Viessmann expands its electric heating range
Viessmann has launched a range of
electric heating products to the UK
to complement its established line of
heat pumps.
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Ecomerchant now stocking Herschel Infrared heating products
Leading sustainable building product
supplier Ecomerchant is now supplying
Herschel Infrared heating panels, and Ecomerchant’s
Will Kirkman says they are an ideal
heating solution for passive house projects.
ECD Architects recruiting for new English office
ECD Architects, based in London and Glasgow and
established in 1980, is planning to open an office
in the north west of England later this year, and is now
advertising for several new roles.
Manhattan modular apartments feature Wraptite membrane
A new modular apartment building in New York has been fitted out with
Wraptite airtight membrane. East Broadway Residences is located on the
Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Recycled building board now available from Ecomerchant
AM Ecoboard, an Irish-manufactured construction
board made from one hundred per cent recycled
cardboard, is now available in the UK exclusively from
Ecomerchant.
Ecological welcomes new internal insulation guidance
Ecological Building Systems has
welcomed the publication of
new guidance from the Department
for Business, Energy & Industrial
Strategy on internally insulating the
external walls of existing buildings.
New Dulux paints 99.9% VOC free
Dulux Trade has launched its Airsure range of paints,
which are 99.9 per cent free of volatile organic
compounds (VOCs), to the Irish market.
Ecological launch Inventer decentralised ventilation
Ecological Building Systems has announced that it will exclusively
partner with Inventer Germany in the supply and distribution of
their innovative range of ventilation systems in Ireland and the UK.
Welsh social housing to embrace passive house, timber & life cycle assessment
The Welsh government has issued a new standard for social housing that requires an embodied carbon assessment, favours timber-based offsite construction, and bans fossil fuel boilers.
UK sustainable building groups become UN centres of excellence
At COP26, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recognised the UK’s Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), along with South West College in Northern Ireland and the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, as international centres of excellence for high performance buildings.
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RIAI launches 2030 climate challenge
The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has launched its 2030 Climate Challenge, calling for urgent action to be taken by architects and the wider construction industry to tackle the climate emergency.
Cambridge chooses passive house comfort for Kings’ College students
Most people think of cold, cramped and poor-quality buildings when they think of student accommodation, but two new passive house residences at King’s College, Cambridge are rewriting the rulebook, with their focus on occupant comfort, architectural quality, and an enlightened, long-term view of construction costs.
Pitch perfect - Beguiling Dundee passive house puts wood into woodland
An intriguing new passive house in Dundee takes the traditional ‘box’ form associated with the standard and turns it on its head, using a series of pitched roofs and different claddings to make it feel more like a traditional city terrace than a single dwelling – built with a heavy emphasis on carbon sequestering materials.
Climate action plan sets embodied carbon targets for construction
Ireland’s new climate action plan, which was published on Thursday 4 November, contains the country’s first official targets for limiting the embodied carbon of construction materials.