm established last year that specialises in passive house has committed to using 100 per cent ecological building materials and advanced technologies to keep its environmental footprint to a minimum.
Keystone: lintels key to tackling thermal bridging
Lintels may be the most important thermal
bridge to tackle in a building, a leading lintel
supplier has claimed.
Brink: MVHR system specs must not cut corners on distribution
Investing in heat recovery ventilation units without paying due attention to distribution systems may risk undermining energy performance and indoor air quality, a leading ventilation expert has warned.
Archers becomes agent for Technopor insulating aggregate
Archers of Ballina has become a licensed Irish stockist of Technopor glass foam aggregate.
Internorm reveals two new low energy window options
Austrian low energy window specialist Internorm has launched two new products: a range of timber alu-clad windows and the company’s first outward opening window, Irish Internorm distributor Ultimate Joinery has revealed.
Dublin City Council votes to make passive house standard mandatory
Dublin City Council has voted to make the passive house standard or demonstrably equivalent evidence-based approaches mandatory for all new buildings in the city, after a similar policy was enacted in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in February.
The Keystone Group launches online Psi-value calculator
The Keystone Group is the first lintel manufacturer to offer an online Psi-value calculator designed for energy assessors and architects.
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Trunk Low Energy Building launch new CLT business
Trunk Low Energy Building has announced a brand new venture, Trunk CLT, which provides a specialist structural engineering, fabrication and erection service for any client or architect who desires an inherently low energy cross laminated timber shell solution for their project
Autarco launches made-in-Europe microinverter
PV specialist Autarco has developed a microinverter which, it says, outperforms traditional inverters in terms of yield per module, flexibility, safety and reliability. It combines “ultra-reliable components with a distributed architecture that makes for a more resilient power plant”, according to Autarco sales director Lloyd Lawson
DVS install passive roof lights at University of Leicester’s Centre for Medicine
Leading passive house rooflight supplier DVS recently designed, supplied and installed two large Passive House Institute-certified glass roofs for the University of Leicester’s Centre for Medicine, the largest non-residential building built to the passive house standard in the UK.
Ecology becomes first building society to be awarded Fair Tax Mark
Passive house & sustainable building mortgage provider Ecology Building Society has become the first building society in the UK to be awarded the Fair Tax Mark.