The Irish Green Building Council today launched a new version of its Home Performance Index sustainable home certification system at its annual residential conference, Better Homes2022. The focus of the event was on delivering #lowcarbon homes at scale.
This Thursday's long read!
Built in the back garden of two architects, this simple-but-elegant brick house in Blackrock faced the twin challenges of an extremely tight site and less-than-ideal orientation, but with rigorous attention to detail it came close to #passivehouse levels - while delivering impressively low actual #Heatingcosts
https://mailchi.mp/passivehouseplus/stylish-low-energy-south-dublin-house?e=218971174a
#lowenergy #architecture #sustainability #buildingdesign #energycrisis
Another one of our long reads, just last year we took a look at the deep #retrofit of a 1930s dwelling on the Hampshire coast. It provides a pitch-perfect example of how to transform old dwellings while preserving their original structure and minimising #EmbodiedCarbon utterly transforming the living space without the need for an extension, and creating a cosy home that uses two-thirds less energy than before.
https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=7e15928685d0d3ee3d247ce0e&id=b82a9723c8
