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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Click here for project specs and suppliers Building type: Retrofit and extension to 188 m2 bungalow Method: Bone-deep retrofit - floors dug out, chimney removed, roof replaced. Warm roof, external ...

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.

The Passive House Institute’s announcement of new classes of passive house certification – including renewable energy generation – at this year’s International Passive House Conference caused ...

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