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Green Buildings: A New Regulatory Era
Be inspired to act at Build Green Now, the Irish Green Building Council’s flagship event of 2024, where you can network and engage with national and international thought leaders.
It’s an exciting but perhaps fearful time in the building sector, as new legislation from Europe reshapes regulation, finance and supply chains towards a more sustainable built environment.
Get to grips with this rapidly changing regulatory landscape at Build Green Now, where speakers and panellists will take a deep dive into new legislation such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFRD) and the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities, all of which will shape our industry in the years ahead.
Learn how the IGBC is enabling the introduction of limit values for whole life carbon (as per the requirements of the new EPBD), how we can innovate our building regulations for faster decarbonisation, and about the future of the circular economy, and what it means for construction. Hear about exciting approaches to urban planning that tackle unstainable land use, resource consumption, and biodiversity loss, and about the latest initiatives from your Green Building Council, including the launch of a pilot taxonomy verification scheme.
Come to Build Green Now 2024 to find out what’s coming next for our rapidly changing industry, and to network with your peers and with industry leaders.
This is an RIAI CPD accredited conference offering 5 points.
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Agenda
| 08.00 | Registration and Networking | |
| 09.00 | Welcome | Pat Barry, CEO, IGBC |
| 9.10 | Some of the most exciting thinking on sustainable urbanism right now comes from France, and our keynote speaker this year is leading French urban planner and author Sylvain Grisot, who will inspire the audience with his vision for how our towns and cities can be at the heart of how we solve the climate, resource and biodiversity crises through regeneration and circular thinking. | Keynote Speaker: Sylvain Grisot, Founder, Planner and Writer, Dixit.net |
| 9.50 | Q&A | |
| 10.00 | Panel Discussion 1: A Survival Guide to the New European Policy Landscape
The EPBD, the Construction Products Regulation, the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation and the EU Taxonomy – in our first-panel session, find out what you need to know to survive and thrive in the rapidly shifting European policy landscape. |
Chair: Marion Jammet, Head of Policy & Advocacy, IGBC
Seema Issar, Manager Buildings in Use/ Sustainable Finance, German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) Celine Carré, Head of Public Affairs, Saint-Gobain Jonathan McKeown, Director of ESG, Davy Horizons |
| 10.40 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.00 | Portfolio Resilience Decarbonisation.
A decarbonisation methodology for large portfolios. |
Jonathan Monkcom, Project principal, Mott McDonald |
| 11.15 | Presentation: Measuring Whole life carbon
Measuring and limiting Whole Life Carbon (WLC) is the next regulatory frontier for greener buildings. Learn how WLC is measured, about the IGBC’s work to develop a common WLC methodology for Ireland, and about how to measure and limit WLC on real life projects. |
Stephen Barrett, Whole Life Carbon Lead, IGBC – a methodology for Ireland Patrycja Kochaniuk, Sustainability Lead, Scott Tallon Walker Architects – measurement in practice
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| 11.35 | Regulatory Sandboxes for Green Construction
Innovation to decarbonise the built environment is often slowed down by cumbersome regulation that stifles the development of low carbon building materials and systems. So how can we create a regulatory framework that enables rapid innovation? In this session, open innovation expert Dr Gertraud Leimüeller presents lessons and insights from the fintech sector. |
Dr Gertraud Leimüeller, Winnovation Austria –
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| 11.45 | Transitioning Construction to the Circular Economy
Transitioning the construction industry from its linear take-make-waste model to a circular one – where materials never become waste and are reused at their highest value – is arguably our greatest challenge. Learn from circularity expert Patrick Moloney about how global architecture and engineering consultancy Ramboll is making this leap. |
Patrick Moloney, Director, Ramboll Denmark.
