Passive House Plus - The Passive House magazine
The latest news, projects and products related to passive house and low energy buildings in Ireland and beyond. Find out about the benefits, challenges and opportunities of passive house design, construction and retrofit.
Home from home - passivehouseplus.ie
Jul 3, 2024 · Morehead’s parents moved into that house, called Svendborg, in 2007, and sold their old home. Sadly, Morehead’s father died soon after. Leeward was rented out for a few years, but was not looked after, and was empty when Killian and Maeve purchased it.
Ireland's 1st hemp-built passive house - passivehouseplus.ie
Oct 30, 2015 · The house was designed by leading Irish green architect Zeno Winkens. Zeno had built with straw bale before, but never hemp. He points out that self-build projects like this will now become virtually impossible under the latest version of Ireland’s building control act, which will require that all builders be registered professional contractors.
Catalog | passivehouseplus.ie
New scheme offers up to €75,000 retrofit loans at low cost. Irish homeowners can now borrow €5,000 to €75,000 at significantly lower interest rates to retrofit their homes, thanks to a new €500m government-backed scheme.
Ireland’s first fully passive retrofit - passivehouseplus.ie
Nov 5, 2015 · The ground floor was insulated with 200mm of XPS insulation; the masonry walls were insulated externally with Webertherm mineral wool. When it came to insulating the building fabric, external insulation was the only real option for the walls. Dry lining internally would have sacrificed too much floor space, and would have risked causing condensation behind the …
Rise of the passive house - passivehouseplus.ie
Feb 1, 2012 · Learn how Ireland became a global leader in low energy building design and construction with the passive house standard. Find out about the benefits, challenges and opportunities of passive house for clients, designers, contractors and manufacturers.
Block buster - passivehouseplus.ie
Jan 25, 2023 · Click here for project specs and suppliers. Building: Detached 260 m2 cavity wall house Method: Cavity wall Standard: Passive house classic certified Energy bills: €79.50/month total energy costs including standing charges and VAT.
Three year old passive house, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford
Oct 16, 2018 · PHPP calculations predicted a primary energy total of 104 kWh/m2/yr for all energy use – including everything from the energy to run the electric gates, outside lights, septic tank and appliances. The actual use has averaged 84 kWh/m2/yr. The house is home to empty nesters Carney and his wife Bridget, along with occasional guests. “We have returning fledglings – …
Four passive house projects pick up Net Zero Energy awards
Jan 5, 2024 · A quartet of passive house projects picked up awards at the Towards Net Zero Energy Awards 2023. This article was originally published in issue 46 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €15, or cl...
Bungalow Bills - passivehouseplus.ie
Jun 11, 2024 · McCarron says that he and his wife Aisling had always expected that they would build a house on the family farm in Ballinode. Then, in the lean years following the property crash, a bungalow opposite the farm came up for sale.