Lung disease patient: Zehnder MVHR “the best thing I’ve ever had”
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Proctor creates head of global sales for modular offsite sector
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Why airtightness, moisture and ventilation matter for passive house
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Ecological Building Systems technical specification advisor Dave Judd looks at airtightness, active moisture control and effective ventilation in passive house properties.
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.
In September Cairn Homes lit the fuse on a passive house explosion, publishing a position paper on passive house and announcing the construction of nearly 1,800 apartments to the standard. But what’s behind the company’s bold move?
The proof in the pudding with a notionally low energy building is in the eating. Since moving into their new passive house a little under two years ago, the Murray family’s heating costs have been scarcely believable – in a home that also blitzes the embodied carbon targets in the RIAI 2030 Climate Challenge.
ProAir MVHR unit achieves up to 95% efficiency
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Galway-based mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) manufacturer ProAir has achieved best in class energy performance levels on a new MVHR system.
Ireland’s first 3D printed homes insulated with clay foam
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Ireland’s first 3D printed housing project has been delivered in Dundalk – integrating Firetite aerated clay cavity wall insulation.
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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.