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| 12.00 | Panel Discussion 2: Reconfiguring Supply Chain for Circularity and Low Carbon | Patrick Daly, Lecturer & Researcher, TU Dublin
Patrick Moloney, Director, Ramboll Victoria Hughes, Built Environment Business Partner UK and Ireland, BAM
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| 13.00 | Closing Remarks | Marie Donnelly, Chair, Climate Change Advisory Council |
| 13.10 | Lunch |
Our Speakers
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Patrick Barry is the Chief Executive Officer of the Irish Green Building Council which he co-founded in 2011. He’s currently Chair of the European Regional Network of the World Green Building Council. He is an Architect with over 20 years of experience in Ireland, Europe and South America, a Master’s in Environmental design of buildings from the University of Cardiff and is a qualified Passive House and DGNB consultant. |
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Sylvain Grisot is a (circular) urban planner and founder of dixit.net, an agency that supports territories and organizations that make the city in their redirection. Consultant, speaker, teacher and researcher, he publishes in 2024 “Redirection urbaine, sur les chantiers de l’adaptation de nos territoires”. He is also the author of “Manifeste pour un urbanisme circulaire” (Apogée 2021), and of “Réparons la ville ! » (Apogée 2022) with Christine Leconte, the president of the French national council of the order of architects. |
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Celine Carré is the Head of European Public Affairs for Saint-Gobain. Celine is in charge of designing and implementing advocacy activities in the fields of climate energy and sustainability, focusing on energy efficiency and sustainable construction and supporting local businesses in developing advocacy. Since 2017, Céline has been the President of EuroACE, the European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, where she leads the Work Group on Energy Efficiency Policy. |
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Jonathan McKeown is Davy Horizons’ Director of ESG, specialising in ESG advisory, sustainable capital markets and sustainable finance. Before joining Davy, Jonathan provided guidance on investment funds, governance for SFDR and the EU Taxonomy. Jonathan has lengthy investment banking and markets experience both in Melbourne and London. In London, Jonathan was responsible for advising on macro risk management strategies to the property sector, including REITs, property investment funds, listed housebuilders and UHNW individual property investors. |
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Seema Issar earned her Bachelor’s degree in International Economics from the University of Tübingen and completed her Master’s degree in Global Sustainable Cities in Glasgow. Since 2018, she has been working at DGNB, where she serves as the team lead for the certification system Buildings In Use and Sustainable Finance. During this time, she has been involved in the development of the DGNB System for Building In Use and the study on the market applicability of EU Taxonomy requirements for buildings. In 2022, she led the pan-European study on the market feasibility of the Circular Economy Taxonomy and collaborated with the DGNB Academy to develop the “DGNB ESG-Manager” training program, aimed at making the topic of ESG and sustainability applicable to building operations. Most recently she was involved in developing the standard DIN SPEC 91475 for data points required in the environmental analysis for real estate. |
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Jonathan Monkcom is a Chartered Engineer with over 15 years in construction; delivering a cross-sector portfolio including Cultural buildings, Master-planning, Acute Health, Residential, Transport, Higher Education and Urban regeneration.
His passion lies in passive approaches to reduce energy usage and connected thinking enhancing the viability and cohesiveness of our future built environment.
