Ultimate Windows launches Olympia HI window
Leading passive house window supplier Ultimate Window & Door Solutions has announced the launch of its new range of Olympia HI triple-glazed, passive house suitable windows and doors to the Irish market.
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Skills-shortage and assigned certification - the devil is in the detail
With Ireland’s renewed focus on delivery of new housing, the country’s leading assigned certification practice, i3PT Certification is urging designers and other certifiers to exercise due diligence in order to avoid replicating past errors.
Ancon extends its range of insulated balcony connectors
Ancon has extended its STC steel-to-concrete
balcony connector range with
two new high performance products and a
standard series of connectors manufactured
from stainless steel.
GMS launches new Icynene spray foam insulations
GMS Insulations Ltd, the Irish distributor
for Icynene spray foam insulations, has
announced the launch of a range of new
Icynene products to the Irish and UK markets.
Kingspan Insulation becomes patron member of PHAI
Kingspan Insulation has become the first insulation manufacturer to become a patron member of the Passive House Association of Ireland. The association, which is chaired by Dr Shane Colclough, aims to promote the passive house standard and fabricfirst building principles across the Irish construction industry as a whole.
Bambeau ecological bamboo products come to Ireland
The Bambeau range of ecological and sustainable bamboo flooring, panelling and veneer solutions is now available in Ireland. The company offers a wide range of attractive, ecologically friendly and sustainably produced materials.
Linham brings low energy social housing to Fairview
Low energy building contractor and developer Linham Construction is currently on site with a new five-unit development in Fairview, Co Dublin. The project will feature five ultra low energy houses, all of which have already been sold to a housing association to provide for social housing needs in the area.
Detail out flat roof condensation - Partel
Low energy building and airtightness specialists Partel have warned of the importance of ensuring any flat roof construction is properly designed to prevent interstitial condensation and the accumulation of moisture.
Tigh na Croit and Lansdowne Drive win at UK Passivhaus Awards
The big winners at this year’s UK Passivhaus Awards were Tigh na Croit by HLM Architects, which won in the Rural category, and Lansdowne Drive by Tectonics Architects, winner in the Urban Category.
Cygnum shortlisted for four timber awards
Leading timber frame manufacturer Cygnum
has been shortlisted for four prizes at this
year’s Structural Timber Awards. The awards
“showcase innovation, celebrate best practice
and recognise expertise in timber technology
and the ways it contributes to an attractive,
energy efficient and sustainable built
environment”.
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Visit an exciting new passive house retrofit in Cork
As part of the Passive House Association of Ireland southern region programme of CPD in passive house building knowledge, members have kindly agreed to open their passive building projects for site visits as a learning resource for builders, architects, students, systems installers and potential clients.
Passive house is affordable for large scale housing — Encraft
Leading passive house consultancy Encraft has advised that the standard is affordable for large scale housing projects — and cheaper over the whole life cycle of a development — once there is some investment in learning and education up front.
Passive Sills awarded passive house component cert
Cork-based manufacturer Poly Passive Mouldings Ltd has been recently been awarded a passive house certificate for its Passive Sills range of thermal bridge free window sills
SuperHomes scheme offers home retrofit support
SuperHomes, a groundbreaking project designed to help homeowners to upgrade their homes to an A3 BER is open for applications.