Great success for our EPD campaign in February! 5 new companies signed our commitment: Varming Consulting Engineers, Allen & Smyth Construction, Mannings Construction Group, Barrett Mahony Consulting Engineers (BMCE) and DBFL Consulting Engineers. Joining the campaign these companies are now committed to promoting the use of EPD amongst their staff and in their specifications encouraging […]
Archives for February 2021
IGBChats #2: Circular Thinking in Construction
by Integrated Materials Solutions (IMS) Circular thinking has been gaining considerable traction over the past 10 years. Ellen McArthur’s 2015 TED talk “the surprising thing I learnt sailing solo around the world” explains the key principles that underpin the concept. She became convinced of the need for a system change from the linear model of […]
How to develop an Environmental Product Declaration: from data collection to publication
If you are here, you probably already know what is an EPD and which are its benefits but you are still confused about the whole process. EPD Ireland it’s here to help! In this post, we are going to go through all the steps of developing an Environmental Product Declaration. The process can be divided […]
Home Building Finance Ireland give homebuilders a financial incentive to address climate change using Home Performance Index Certification
Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI) have launched a new green loan product offering a discount of up to 0.5% on loans to homebuilders for developments certified with Irish Green Building Council’s Home Performance Index certification. The HBFI Green Funding Product is the first Irish green financial product fully aligned to the Paris Agreement and EU […]
IGBChats #1 – Green Finance Regulatory Change: Its Impact on the Construction Sector
By Ciaran O’Leary, Head of Sustainability at i3PT Money, money, money …… money makes the world go around. That’s an old saying, which is really applicable to the financial markets. Unfortunately for the sustainability sector, this wasn’t a saying which seemed to apply to them. But along came the ICMA and the Green Bond Principles […]
Manley Timber Frame, McCarthy Construction & Antler Properties sign our EPD Commitment
What a start of the year for EPD Campaign! 6 new companies signed our commitment in January, including Manley Timber Frame, McCarthy Construction and Antler Properties (Linders Group) last week. By publicly committing to promote the use of EPD amongst their staff and in their specifications, the companies will encourage the use of Environmental Product […]