Initial Residential Buildings Sector Workshop – Urban Areas

To book: email [email protected]

About the Process

Article 4 of the Energy Efficiency Directive requires Member States to define long-term strategies for stimulating energy efficiency of the buildings sector. The Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources is therefore tasked with publishing a National Renovation Strategy V.2 by 30^th April 2017, covering buildings in the commercial, residential and public building sectors.

The details of this strategy are critical to deliver a “fully decarbonised built environment that delivers a better quality of life for all”. How will we finance the long term investment strategy required for our building stock over the next 35 years?  How will we reach our climate targets? All these questions will be answered by Ireland’s National Renovation Strategy V.2.

In 2016, the BUILD UPON project will bring together public authorities and a critical mass of key stakeholders across Ireland, empowering them to work in partnership to design and implement the v2.0 National Renovation Strategy. The first series of workshops in the spring of 2016 are designed to allow stakeholders to explore all initiatives that could allow us to move towards our vision. In the second part of the year, workshops will aim at prioritising measures and better defining how they could be implemented in Ireland. For further information on this process, please click here.

To make a booking: please contact [email protected] directly.

About the Workshop

The aim of this workshop is to explore all measures that could be taken in Ireland to move towards large-scale deep-renovation in the RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS SECTOR (URBAN AREAS).

Running Order

09.00am   Registration & Networking

09.30am   Opening introduction by Pat Barry, Executive Director, IGBC

09.10am    Setting the Scene

09.25am    Introduction to Build Upon – Vision & Survey Results

09.40am   Participants Introduction

10.50am    Coffee Break

11.15am    Session 1: Tackling the Awareness Issue

Dr. Ruth Mourik, founder DuneWorks

01.00pm    Lunch break

02.00pm   Session 2: Making deep renovation painless

Dr Ivo J. Opstelten, Energiesprong

03.15pm    Coffee break

03.40pm    Session 3: Tackling the Tenants – Owners Dilemma

05.10pm    Concluding remarks and next steps

Workshop Rapporteur: Joe Curtin, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of International and European Affairs

Workshop Facilitator: Chris Chapman