Comprised of three buildings – a traditional stone barn, a round-roofed Dutch barn, and an outlying building – the property ...

The Digital Academy for the Sustainable Built Environment (DASBE) is offering what may be the last opportunity for workers to ...

Five years ago, a fabric first trailblazer took a dose of his own medicine – and delivered a family home that combines climate action, comfort, cost-effectiveness and resilience in the face of a ...

This article was originally published in issue 50 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €15, or ...

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.

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 ...

The penny has yet to drop for many clients and designers about the risks posed by overheating in an Irish context. With the climate hotting up and building design typically uninformed by feedback on ...

Heating cost: €19-21 per month space heating cost. See 'In detail' panel for more information. You’ll travel a long way to find a more beautiful site than Radharc na Chaoláire in Furbo, Co. Galway.

While tokenistic or poorly conceived attempts at supporting the decarbonisation and greening of buildings still abound in the finance sector, there are signs of structural changes on the horizon - ...

This article was originally published in issue 47 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €15, or ...

Today, both in Ireland and the UK, we stand capable of constructing and renovating A-rated, energy-positive, and passive standard houses.

Ecological Building Systems technical specification advisor Dave Judd looks at airtightness, active moisture control and effective ventilation in passive house properties.