Roof membranes - Joseph Little explores moisture managing strategies for retrofitting “cold” and “warm” pitched roofs.

Current life cycle carbon guidance was never designed for domestic retrofit. A new framework aims to change that – and to ...

Building renovation will be centre stage in Ireland’s EU presidency on 5 November – with a key retrofit event in an RIAI Sustainability Award-winning retrofit in Dublin. Renovate Europe Day 2026 will ...

The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) has welcomed the new investment in housing, retrofit and infrastructure announced in ...

A disastrous failed external insulation contract run under a government energy saving scheme has affected up to 390 homes in Preston with water penetration, mould and damp. This article was originally ...

Ten years ago Brussels had some of the most energy inefficient building stock in Europe — now it boasts a groundbreaking policy that means all new buildings in the region must be passive. How did the ...

When homeowner Steve discovered a neglected 1980s bungalow during the pandemic, he faced a dilemma. Born with significant physical differences, the computer programmer and Team GB Paralympian needed a ...

Once poorly understood by the mainstream building industry, airtightness is now increasingly seen as one of the most crucial objectives on any building project. Not only is it vital for energy ...

Space heating cost: €28/month (€340/year) – assuming grid energy only. Reality would be lower given PV array. (see 'In detail' panel for full breakdown) For 12 years, Mark McLauchlan and Ruth ...

This article was originally published in issue 43 of Passive House Plus magazine. Want immediate access to all back issues and exclusive extra content? Click here to subscribe for as little as €20, or ...

While understanding wall and roof insulation is relatively straightforward, insulation under the ground floor can be a bit of a mystery by comparison. Not only is it buried in the ground, but there ...

This is a normal housing development – built using block cavity wall on strip foundations – meeting the minimum building regulations brief from the local authority, Simon Keogh, senior project ...