In the #BuildingLife Ambassador Spotlight Series, Passive House Plus is profiling leaders who have endorsed the Irish Green Building Council’s call to address the environmental impacts of buildings across their lifecycle.
High performance buildings essential for climate and quality of life
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The en masse global shift to high performance buildings is essential to meeting the climate challenge and improving quality of life around the world, an international conference has heard.
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.
Scotland to accept passive house as regs compliant
Written by News DeskCertified passive house to be alternative means of compliance to proposed Scottish passive house equivalent.
Plain English book tells story of embodied carbon
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Pilot UK net zero carbon buildings standard launched
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A pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry standard for net zero carbon-aligned buildings has been launched.
Sisk-led consortium secures £500,000 fund from Innovate UK
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Sisk, in collaboration with a consortium of leading low carbon industry experts, has announced that it has been successful in securing £500,000 from Innovate UK funding as part of the Contracts for Innovation: Decarbonising concrete competition, to invest in a pioneering scalable low carbon demonstrator, marking a world first new low carbon concrete technology.
Green homes a “multi-trillion euros opportunity” – but greenwashing must end
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Europe’s burgeoning green homes market is a multi-trillion euros opportunity – but lenders must be wary of facilitating greenwashing, a pan-European consortium has warned.
Study: gas cooking killing 40,000 Europeans per year
Written by News DeskTraditional homes retrofit grant pilot launched
Written by News DeskThe Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has launched a home energy upgrade for traditional homes pilot.
Multi-award winning Belfast-based property developer, Fraser Millar, has launched Northern Ireland’s second large-scale residential passive house development – a 74-unit scheme of detached and semi-detached homes at a total project value of £30m.
80% subsidy for range of sustainable micro-credential courses
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Irish construction professionals seeking to upskill in sustainability can avail of 80% grants – through short courses on a wide range of subjects linked to energy efficiency, the circular economy and digital skills for sustainable building.