Green building policy and training in Ireland
Under Ireland’s Climate action plan the Government plans to renovate over 500,000 homes in the next ten years to a B2 standard. In this section, you can find webinars and key reading materials focussed on delivering high-quality renovations.
In this section, you can find webinars that explore a range of solutions and focuses on important considerations for delivering high-quality renovations.
Presenters: Shay Kavanagh, Fuinniv Independent Consulting & RetroKit and Paddy Phelan, 3CEA
What are the implications of the nZEB requirements in Part L for renovation? How should the renovation be planned? Is it difficult to achieve a B2 rating? What type of strategy should be employed?
View webinarNiall Crosson, Ecological Buiding Systems
What needs to be considered when insulating solid wall traditionally built homes? What are the appropriate solutions? What is breathability and why is it important in older structures?
MembersNon membersPresenter: Joseph Little, TU Dublin
What needs to be considered? What is the impact on streetscape, neighbours, moisture management and technical detailing (e.g. fire, thermal bridging and key junctions)?
MembersNon membersPresenter: Simon Jones, Aereco
What issues need to be considered with existing homes? What are the SEAI requirements? How does regulation impact or not impact on this? How to deal with radon in existing homes?
MembersNon membersPresenter: Padraic O’Reilly, LIT
What is a heat pump ready home? What is the heat loss parameter? What are the common issues with designing heat pumps for existing homes and how to avoid them?
MembersNon MembersPresenter: Peter Rickaby, UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings
How can the PAS 2035 standard support quality energy renovation? How to access dwellings for retrofit, identify improvement options, design and specify Energy Efficiency Measures (EEM) and monitor retrofit projects.
MembersNon MembersBuild Up Skill Advisor is an app, designed to enable building professionals and construction workers to identify energy renovation training courses that suit their needs. The app is available on Android and Apple mobile phones.
Dowload the AppIn this recorder symposium, researchers from the MaREI Centre share their insights into the challenges and opportunities faced to effectively retrofit the residential building stock in Ireland. (12 speakers 6 minutes each)
Watch the conferenceIs it possible to be more sustainable by starting from scratch? This 1-hour panel discussion, hosted by NLA, explored this vital question with Andrew Leiper, Net Zero Carbon Leader at Max Fordham LLP, presenting a combination of thoughts and case studies with input from Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios.
Watch the videoAs the Programme for Government commits to retrofitting 500,000 homes to a BER rating of B2 by 2030, and as the EU is about to launch its Renovation Wave initiative, the conference explores what is needed to deliver the renovation wave in Ireland.
MembersNon membersIn this World Green Building Council webinar broadcast on 19 November, with a lineup of built environment and policy experts, we discussed what action must be taken for the Renovation Wave to be successful and fulfil its ambition.
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