Silken Park in City West has been the first private development to achieve the exacting Home Performance Index (HPI) label.
Green Small Organisation of the Year 2017
We are very honored to have picked up a win for the Green Small Organisation of the Year Category at the 2017 Green Awards and congratulate all our members who received an award on the night.
Charging for excess water consumption necessary to drive down Ireland’s carbon emissions from new homes
Friday, 2nd December: IGBC proposes solution for measuring excess water. The recent recommendation by the expert water commission to charge only for excessive water use may be a sensible approach and could be used to ensure that all new homes are water efficient according to the Irish Green Building Council. The Irish Green Building Council have […]
Dublin City Council sets new standards for excellence with its social housing
A block of apartments at Rathmines Crescent built by Dublin City Council becomes the first to achieve HPI Certification
Towards an Impactful National Renovation Strategy for Ireland
Thursday, 22nd September: The Irish Green Building Council launches 10 proposals for a better new national renovation strategy and invites feedback. Pat Barry, CEO, Irish Green Building Council presented today a set of recommendations for the next national renovation strategy to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten T.D. Each of the […]
Public Consultation: Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (2017-2019)
Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme Consultation – Consultation on the 2017-2019 Phase of Operation
Construction Workers Skills Register launched to help improve building standards for new housing
Wednesday 27th July – A Construction Workers Skills Register (CWSR) was launched today to allow construction and craft workers to register their skills and demonstrate their ongoing commitment to continual learning in their careers. The CWSR is a pilot online platform that allows construction workers to display their training history to potential employers. It also […]
Europe Regional Network – Policy Update – July 2016
1. European Commission publishes Green Public Procurement criteria for office buildings The Commission recently published the EU Green Public Procurement criteria for Office Building Design, Construction and Management. The criteria outlines how public authorities can procure green construction or renovation works in a cost-effective way, covering aspects such as design, site preparation, construction, servicing and...
World Green Building Week 2016
Schedule for World Green Building Week Ireland Healthy Buildings in Healthy Cities | 8am & 10.30am | 27 Sept We spend 90% of our time inside buildings, so how do they influence our health and wellbeing? Join Cundall’s Sustainability Partner Alan Fogarty, to discuss how health and wellbeing and sustainability go hand in hand […]
IGBC Welcome New Board Members
The IGBC is delighted to welcome six new board members. At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, 7th July, Michael Donohoe (Director, Corporate Services, Colliers International), Joseph Little (Assistant Head of School, Dublin School of Architecture, DIT), Tom McEniff (Property Manager, JLL), Brian Handcock (Head of Sustainability, John Sisk & Son), Graham Langton (PM Group) and Declan […]
Setting Example on Climate Change
16th June 2016: Senior representatives from the public and private sectors, NGOs and academia met today in Farmleigh House, Dublin, to discuss the need for deep retrofit of public buildings. Buildings have a large part to play in the abatement of greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet our Climate Change targets, as well as […]
A retrofitting revolution
Article by Sylvia Thompson – Published in the Irish Times – Sat. 4th June 2016. Making our homes more energy efficient is a good first step towards mitigating climate change. It also helps to lift vulnerable households out of energy poverty. Upgrading our homes and offices so that they use less energy is one […]
Some is not a number, and soon is not a time – Report on Greenest City Event
“Some is not a number, and soon is not a time” – Andrea Reimer, Deputy Mayor of Vancouver, speaking in Dublin 24th of May.
Cross-sector group meets to discuss the pressing need to retrofit Ireland’s homes
A cross sectoral group of organisations from government, local authorities, industry and charities met to develop an ambitious strategy to improve the quality of the Irish existing housing stock. The residential sector currently accounts for 27% of all energy usage in Ireland and emits 10.5 million tonnes of CO2 annually, making it the single largest […]
IGBC launch Ireland’s first label for Sustainable homes
The Irish Green Building Council launched a voluntary quality labeling scheme for new residential development in Dublin.
Ireland urged to create an ambitious plan for cutting emissions from buildings to meet Paris Agreement
Existing buildings currently account for approximately 30 per cent of Ireland’s total carbon emissions. Ensuring they are as energy efficient as possible will be key to help meet the Paris Agreement. Experts widely agree that despite the large number of initiatives aimed at tackling this problem, the rate and depth of renovation is insufficient to meet long-term climate targets.
Co-Creating Ireland’s National Renovation Strategy – Presentation Commercial Buildings Sector Workshop
The presentations of our first Build Upon’s workshop, focusing on large scale deep-renovation in the commercial buildings sector are now available. Build Upon: Initial Commercial Buildings Sector Workshop from Irish Green Building Council
Irish Business meets to design an ambitious renovation strategy for Ireland’s Commercial Building Stock
Tuesday 12th April: Fifty leading Irish businesses met today in Google’s European headquarters, Dublin to assist Government in decarbonising Ireland’s building stock. This represents the first major attempt following on from COP21 agreement to develop an ambitious action plan for the building sector – a sector that is responsible for up to 30% of Ireland’s […]
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