The European commission has issued guidelines on how member states should define Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB). The guidelines published :COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2016/1318 of 29 July 2016 on guidelines for the promotion of nearly zero-energy buildings and best practices to ensure that, by 2020, all new buildings are nearly zero-energy buildings specifically set out recommendations […]
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 […]
Irish Green Building Council becomes Established member of World Green Building Council
IGBC awarded Established status within the World Green Building Council
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 […]
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.
NSAI Launch Retrofit Energy Efficiency Standard
NSAI has launched their technical guide on energy efficiency for home renovations.
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 […]
Ireland to join world’s largest collaborative retrofit project to cut emissions from buildings
Ireland has joined the world’s largest collaborative project on building renovation in a bid to tackle one of the country’s biggest climate challenges – its existing buildings. After more than a year of preparations as part of the BUILD UPON project, the Irish Green Building Council is launching a series of events across Ireland that aim […]
New energy poverty strategy to target people with acute health conditions and those in rented accommodation
Minister for Energy Alex White published A Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty on Tuesday (2nd February), which outlines new measures to improve the living standards and conditions of citizens experiencing energy poverty. The new strategy includes a €20 million pilot project to improve energy efficiency in the homes of people with acute health conditions. It […]
Retailers can improve customer experience & potentially increase profit through greener stores, WorldGBC report finds
Retailers can improve the shopping experience for their customers and potentially increase their profits by providing greener, healthier stores, according to a major report from the World Green Building Council. The report, Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Retail: The Impact of Green Buildings on People and Profit, says that although there is a surge in […]
EU unveils new green building policy objectives
The European Commission has started building the foundations of a common language around green building with the release of a major new working paper. For years the mainstream “green” building debate in Europe has centered heavily on energy, leaving voluntary green building certification to fly the flag for the wider sustainability agenda. However, in a […]