Patrick Daly highlights that the energy
refurbishment of our existing housing stock must become a
priority. Daly has undertaken a retrospective
DEAP case study assessment of an example house and its BER ratings, with staggering results.
For the first time in several years, 2007 will see a budget deficit in Ireland so the question must be asked: where does this leave state aid for sustainable building? Construct Ireland’s Jeff Colley and Jason Walsh propose a new approach to improving the energy efficiency of existing homes that might even fix a few of the difficulties seen in the last eighteen months