We are delighted to announce that Quinn Building Products has published a new EPD under our programme, EPD Ireland: Quinn Hollowcore Slabs (EPDIE 20-20). This is the first EPD for a structural precast element published under the programme. This new EPD presents the results relating to a 1m length of 1.2m wide section of Quinn […]
Covid-19 Update: IGBC to provide more webinars & online events
The Irish Green Building Council, following the advice issued by the Government and health officials on Covid-19, will be providing more content online to replace events and education we normally provide face to face. In this way we want to help you to stay safe while staying in touch with the latest developments in Green Building. We aim to […]
Presenting the new LIFE Level(s) project in Brussels
On the 19th and 20th February 2020, Brussels hosted two major events. The first is the European Regional Network Meeting themed “2020: The Year of LCA”. On the next day, the European Commission hosted a conference under the name “Reflect, Debate, Advise – Get Level(s) right”. Along with the ever needed exchange of intelligence, ideas […]
Irish Green Building Council calls on all political parties to take stronger actions for a more sustainable built environment
Wednesday, 22nd January: Ahead of the February’s general election, the Irish Green Building Council calls on all political parties to take stronger actions for a more sustainable built environment. The Irish Green Building Council which represents over 160 major construction and property related businesses launched today a list of key actions that all political parties […]
European cities commit to net zero buildings
Helsinki, Valladolid and private sector leaders respond to the climate crisis – committing to net zero carbon buildings at the BUILD UPON2 summit 4 December – Brussels Today leading European companies and cities pledged to slash carbon emissions from their buildings to net zero. Property sector leaders BuroHappold, Carbon Credentials, Deerns, Grimshaw Architects, Grosvenor Group, […]
Property developers commit to tackle upfront carbon emissions from construction
Monday, 2nd December: A group of leading developers and state bodies have committed today to reduce carbon emissions associated with their construction projects. Property developers, Hammerson, Hines and IPUT, and state procurement bodies, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Dublin City Council, have committed to reduce the upfront embodied carbon associated with their projects. Upfront embodied carbon […]
New guidelines for building renovation in the Clean Energy Package have been published
“Building renovation in the Clean Energy Package: implications at local, national and EU levels” report is now available on our website here. The aim of this briefing is to analyse some of the most important changes brought by legislation of the Clean energy package that will influence building renovation policy in the coming decades. The Clean […]
New digital library of exemplar sustainable buildings from across the world launched
19 November 2019 – Today the World Green Building Council has launched a new digital case study library showcasing examples of the world’s most cutting-edge sustainable buildings. Each case study demonstrates enhanced performance in relation to health benefits or achieve net zero operational carbon, as verified by established certification schemes, rating tools or other third-party […]
Life for LCA LCC Level(s) project has been launched
On the 28th and 29th of October 2019, a kickoff meeting took place in Madrid with a goal to launch the project Life for LCA LCC Level(s) and therefore commence the anticipated project activities. The project itself is directed towards raising the recognition of indicators for Life cycle assessment (LCA), Life cycle costing (LCC) and […]
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