Lidan win National Enterprise Award
Modular timber frame manufacturer Lidan Designs has won the Future Focus Award at the 2021 National Enterprise Awards.
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Women in engineering group launched
Engineers Ireland has announced the launch of a new Women in Engineering group.
#BuildingLife: Addressing the environmental impacts of buildings across their life cycle
In the first of our new #BuildingLife ambassador spotlight series, Passive House Plus is profiling leaders who have endorsed the Irish Green Building Council’s call to address the environmental impacts of buildings across their life cycle, starting with Francis-Noel Duffy TD for Dublin South West and Green Party’s spokesperson on housing.
Green loan rate for new HPI-certified housing
Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI) has launched a new green loan product offering a discount of up to 0.5 per cent on loans to home builders for developments certified with the Irish Green Building Council's Home Performance Index.
Government announces €45m for social housing retrofit
The government has announced a new €45 million programme of investment
in the retrofifit of local authority housing. This includes an initial
investment of €35m for the retrofitting of 1,293 homes, plus an additional
€10m to be allocated to local authorities who demonstrate an ability to
complete additional works this year.
TU Dublin launches timber technology degree
Technological University Dublin has announced the launch of a new four-year degree programme in sustainable timber technology.
Grant launches online learning academy
Heating technology manufacturer Grant has launched its new eLearning Academy for those working in the plumbing and heating, architectural and construction sectors in Ireland.
Recycled aggregate cuts carbon emissions by 95 per cent, EPD shows
Integrated Materials Solutions (IMS) has published the first environmental product declaration (EPD) in Ireland for an aggregate product, for its Greenstone recycled aggregate, the first construction product of its type in Ireland. The EPD shows that Greenstone has a carbon footprint of just 5 per cent that of virgin aggregate.
A Proctor Group call for consideration of moisture balance issues
A Proctor Group (APG) have stressed
the importance of taking account of
the HAMM (heat, air, moisture movement)
principles when designing buildings, taking
account of the effect of insulation type and
placement along with the vapour permeability
of the various layers.
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Steico set for major expansion with new factory
Leading wood fibre insulation manufacturer Steico has announced plans to build a new factory with three production lines at its recently acquired site in Gromadka, Poland.
Good design key to heating & cooling via MVHR – CVC Direct
A big part of a comfortable household is having good indoor air quality and a
comfortable air temperature. Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR)
is an efficient way of providing the necessary ventilation with little heat loss.
Partel’s Izoperm Plus achieves passive house ‘A’ cert
Partel’s Izoperm Plus airtightness system has achieved phA certification
from the Passive House Institute, the highest level of component
certification, following recent testing.
Superb airtightness result for Manchester ICF house
A new passive house in Manchester, built by Passive Building Structures, has achieved an airtightness test result of 0.31 air changes per hour at 50 Pascals on its final blower door test, easily beating the passive house airtightness standard of 0.6.