Ireland's first passive certified office buildingEmbodied 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 ...

This article was originally published in issue 21 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €10, or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Additional words by Jeff Colley Timber frame construction has traditionally proven a popular choice for people interested in sustainable building for a variety of reasons, not least because of its ...

As John Proctor of power generation firm Intergen, the original funder of the work, explained: “My understanding is the EWI system led to dampness coming into the houses. There was nothing wrong with ...

Passive House Plus is part of the Smarter Finance for EU group, who are aiming to unlock €100 billion worth of verified green homes across Europe. We'd love your opinion on how the green home message ...

This article was originally published in issue 35 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €10, or ...

The Passive House guide to airtightnessOnce poorly understood by the mainstream building industry, airtightness is now increasingly seen as one of the most crucial objectives on any building project.

In detail Building type: A cluster of four detached, two-storey passive certified houses located in Furbo, Connemara, Co, Galway. The detached houses come in two types; however, each one has a ...

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 ...

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