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Jason Walsh is Ireland correspondent of the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor newspaper and has contributed to other publications including the Irish Examiner, the Irish Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the Sunday Times, the Washington Times, El Mundo, PressEurop and USA Today.
Monday, 26 May 2008 11:22
Greener skyscraper for oil town
Canadian energy firm wants to be sustainable
Calgary, the centre of Canada's oil and gas industries is to be home to a new, more sustainable office block.
Foster and Partners has designed the Bow, the new headquarters for EnCana Corporation
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 13:59
North introduces energy ratings
North comes into line with energy standards
BBC News Online reports that houses being sold in Northern Ireland from the end of next month will have to have an energy performance certificate.
In addition, as of October this year, all
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 23:28
Vorsprung durch Oeko-technik
Germany has a reputation for high quality craftsmanship, an attention to detail and a positive attitude to sustainable and healthy housing. Jason Walsh visited a new German-built house in County Dublin to see if the expertise can be exported.
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 23:22
High Tech and Top of the Line
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 12:47
Developer pulls out of social housing
State asked to pick up the pieces as PPP schemes flounder
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Monday, 19 May 2008 12:44
'Affordable' housing to revive market
Desperate builders develop social conscience?
Housebuilder McInerney Holdings has warned it is facing difficult conditions in both its Irish and UK markets and that, as a result, it is delaying new site starts and focusing on its affordable
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Monday, 19 May 2008 12:28
British house prices fall
Ireland not alone in collapsing property market
The Times reports that house prices in Britain are likely to fall by seven per cent in the next year alongside a 40 per cent fall in sales.
Interestingly, Britain is currently suffering from an acute housing shortage with
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Monday, 19 May 2008 11:33
Consumer spending to fall
Mintel survey says 'times is tough'
The Irish Times reports that 67 per cent of Irish consumers are now more mindful of rising living costs.
The Mintel Ireland survey, Irish
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Monday, 19 May 2008 11:19
Off grid in the middle of nowhere
With all of the talk about zero-carbon housing, the Guardian reports on one project that has resulted in an off-grid house.
Impressive as the results may be considered by some, it's probably rather too extreme for most people:
Life on the most northerly inhabited island in Britain can be very tough indeed. On Unst the winters are harsh, and the winds brutal and relentless, regularly sweeping across the treeless landscape at more than 100mph. But Unst is the island chosen by a retired couple from Wiltshire to build one of the world's greenest houses - a "zero carbon" home powered entirely by the wind and the sun. It sits on the same latitude as southern Greenland, but will soon boast lemon trees, grapevines and green pepper plants in its greenhouse, an electric car powered by the wind, and floors heated by drawing warmth from the air.
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Friday, 16 May 2008 17:06
Oil prices peak again
Now over US$127 per barrel
As if we weren't bored hearing about oil prices, BBC News Online is reporting that the commodity is now over US$127 a barrel, an all-time high.
Oil prices have hit a record high above $127 a barrel on speculation that China will
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