The Digital Academy for the Sustainable Built Environment (DASBE) is offering what may be the last opportunity for workers to ...

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Forgive the 80s hip hop house reference in the headline, but the volume of the walls in this volumetric modular school building in Birr was literally pumped up – with recycled newspaper insulation.

Amvic, Ireland’s leading manufacturer of insulated concrete formwork (ICF) has published an environmental product declaration (EPD) via the Irish Green Building Council’s EPD Ireland database, for its ...

The penny has yet to drop for many clients and designers about the risks posed by overheating in an Irish context. With the climate hotting up and building design typically uninformed by feedback on ...

Heating cost: €19-21 per month space heating cost. See 'In detail' panel for more information. You’ll travel a long way to find a more beautiful site than Radharc na Chaoláire in Furbo, Co. Galway.

While tokenistic or poorly conceived attempts at supporting the decarbonisation and greening of buildings still abound in the finance sector, there are signs of structural changes on the horizon - ...

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Today, both in Ireland and the UK, we stand capable of constructing and renovating A-rated, energy-positive, and passive standard houses.

Heating cost: €12 per month space heating cost. See 'In detail' panel for more information. It’s hard to know exactly where to start with David and Maria Murray’s new home. This exemplar passive house ...

Ireland’s first 3D printed housing project has been delivered in Dundalk – integrating Firetite aerated clay cavity wall insulation.

What does it feel like to suffer the cold, mould and discomfort of a 1960s bungalow, and experience its rebirth as a passive house? The owner of one award-winning project spills the beans. Heating ...