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 […]
World Green Building Week 2022 is starting today with events across Ireland
Monday, 12th September: The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) is launching today a week of live and online events to show how we can accelerate the transition to a more sustainable built environment for everyone. As communities around Ireland experience the impacts of the global energy and cost of living crisis, the week-long event aims […]
World Green Building Week 2020 – #ActOnClimate
Last week, the Irish Green Building Council took part in World Green Building Week 2020. This year the focus was on #ActOnClimate, delivering net zero carbon buildings and exploring how we can create a green, healthy and climate-resilient built environment for all. Due to covid19 restrictions, we celebrated WGBW 2020 organising only virtual events. Here […]
World Green Building Week 2020 – #ActOnClimate
The flagship event in the global green building calendar – is fast approaching! It will take place from September 21st to 25th 2020. The building sector is the largest single energy consumer in Europe. Carbon neutrality cannot be reached without decarbonising our building stock. This year’s World Green Building Week will focus on delivering net […]
World Green Building Week 2019 – #BuildingLife
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 […]
World Green Building Week 2019 – #BuildingLife
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 […]
Home Green Home – 10 Questions to ask about your New Home
Are you on the hunt for a new house to buy or rent? Are you interested in having low running costs, a healthy home and a livable planet for the future, but don’t know where to start? 10 Questions to Ask about Your New Home.
World Green Building Week 2018 – #HomeGreenHome
The flagship event in the global green building calendar – is fast approaching! In the last week of September (24 to 30 Sept), the Irish Green Building Council and its member organisations will celebrate greener, healthier and more energy efficient homes.
Irish Green Building Council organise tours of some of Ireland’s most sustainable office buildings
The Irish Green Building Council is organising tours of some of Ireland’s most sustainable new commercial buildings next week (25th – 29th September). Highlights of the week include tours of Twitter European headquarter, Cumberland House in Dublin 2 and of the Central Bank of Ireland. These buildings are among the few offices in Ireland which […]
World Green Building Week 2017 – #OurHeroIsZero
In the fight against climate change, our hero is zero The flagship event in the global green building calendar – is fast approaching! In the last week of September (25 Sept to 1 Oct), IGBC and its member organisations will celebrate the power of green buildings. Join the Movement: Be a Hero for Zero The […]
World Green Building Week 2016
Schedule for World Green Building Week Ireland Healthy Buildings in Healthy Cities | 8am & 10.30am | 27 Sept We spend 90% of our time inside buildings, so how do they influence our health and wellbeing? Join Cundall’s Sustainability Partner Alan Fogarty, to discuss how health and wellbeing and sustainability go hand in hand […]
WGBW 2015: Research Facility goes back to the Future with Benchmark by Kingspan
This year, the IGBC is celebrating World Green Building Week, publishing articles on how its members are “powering positive change”. The first article of this series will focus on the current retrofit at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT). C.I.T main campus in Bishopstown is playing host to a revolutionary project, using BENCHMARK Ceramic Granite Façade […]
World Green Building Week 21-27 Sept
Join us at one of our many events taking place across Ireland this year in line with the theme for World Green Building Week: “Powering Positive Change“. Green Building Councils around the globe will be coming together for World Green Building Week to highlight the importance of sustainable buildings. CALENDAR Building Performance Conference – 15 […]
