Buildings need better overheating models to guarantee future comfort
Written by News Desk
Building designers need to undertake much deeper analyses of overheating risks, and do so under future climate change scenarios, in order to ensure their buildings can adapt and remain comfortable for occupants in a warming world.
ISH, the world’s leading trade fair focused on building services, energy, and water, returns to Messe Frankfurt from 11 to 15 March 2019.
The Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun picked up the Buildings Award at the 2018 SEAI Sustainable Energy Awards, which were held at the Mansion House, Dublin, on 25 October. The awards recognise excellence in energy management in business, communities and public sector organisations.
New Europe-wide boost for energy efficient mortgages
Written by Lenny Antonelli
Energy efficient properties less likely to default, research finds
Heat pumps & mechanical ventilation start to dominate new homes market
Written by News Desk
Heat pumps were likely the dominant heating system in new Irish homes in 2017, and mechanical ventilation was on course to overtake natural ventilation in new homes in 2018, an analysis by Passive House Plus has revealed.
Irish building industry foresees imminent green shift
Written by News Desk
Fifty-four percent of Irish organisations participating in the World Green Building Trends 2018 SmartMarket Report expect their projects to be green by 2021 — well above the global average of 47%. “The number of green buildings has increased significantly in Ireland over the last five years,” said Pat Barry, CEO of the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC).
New authority to oversee safety in high rise apartment blocks
Written by Kate de Selincourt
It is being suggested that the creation of a Joint Competent Authority – as called for by Dame Judith Hackitt in her review of the building regulatory system, after the Grenfell tragedy – is due to be announced by the UK Ministry of Housing very soon. And a new industry initiative is calling for Dame Judith’s recommendations to be implemented in full.
Old Holloway Cottage, the 100 square metre timber-and-straw cottage in rural Herefordshire that was designed by its homeowner, architect Juraj Micurcik, picked up the small project award at this year’s UK Passivhaus Awards, which were presented at the end of October.
UK buildings regulations set for major overhaul
Written by Kate de Selincourt
“Only if we are capable of dwelling, only then can we build.”
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New property finance platform offers chance to invest in Dublin passive house
Written by Lenny Antonelli
Property Bridges, a new “peer to peer” property investment company that aims to connect small-scale investors and local developers, has announced the launch of its first investment opportunity — a passive house project in Dublin.
Performance gap much smaller for passive homes, research finds
Written by Kate de Selincourt
Study: extreme overheating not reflected in building simulations
Written by Jeff Colley
Dangerous overheating in buildings may not be showing up in desktop studies, new research suggests.
19 major cities commit to zero carbon buildings
Written by News Desk
London has joined 18 other cities around the world, including Paris, New York and Tokyo, in a landmark commitment to make all new buildings “zero carbon” by 2030. Regulations and planning policy will also target existing buildings to make them net-zero carbon by 2050.