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Irish Green Building Council call for a full decarbonization of the built environment

28th October 2021 by Irene_igbc

Embodied carbon

Three days out from COP26, the Irish Green Building Council has highlighted the urgency to address the carbon emissions associated with buildings across their whole life cycle. The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes that immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to keep global warming […]

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: Life Cycle Assessment, Whole life carbon, Life levels, LCA, Embodied Carbon, Level(s)

IGBChats #2: Circular Thinking in Construction

19th February 2021 by Irene_igbc

by Integrated Materials Solutions (IMS) Circular thinking has been gaining considerable traction over the past 10 years. Ellen McArthur’s 2015 TED talk “the surprising thing I learnt sailing solo around the world” explains the key principles that underpin the concept. She became convinced of the need for a system change from the linear model of […]

Filed Under: IGBChats, latest news, news Tagged With: circular economy, LCA, EPD Ireland, #IGBChats, circularity, epd

Life for LCA LCC Level(s) project has been launched

15th November 2019 by Irene_igbc

The project's partners in Madrid

On the 28th and 29th of October 2019, a kickoff meeting took place in Madrid with a goal to launch the project Life for LCA LCC Level(s) and therefore commence the anticipated project activities. The project itself is directed towards raising the recognition of indicators for Life cycle assessment (LCA), Life cycle costing (LCC) and […]

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: air quality, LIFE Project, Level(s), LCC, Indoor Air Quality, IAQ, Life Cycle Assessment, LCA, Green Building

World Green Building Week 2019 – #BuildingLife

1st October 2019 by admin

Last week, the Irish Green Building Council took part in the 10th annual World Green Building Week coordinating several site visits around Dublin. We were delighted to welcome almost 100 building professionals and construction workers and to tackle embodied emissions from the entire building lifecycle in order to fully decarbonise by 2050 and to keep […]

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: World Green Building Week, LCA, 2019, Embodied Carbon

World Green Building Week 2019 – #BuildingLife

20th June 2019 by admin

The flagship event in the global green building calendar – is fast approaching! In the last week of September (23 to 29 Sept), the Irish Green Building Council and its member organisations will celebrate World Green Building Week 2019. This year’s campaign aims to raise greater awareness of the carbon emissions from all stages of a […]

Filed Under: latest news, news Tagged With: Embodied Carbon, World Green Building Week, epd, LCA, Green Building

Green Building Council launches programme to measure the carbon footprint of construction products

21st June 2018 by admin

The Irish Green Building Council launched today a new programme to measure the carbon footprint of construction products. The Environmental Product Declaration Ireland Programme (EPD Ireland) allows manufacturers to publish independently verified information about the environmental footprint of their products. Medite Smartply, Munster Joinery and Quinn Building Products are the first Irish manufacturers to develop […]

Filed Under: news, latest news Tagged With: epd, circular economy, LCA, Green Building

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