A disastrous failed external insulation contract run under a government energy saving scheme has affected up to 390 homes in Preston with water penetration, mould and damp. This article was originally ...

Architect Mel Reynolds's stunning new passive mews in South Dublin is featured in the new issue of Passive House Plus magazine. You can view a technically detailed virtual tour of the property ...

Embodied carbon. A cradle-to-grave embodied carbon calculation was done by Ciaran Flanagan of MosArt using One Click LCA. The scope included all the big ticket items within the building itself - the ...

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 ...

In detail. Building type: 138 m2 1969 bungalow retrofitted and extended to 188 m2. Site & location: Ballinode Village, north county Monaghan. Completion date: April 2023 ...

Energy bills: €79.50/month total energy costs including standing charges and VAT. See ‘in detail’ for more. It’s sometimes thought that using traditional construction methods and largely standard ...

Radon at Preston Springs. Preston Springs is a new passive house in Yorkshire designed by architect Mark Siddall. The ‘Radon in Homes in England’ 2016 data report defined the average radon ...

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 ...

Once poorly understood by the mainstream building industry, airtightness is now increasingly seen as one of the most crucial objectives on any building project. Not only is it vital for energy ...

Heat recovery ventilation is an invaluable way to maintain indoor air quality in low energy buildings and minimise the loss of precious heat, but there are several issues to address to ensure optimal ...

The evaluation of a building’s energy demand typically takes into account its consumption of non-renewable primary energy, such as electricity generated by coal, gas or oil-fired power plants.This ...

While understanding wall and roof insulation is relatively straightforward, insulation under the ground floor can be a bit of a mystery by comparison. Not only is it buried in the ground, but there ...