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Archives for May 2018

Re-Source 2018 – Environmental Product Declarations and ‘Cradle to Cradle’ design

31st May 2018 by admin

Curious about the circular economy and its role in the future of Sustainable construction? How about Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)? Well good news the Irish Green Building council has a new conference on the 21st June.

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: re-source 2018, epd, circular economy

New Housing Development in Dún Laoghaire Town achieves exacting Home Performance Index Silver Certification

31st May 2018 by admin

The Irish Green Building Council awarded the exacting Home Performance Index silver certification to a multi-unit social housing development in Dún Laoghaire.

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: Energy Efficiency, Home Performance Index, Residential, Sisk, Quality

European Policy Update April 2018

21st May 2018 by alice_igbc

European Commission to Produce a Long-Term Climate Strategy On 23 March, EU Ministers instructed the European Commission to produce a long-term climate strategy “by the first quarter of 2019”. The recommendation was contained in the EU summit conclusions and calls on the Commission to ”present a proposal for a Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas […]

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CALL TO ACTION for cultural and climate sensible buildings!

21st May 2018 by admin

The Building Sense Now initiative was launched in late 2017 in Frankfort. As part of this initiative on climate and cultural sensible design, the initiators would like to hear your views by end of July.

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: Policy, Green Buidling

Will we keep in contact?

15th May 2018 by admin

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on the 25th of May 2018. We would very much appreciate it if you could take a moment to click on the link below and opt in and agree to remain on our contacts database and receive updates.

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: GDPR

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2018 Recast adopted

15th May 2018 by admin

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2018 Recast adopted

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: Policy, Build Upon, Renovation, Retrofit, Energy Renovation

A summary of the #GreenRoom2018

15th May 2018 by admin

The Green Room was back for 2018 with a great turn out on the day. Over 150 building representatives from throughout the industry gathered in Dublin on 2nd May 2018 to learn more about the latest trends nationally and internationally on sustainable non-residential buildings.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Commercial Buildings, NZEB, Event, GreenRoom

Doing Right by Planet and People: The Business Case for Health and Wellbeing in Green Building

11th May 2018 by admin

“Doing Right by Planet and People: The Business Case for Health and Wellbeing in Green Building” new report published.

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: Health and Wellbeing, Well, Green Buildings

Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle to speak at Re-Source 2018

8th May 2018 by admin

Construction and demolition waste is one of the largest contributing waste sources in Ireland. Green building certification schemes such as LEED and HPI, and the fast growing focus on the circular economy (1) in Europe, have already begun to have an impact on the way we design and build. In this context, the IGBC is delighted to […]

Filed Under: latest news, news

Top trends driving investments in sustainable commercial buildings discussed at the Green Room Conference

2nd May 2018 by admin

The top trends driving investments in sustainable commercial buildings were discussed today (2.05) at the Irish Green Building Council’s Green Room Conference.

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: Commercial Buildings, Event, Green Room


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