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Occupants of homes with solar PV arrays have an opportunity to optimise the use of self-generated energy – by participating in an SEAI funded research project.
Firetite, the world’s first aerated mineral clay insulation, has been used to help solve fire safety issues in a Dublin apartment scheme.
Friday, 01 March 2024 12:28

Ecocem appoints new UK and Ireland MD

Ecocem, Europe’s leading provider of low carbon cement technologies, has today announced the appointment of Sally Anne Sherry as managing director for its UK and Ireland business operations. In this position, Sherry will play a pivotal role in driving Ecocem’s growth and sustainability initiatives, and market presence in the UK and Ireland.

The developer of a recent housing development in Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow has installed the 6kW Grant Aerona³ R32 air source heat pump as the main heat source of a customised Grant integrated heating package across all its 61 homes.
Passive house certification for smaller scale projects just got substantially simpler – thanks to a new software tool launched by the Passive House Institute.
Magnesium oxide (MgO) boards are poised to “disrupt” the construction industry, a new white paper has claimed – meaning products like Cem-Rock from Limerickbased supplier Greenspan may be poised for widespread adoption.

A survey of 1,500 UK homeowners by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) – a cross-party think tank – has revealed government failure to make people feel confident in taking steps for the net zero transition, jeopardising its success.

Tuesday, 04 March 2025 17:13

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.

Certified passive house to be alternative means of compliance to proposed Scottish passive house equivalent.

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.

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