Apologies - we had major wi-fi problems this morning when attempting to live blog from the Rebuilding Ireland conference at Plan Expo. Rebuilding Ireland is examining ways to create a sustainable construction sector in Ireland. Wi fi is back now - blog posts on this morning's speeches by Eamon Ryan, Construct Ireland editor Jeff Colley, Dept of Environment chief architect Martin Colreavy and Forfas's Declan Hughes will appear online later today. Live blogging of speeches by Jay Stuart on "repositioning Ireland as a green construction sector", and by architect Elizabeth Francis, will appear here over the next hour and a half.
9.26am: Government aims to introduce pay-as-you-save type scheme next year
9.25am: Ryan says bureaucracy associated with government energy grant programmes has been drastically reduced through web-based applications so far
9.23am: About 30,000 applications so far for Home Energy Saving Scheme
9.20am: Ryan says he's energy-upgraded his own house recently and that he now realises the value of undertaking insulation measures.
