Northern Ireland claims 2012 regs meet NZEB
NI still plans to tighten energy rules for new build
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Campaign launched to tackle whole-life environmental impact of buildings
On the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) launched a campaign to decarbonise Ireland’s built environment across its whole life cycle. The campaign is backed by Passive House Plus.
Bringing buildings into the circular economy
Embodied carbon is the next great challenge for the building sector. For the group’s latest update, Marion Jammet of the Irish Green Building Council discusses initiatives underway at both Irish and European level to further cut the carbon footprint of the built environment.
New research gives boost to recycled concrete
Results of a new five-year study of recycled concrete show that it performs as well, and in several cases even better, than conventional concrete.
NZEB’s effect on new home specs emerges
Heat pumps dominate & mechanical ventilation grows, but compliance risks emerge
Grenfell inquiry hears of damning test culture
Before it was halted until January 2021, the Grenfell Tower inquiry heard a series of damning testimonies on the culture towards fire safety within leading building material manufacturers and certification bodies in the years leading up to the fire.
Wales to introduce building regulation on overheating
The Welsh government is set to introduce a new section of building regulations to deal with mitigating overheating risk, Part S.
Net zero carbon plans back renewables over fabric
The Climate Change Committee (CCC)
envisages loft insulation and air source
heat pumps as being among the primary tools
to reduce the carbon footprint of existing buildings,
in its newly published landmark plan for
how the UK can move towards becoming a net
zero carbon nation by 2050.
John Reddy appointed as Ecocem Group Quality and Innovation Application Manager
The Ecocem Group, Europe’s premier producer of high performance, low carbon cement, have announced the appointment of John Reddy as Group Quality and Innovation Application Manager.
Small is beautiful for Ecocel
Cork-based cellulose insulation manufacturer Ecocel
continues to grow its business as the company
aims to deliver on its mission of producing sustainable,
low carbon, natural insulation for the Irish market and
beyond.
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Expert, impartial advice key to quality ventilation — AerHaus
A well-designed, well-installed ventilation system is one that your
ear will not tell you is running, but your nose will tell you when
it’s not. This is the belief of Stephen Walsh, managing director of
AerHaus Ventilation, and he says that having access to a broad range
of ventilation solutions is key to achieving this.
NIBE celebrates 20 years in Ireland
Leading Swedish heat pump maker NIBE is
celebrating its 20th anniversary in Ireland
this year, with the news that two NIBE heat
pumps that were installed in Cork at the turn
of the millennium are still in excellent working
condition.
No insulation without ventilation in Green Homes Grant scheme - TrustMark
Ventilation will be an essential requirement of insulation retrofits
under the UK government’s new £1.5 billion Green Homes Grant
voucher scheme, Passive House Plus can reveal.
Kilsaran publishes EPDs as part of green journey
Leading cement products manufacturer Kilsaran has become the latest Irish building materials company to publish Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for some of its key products.