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Canadian green building writer and architect Lloyd Alter has published a book to explain the importance of embodied carbon in simple terms.
There may never be a better time for companies to upskill their staff in passive house, Enerphit and net zero construction – thanks to new 70 per cent grants.

A pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry standard for net zero carbon-aligned buildings has been launched.

Wednesday, 20 November 2024 16:53

ProAir MVHR unit achieves up to 95% efficiency

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 housing project has been delivered in Dundalk – integrating Firetite aerated clay cavity wall insulation.

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.

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.

Gas cooking is killing 40,000 European people a year in Europe, a major new study has revealed, with an average of almost two years taken off their life in the EU and United Kingdom due to exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emitted during gas cooking.The countries with the highest burden were Italy, Poland, Romania, France and the UK.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 16:29

Traditional homes retrofit grant pilot launched

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has launched a home energy upgrade for traditional homes pilot.

Wednesday, 20 November 2024 16:24

£30m passive scheme launched in Down

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.

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