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Resources For Your Sustainability Journey
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Carbon emissions
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Sustainable Urban Planning: Seven Recommendations for National Spatial Policy
Over the course of this series, we have examined how Ireland’s spatial planning system seeks to shape the… -
Compact or Balanced
Evaluating Spatial Contradictions in Population and Housing Objectives Within Irish Planning Policy -
Carbon in the Built Environment Community of Practice
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Renovation Passport Guidance for Property Owners and Occupiers
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Renovation Passport Commercial Pilot Findings
How to implement a robust Renovation Passports system in Ireland for commercial properties -
Sustainable Urban Planning: Compact Growth Benchmarks
This post reviews the final National Policy Objectives (NPOs) on future development in Ireland. -
IGBChats #20: DGNB Independent Review: A First for EU Taxonomy in Ireland
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Comparing ISO 14001 and the CO2 Performance Ladder
Discover the key differences and connections between ISO 14001 and the CO₂ Performance Ladder.
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Circularity
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IGBC Lunch & Learn: Getting Started with HPI Upload – A Practical User Session
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Sustainability from Every Angle: Reynaers Aluminium’s Approach
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Circularity & Resource Efficiency in the Built Environment
Designing buildings for longevity, adaptability, and reuse is key to creating a resource-efficient and circular built environment. -
World Green Building Week 2026- Programme
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Vacant to Vibrant Building Alliance
Key actions to address vacancies and derelictions in our towns and cities and deliver the homes we need. -
Transition to a Circular Economy
Provide a Transition to Circular Economy Template and a Best Practice Guidance Document to assist builders in adopting circular practices within the Irish construction sector.
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Biodiversity
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National Approach to Biodiversity Needed to Unlock Faster, More Certain Development
A cross-sectoral group of organisations representing developers, planners, building designers, social housing providers, and ecological experts has published a joint… -
Biodiversity & the Built Environment Community of Practice – Meeting #14
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Exploring the costs and benefits of protecting and enhancing biodiversity in new residential developments
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Nature & Biodiversity in the Built Environment
Nature is in crisis, but the built environment has the potential to be part of the solution through planning and design that protects, restores, and enhances biodiversity. -
IGBC Brings the Sustainable Built Environment’s Voice to Ireland’s Draft Nature Restoration Plan
Protecting and enhancing biodiversity in the built environment is one of the Irish Green Building Council’s core priorities…. -
World Green Building Week 2026- Programme
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Biodiversity And The Built Environment: Irish Case Studies
Set of Irish Case Studies about protecting and enhancing biodiversity in the Built Environment in various building and infrastructure typologies. -
New research points way toward vibrant, nature-rich neighbourhoods
New research points way toward vibrant, nature-rich neighbourhoods Dublin, 11 May 2026: Better alignment between government policies and…
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Health & wellbeing
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Webinar: Home User Guide Template
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Health & Wellbeing in the Built Environment
Sustainable buildings are not only good for the planet, they are essential for healthier, fairer, and more resilient communities. -
World Green Building Week 2026- Programme
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Home User Guide
Easy to understand Home User Guide for home occupants to operate and maintain their homes more efficiently. -
Home Performance Index Training, Sept ’26
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Home Performance Pathway will help accelerate the delivery of sustainable homes, says Minister for Housing
Dublin, 23 March 2026: Home Performance Pathway is a new certification for small home builders to deliver high… -
Healthy Homes Ireland Forum Brings European and Irish Leaders Together To Address Urgent Need For Affordable, Greener, and Healthier Homes
Dublin, 3rd December 2025 – Key Irish and European figures in housing, public health, and the environment convened…
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Climate adaptation & resilience
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Sustainable Urban Planning: Seven Recommendations for National Spatial Policy
Over the course of this series, we have examined how Ireland’s spatial planning system seeks to shape the… -
Compact or Balanced
Evaluating Spatial Contradictions in Population and Housing Objectives Within Irish Planning Policy -
Sustainable Urban Planning: Compact Growth Benchmarks
This post reviews the final National Policy Objectives (NPOs) on future development in Ireland. -
IGBC Lunch & Learn: Getting Started with HPI Upload – A Practical User Session
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Exploring the costs and benefits of protecting and enhancing biodiversity in new residential developments
A literature review -
Sustainability from Every Angle: Reynaers Aluminium’s Approach
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Climate Adaptation and Resilience in the Built Environment
As climate risks increase, resilient buildings and neighbourhoods are critical to protecting people, places, and infrastructure. -
World Green Building Week 2026- Programme