In this new #BuildingLife Ambassador Spotlight Series, first published in Passive House Plus, RIAI CEO Kathryn Meghen tells us more about why she’s supporting the #BuildingLife campaign and what the institute is doing to address sustainability in architecture. Why did you choose to become a #BuildingLife ambassador? A central focus of the RIAI’s work is […]
#ActNowForClimate: Highlights from World Green Building Week 2024
Last week, during World Green Building Week, we hosted several events and special tours for our members, and we want to thank our members for making the week a great success. We kicked off the week with a tour of 25 North Wall Quay, a 1990s building transformed into a net zero-carbon office. Members had […]
World Green Building Week 2024: Your Chance To Make A Difference
From September 9th to 15th, the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) invites you to celebrate World Green Building Week (WGBW) 2024. The Schedule is now available here. What is World Green Building Week? World Green Building Week (WGBW) is a globally recognised event that advocates for an urgent decarbonisation of the built environment and the […]
#BuildingLife Series: “The sooner we measure building work in terms of carbon impact over the entire life cycle of the project, the better” – Cian O’Callaghan TD
In this new #BuildingLife Ambassador Spotlight Series, Passive House Plus is profiling leaders who have endorsed the Irish Green Building Council’s call to address the environmental impacts of buildings across their lifecycle. In this interview, Cian O’Callaghan TD for Dublin Bay North and Social Democrats’ spokesperson on housing tells us more about the campaign and […]
IGBC launched their first policy scorecard on the decarbonisation of Ireland’s Built Environment.
Dublin, 21st February 2024: The IGBC launched their first policy scorecard on the decarbonisation of Ireland’s Built Environment. With 2023 being the warmest year on record and an ever-increasing housing crisis, there is little doubt that housing and the environment are our country’s two biggest challenges. While the construction and built environment sector is […]
#BuildingLife Series: Addressing the environmental impacts of buildings across their lifecycle – Pat Crean, Marlet
First published in Passive House Plus, Issue 46 In this #BuildingLife Blog Post, Pat Crean, CEO of the Marlet Property Group tells us more about his work and why he is supporting the #BuildingLife Campaign. Why did you choose to become a #BuildingLife ambassador? PC: Marlet is a large-scale residential developer, predominantly operating in Dublin […]
#BuildingLife: “Cross-sector collaboration is the only way to achieve a zero-carbon construction sector” – David Browne – RKD
This excerpt originates from an article featured in the most recent edition of Irish Construction News. Read the full piece here. David Browne, RKD Architects, and IGBC #BuildingLife ambassador, speaks with Robbie Cousins about what he sees as the critical factors needed to bring about a zero-carbon construction sector by 2050. A former president of […]
#BuildingLife: Setting the foundations for a zero carbon future – Eugene O’Shea, Walls
Walls Construction CEO and IGBC #BuildingLife Ambassador Eugene O’Shea discusses the contractor’s expanding portfolio of work and the steps it is taking to reduce the carbon footprint of its projects, particularly in data-centre construction. The full interview is available in Irish Construction News September 2023 (Housing Special). Walls Construction CEO Eugene O’Shea led the team […]
#BuildingLife: Addressing climate change and tackling energy poverty at the same time – Ciarán Cuffe
First published in Passive House Plus, issue 45 In this new #BuildingLife blog post, Ciarán Cuffe, Member of the European Parliament (MEP), and Rapporteur for the proposed revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), tell us more about the campaign, the EPBD recast, and why he is supporting #BuildingLife. Why did you choose to […]
Europe not yet on track: one year on since EU Policy Roadmap launch to deliver a climate neutral built environment by 2050
It has been one year today (24 May 2023), since World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launched a bold new policy plan, the EU Policy Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, to help the European Union accelerate total decarbonisation of buildings and construction — the most heavily emitting sector in the world. Now WorldGBC and 12 European Green […]
#BuildingLife Series: “Decarbonising our society and economy it’s a challenge we must all embrace” – Sarah Ingle, ACEI
In this new #BuildingLife Ambassador Blog Post, Sarah Ingle, Secretary General at the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland – ACEI, tell us more about the campaign and why she is supporting it. You can read the interview also on Passive House Plus. Why did you choose to become a #BuildingLife ambassador? Among other activities, […]
#BuildingLife: “Embodied carbon is the elephant in the room that needs to be addressed” – Robbie McGrath, D/RES
IGBC #BuildingLife Ambassador and D/RES Properties’ Head of Sustainability Robbie McGrath speaks with Irish Construction News about how the housebuilder has radically reduced the embodied carbon of its residential schemes. The full interview is available here. D/RES Properties is Ireland’s third-largest housebuilder. As a gold member of the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC), it is […]
#BuildingLife Ambassador Claire Pomroy: Is it time to review our approach to the use of timber for taller buildings?
The full version of this article was published in Irish Construction News Claire Pomroy, #BuildingLife Ambassador and Director of Development at Hines, speaks with Irish Construction News about the use of timber in taller buildings, the 15-minute city concept and the importance of designing for performance in reducing carbon emissions. #BuildingLife campaign Claire Pomroy left […]
#BuildingLife: “We need to go beyond the baseline when it comes to sustainability and reduction of carbon emissions – John Maxwell, Lioncor
First published in Irish Construction News In this new #BuildingLife blog post, Lioncor CEO and #BuildingLife Ambassador John Maxwell speaks to Irish Construction News about the Irish Green Building Council’s Roadmap to decarbonise Ireland’s built environment and the changes that need to be made to halve Ireland’s built environment emissions by 2030. Speaking about his […]
#BuildingLife: “Developers not shying away from sustainability responsibilities” – Susie Crawford, Cairn Homes
The full version of this article was published in Irish Construction News #BuildingLife Ambassador and ESG Manager with Cairn Homes plc Susie Crawford speaks about the role of ESG in the house builder’s operations and the appetite in construction to halve its carbon emissions by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050. In 2018, Cairn […]
#BuildingLife: Phelim O’Neill, LDA – “Sustainability must be front and centre in all construction decisions”
First Published in Irish Construction News In this new #BuildingLife Ambassador blog post, Robbie Cousins from Irish Construction News spoke with LDA Head of Property, Phelim O’Neill about how the IGBC’s whole life carbon campaign ties in with Land Development Agency sustainability strategy. The Land Development Agency (LDA) is a commercial state-sponsored body established in […]
Roadmap to decarbonise Ireland’s built environment launched today by Irish Green Building Council
Friday, 7th October 2022: The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) launched today a roadmap to decarbonise Ireland’s construction and built environment sector. According to the “Building a Zero Carbon Ireland” report, the construction and built environment account for 37% of Ireland’s carbon emissions, the same as agriculture. This is made up of about 23% operational […]
#BuildingLife: “Addressing embodied carbon is a no brainer” says Eoin Ó Broin TD
First Published in Passive House Plus. In this new #BuildingLife Ambassador Spotlight Series, Passive House Plus is profiling leaders who have endorsed the Irish Green Building Council’s call to address the environmental impacts of buildings across their lifecycle. In this sixth interview of the series, Eoin Ó Broin T.D., and Sinn Féin’s spokesperson for Housing, […]