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Patrycja Kochaniuk is the Sustainability Lead at Scott Tallon Walker Architects, where she drives the integration of sustainable practices and design approaches across all projects and with all stakeholders, reinforcing the practice’s philosophy. A registered architect with a passion for sustainability, Patrycja has a master’s degree in Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies from the Centre of Alternative Technology and experience in Passive House design. Patrycja’s skills include the Whole Life Carbon Assessment, and she actively participates in initiatives like the IGBC’s Indicate Project. She is also a LEED AP and BREEAM Associate and is currently in the process of becoming an HPI Assessor. |
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Stephen Barrett is an experienced and adaptable professional with years of experience in data analysis and presentation, budgeting and forecasting and stakeholder relationship management. His recent MSc. thesis (distinction) focused on whole life carbon (WLC) in built assets and what can be done in the near term and at scale to reduce it. This has led directly to working as the WLC Lead at the Irish Green Building Council on a project to design a methodology for WLC assessment of building designs that can be implemented at a national scale. |
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Gertraud Leimüller is the founder and CEO of Winnovation, one of the first open innovation management consultancies in Europe. As a leading open innovation expert, she has been successfully transforming organizations for more than 15 years. Gertraud has been working with leading companies across sectors such as Philips, Fujitsu, Voestalpine and Schindler Escalators. Furthermore, she is passionate about developing completely new solutions in the public sector. As an alumnus of Harvard University, she has strong networks around the globe. Gertraud serves as an evaluator in national and European innovation programs and shares her knowledge as a book author, columnist for a daily newspaper, and university lecturer. In 2018 Gertraud was appointed member of the Board of Trustees (Stiftungsrat) at Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg. |
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Patrick Moloney is the Director at Ramboll Management Consulting. He has 25 years of experience within the fields of energy, environment and, subsequently, sustainability & ESG. |
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Victoria Hughes is an experienced leader with a demonstrable history of working in the built environment over the past 20 years. She is responsible for leading the Environmental Sustainability team across the UK and Ireland, is part of the senior leadership team and brings a wealth of experience from her previous positions as a board member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS). A skilled communicator, she leads BAM’s strategic partnerships with the UKGBC and the SCSS ensuring the industry has a voice in accelerating the change towards delivering on sustainability objectives and leverages relationships within the value chain to deliver successful outcomes. A strong professional, Victoria is a chartered Environmentalist, and a full member of IEMA and CIWM, holds an LLM in Environmental Law and Management and supports a range of industry awards and events. |
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Patrick Daly is currently the Principal Investigator on DRIVE 0 Horizon 2020 Project-MaREI. Patrick has over 25 years of experience in the Design and Realisation of a diverse range of buildings in Ireland and the UK as Architectural Technologist & Architectural Project Manager. He has participated in numerous consultancy projects in low-energy building design and refurbishment, passive haus, net zero energy, social housing refurbishment, building regulation compliance- Part L, facade design and thermal performance. Patrick has also been part of EU projects such as CONCERTO – HOLISTIC – Dundalk 2020, STRIVE – EPA – Hemp-Lime Bio-composite, IEE BIOREGIONS, and FP7 ROKWOOD |
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Marie Donnelly is the Chairperson of the Climate Change Advisory Council. She spent thirty years with the European Commission, ultimately as Director for Renewables, Energy Efficiency and Innovation, and was a leading advocate of future-oriented policies and strategies: providing a fair deal for consumers; putting energy efficiency first, and achieving global leadership in renewable energies.
Marie is a member of the Governance Committee of MaREI, and an Advisory board member of UCD Energy Institute as well as a Senior Advisor in Brussels to Penta, a global Communications Agency.
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Sponsors
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Gyproc is the market leader in plaster, plasterboard and drylining systems in Ireland; manufacturing in Ireland since 1936. Over the years, Gyproc has become a major authority in Irish construction providing innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions that meet the demands of the local construction industry.
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Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Saint-Gobain in Ireland consists of Gyproc and Isover.
ISOVER has a long and proud history of supplying market-leading insulation solutions in Ireland for over 40 years. ISOVER seeks to develop and supply complete insulation solutions to guarantee the thermal and acoustic comfort of Irish homes and businesses. We provide an unrivalled service to the many thousands of specifiers, contractors and off-site manufacturers throughout Ireland.
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One Click LCA is decarbonising construction and manufacturing with world-leading, easy-to-use, and automated life-cycle assessment (LCA) to calculate and reduce the environmental impacts of building, infrastructure, and renovation projects — as well as construction and other manufactured products. |
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Soprema Ireland, a subsidiary of Soprema Group, is a global manufacturer and supplier of waterproofing and insulation systems for the complete building envelope. Soprema’s relentless pursuit of technological advancement, sustainability, high-quality systems and bespoke solutions are the perfect choice for even the most challenging designs or builds. With production facilities in over 100 locations worldwide, the company continues to grow while maintaining a strong commitment to the environment. www.soprema.ie.
