The exterior gable of Hurst’s home with a new stone skin going up to form a wide cavity for fullfill insulation, including thermally-broken Teplo-L ties and lime-plaster parge coat over the original ...

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 ...

Safeguarding historic documents and other artefacts requires stable building conditions. Until now this was usually achieved with the expensive and energy-hogging use of heating and cooling equipment, ...

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 ...

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The penny has yet to drop for many clients and designers about the risks posed by overheating in an Irish context. With the climate hotting up and building design typically uninformed by feedback on ...

Heat recovery ventilation is an invaluable way to maintain indoor air quality in low energy buildings and minimise the loss of precious heat, but there are several issues to address to ensure optimal ...

The construction industry is moving in great numbers towards the passive house standard. In an adapted version of a speech at the Construction Industry Federation Conference in September, Passive ...

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 ...

With stiff fingers I bring the bike to a stop, swing my leg over the back wheel and push it up the drive to our house. I’m spent. For the last hour I’ve been slightly too cold, only able to maintain ...

Built with a timber frame insulated with straw-bale, and featuring an extensive suite of ecological and recycled materials, this stunning North Yorkshire home also produces more energy than it ...

* Total delivered energy use, based on the first five months of monitored usage. The carbon intensity of electricity in Ireland has reduced by 50 per cent over the last 15 years and is on track to ...