Irish Green Building Council

Green building policy and training in Ireland

Ecocel Cellulose Fibre Insulation EPD has been published

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We are excited to announce that a new EPD has been published under our programme EPD Ireland for Ecocel Cellulose Fibre Insulation (EPDIE 20-24). This is an eco-friendly home insulation product made from recycled newspapers which creates only 0.31-35kgs of CO2 per kg of product produced while average insulation creates 4kgs of CO2 per kg […]

Sisk joins Environmental Product Declarations commitment campaign

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This month, John Sisk&Sons signed IGBC’s Environmental Product Declarations commitment to enable Ireland to fully decarbonise the construction sector encouraging the use of EPDs. The construction company is now committed to ask for EPD’s and prefer products with EPD’s where possible within procurement restrictions. The Sisk sustainability and procurement teams will help drive the demand […]

Quinn Therm Insulation Boards and Quinn Lite Pac EPS EPDs have been revised

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Quinn Therm Insulation Boards and Quinn Lite Pac EPS EPDs have been revised on 18/03/2020. Quinn Building Products has already assessed more than 20 building products under EPD Ireland programme, publishing also the following EPDs: Quinn Roof Tiles, Quinn Lite and the latest one, Quinn Hollowcore Slabs.  Quinn Hollowcore Slabs EPD had also been registered […]

Kilsaran Paving Products & M4 Masonry Mortar EPDs have been published

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We are delighted to announce that Kilsaran has published two new Environmental Product Declarations under our programme, EPD Ireland: Kilsaran Paving Products (EPDIE 20-18) Kilsaran M4 Masonry Mortar (EPDIE 20-19) The first EPD presents the results for 3 Paving Products: – Newgrange Paving Block 80mm Silver Granite – Clima Pave 60mm Curragh Gold – Corrib Paving […]

EPD Ireland’s first Cradle to Grave EPD published: Cedral fibre cement slate

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We are delighted to announce that Tegral has published an Environmental Product Declaration under our programme, EPD Ireland: Cedral Fibre Cement Slates (EPDIE-20-21). The EPD presents the results for Cedral fibre cement slate. The constituent raw materials of the slate comprise cement, GGBS, limestone, admixtures, synthetic fibres, pigments, paint and water. This is the first cradle […]

Covid-19 Update: IGBC to provide more webinars & online events

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The Irish Green Building Council, following the advice issued by the Government and health officials on Covid-19, will be providing more content online to replace events and education we normally provide face to face. In this way we want to help you to stay safe while staying in touch with the latest developments in Green Building. We aim to […]

Presenting the new LIFE Level(s) project in Brussels

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On the 19th and 20th February 2020, Brussels hosted two major events. The first is the European Regional Network Meeting themed “2020: The Year of LCA”. On the next day, the European Commission hosted a conference under the name “Reflect, Debate, Advise – Get Level(s) right”. Along with the ever needed exchange of intelligence, ideas […]

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