Group of Irish house builders turn to passive house
A number of Ireland’s largest house builders
are turning to the passive house standard,
to meet the need for proven approaches to delivering
high performance sustainable buildings.
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New scheme offers up to €75,000 retrofit loans at low cost
Irish homeowners can now borrow €5,000 to
€75,000 at significantly lower interest rates to
retrofit their homes, thanks to a new €500m
government-backed scheme.
Embodied carbon & zero emission targets adopted in new EPBD
All new homes in Europe must meet binding embodied carbon reduction targets and produce zero on site emissions by 2030, due to changes led by Irish Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe.
Most polluting cements ruled out in Irish public procurement
Highly polluting cements are to be ruled out of public sector projects in Ireland from September, due to new government public procurement rules.
Buy, hold or sell
Recent analysis has suggested a slowdown in the property sector for 2024, but what impact might a drop in inflation have? Mel Reynolds runs the numbers.