Engineers Ireland, in partnership with the Irish Green Building Council present this fundamentals course. Construction and the built environment are directly responsible for 37% of Ireland’s emissions, equal to agriculture. This course covers core sustainability concepts relevant to the built environment, such as operational and embodied carbon in buildings, energy efficiency, resource use, circularity, nature, and climate adaptation. It aims to connect engineers to the main concepts in green building.
To book a place
To book your place, you can do this through the Engineers Ireland website. You can book online using a credit or debit card. If you will be paying by invoice / purchase order / bank transfer, please contact the CPD Training Team to place your booking.
You can reach Engineers Ireland on 01 665 1305 or email [email protected]
IGBC members can avail of the members rate.
Course Overview
Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the key challenges of this century. Construction and the built environment are directly responsible for 37% of Ireland’s emissions, the same as agriculture. The course will introduce key concepts sustainability relevant to the built environment, including operational and embodied carbon climate change, energy efficiency, resource use, circularity, nature & biodiversity, and climate adaptation. The course aims to link engineers’ experiences to the climate challenges that society is confronting and sustainable solutions to address them. At the end of the course, delegates will develop a sustainability lens in which to view their work and identify approaches to address these challenges. This training will be delivered with a blended approach, incorporating both on-demand learning materials, such as videos, case studies, readings, and additional resources. climate change, energy efficiency, resource use, circularity, nature & biodiversity and climate adaptation and a live Zoom presentation and Q&A session.
Course Programme
- Setting the context – the impact of the Built Environment in Ireland.
- Drivers of Sustainability: Scientific drivers, corporate and national, European eg CSRD EPBD (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive) and Engineers Ireland Climate Policy.
- Key concepts in sustainability in the built environment: biodiversity in the built environment, water use and energy efficiency and key circularity principles.
- Tools and approaches, operational and embodied carbon.
Trainers
This course is delivered by IGBC staff
Patrick O’Reilly (Technical Lead on Indoor Air Quality, Daylight and Net zero buildings) is a chartered engineer with international consultancy experience in designing low-energy buildings as part of the specialised Building Physics/Sustainability teams at CUNDALL (Hong Kong & London) and ETHOS Engineering (Dublin). Patrick is a LEED Accredited Professional, BD+C. Patrick joined the IGBC in 2021 providing technical support across a number of IGBC projects, particularly #BuildingLife and Design4Zero. | |
Stephen Barrett (IGBC Whole Life Carbon Lead) has an MSc. in Sustainability & Adaptation in the Built Environment and a background in data management, analysis and presentation. As the Whole Life Carbon lead in the IGBC he leads the UPFRONTCO2 and INDICATE, working to enable an acceleration in the integration of Whole Life GWP/Carbon (WLC) into regulation, public procurement, and industry and the creation of Life Cycle Assessment methodology. | |
Marion Jammet (Head of Policy and Advocacy & Biodiversity Lead) is responsible for IGBC’s policy and advocacy campaigns, including #BuildingLife and she’s Biodiversity Lead. She also manages several projects in the area of energy renovation: Build Upon, BusLeague and the development of guidance documents to retrofit traditionally built buildings. Marion’s working background is in stakeholder engagement, policy development and project management, with previous roles in Dublin Chamber, Eurochambres and the European Parliament. Marion holds a MA in European Affairs from Sciences-Po (France) and an MSc in environmental sustainability from University College Dublin. |