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Unilin Insulation, FKA Xtratherm, is one of the largest Irish manufacturers and suppliers of insulation. The company has a 30-plus-year history of working in partnership with Irish construction professionals to close the gap between design and as-built performance. Higher standards of fabric performance required in NZEB and Passive call for greater adherence to best practice detailing. To help achieve this and to ‘close the gap’ between design and build, they provide resources and support to the industry. www.unilininsulation.ie |
Exhibitors
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Acutrace EMS is a cloud-based Energy Measurement and Sustainability Platform designed to provide Businesses and Organisations with reliable and accurate data on energy consumption. The Acutrace Platform displays the measurement of all Utilities and the Built Environment. It is hardware agnostic and can interface with any Building Management System or any existing Energy Meters. All Data is accessible 24/7 from any web-enabled device ensuring users have up to date data on all energy and sustainability costs. |
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Autex Acoustics is an acoustic manufacturer that offers intelligent, sustainable and carbon-neutral solutions. These panels integrate easily into different architectural contexts whilst also contributing to greater well-being and performance in building environments.
Led by Country Manager Ciara McWilliams, Autex supports everything from manufacturing to consultancy services. They support everyone from the Architects, Designers, Subcontractors and Main contractors from the initial design concept to completion. |
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Blowerproof is a family owned Irish company, based in Rathnew Co Wicklow, started in 2019. Blowerproof Ireland are the Irish distributors for Hevadex BVBA Belgium, who are the leading manufacturers of a range of liquid applied water based airtightness and vapour control products. Blowerproof liquid is the ONLY airtight liquid certified by NSAI as an airtight, vapour control and Radon barrier. Blowerproof is : Airtight, Vapour Control, Radon Barrier, EPD Certified, Passive House Certified, BBA Certified, IGBC registered and Spray or roll applied. |
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Cosentino Group is a global Spanish family-owned company that produces and distributes high-value innovative and sustainable surfaces for the world of design and architecture. It works alongside its clients and partners to provide solutions that offer design possibilities, and value, and inspire people’s life. Carrying out all actions through our responsible and transparent ESG criteria.
Consentino Group are able to achieve this through their pioneering and leading brands in their respective segments such as Silestone®, Dekton® or Sensa by Cosentino®. Eco-friendly and technologically advanced surfaces that allow the creation of unique environments and designs for the home and public spaces.
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The ethos at Ecological Building Systems is to achieve ‘Better Building’ by adopting a ‘Fabric First’ approach to design, with the use of more natural materials to optimise building performance and durability. We research, stock, and supply high-performance sustainable products with unrivalled technical support. Although we are not installers, we offer comprehensive training on all the products we supply.
Ecological Building Systems was set up in Athboy, County Meath, Ireland in 2000, the UK division was established in 2007 and is based near Carlisle in Cumbria. Ecological’s parent company is MacCann & Byrne, a family-owned company steeped in history having been established on the same premises in Athboy since 1906.
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Over the last 29 years, IES has built a solid reputation as the leading global innovator in integrated performance-based analysis for the built environment.
Our technology and consulting services enable the design and operation of net-zero, healthy buildings. Whether working on a new build or renovation project, it allows designers to test different options, identify the best passive solutions, compare low-carbon & renewable technologies, draw conclusions on energy use, CO2 emissions, occupant comfort, and much more. Through their unique software capability and expert consultancy, IES helps to support energy and resource-efficient, healthy and cost-effective built environments across their lifecycle.
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Symphony Energy is an award-winning climate tech company at the forefront of the Zero Carbon Transition. They specialise in HVAC energy performance optimisation for the commercial built environment.
Symphony’s technology is redefining the limits of energy performance in commercial buildings, helping their clients to achieve their Paris Proof targets decades ahead of schedule. Headquartered in Ireland, they currently operate in the EU, UK and US markets.
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Unilin Insulation, FKA Xtratherm, is one of the largest Irish manufacturers and suppliers of insulation. The company has a 30-plus-year history of working in partnership with Irish construction professionals to close the gap between design and as-built performance. Higher standards of fabric performance required in NZEB and Passive call for greater adherence to best practice detailing. To help achieve this and to ‘close the gap’ between design and build, they provide resources and support to the industry. |
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