Comprised of three buildings – a traditional stone barn, a round-roofed Dutch barn, and an outlying building – the property ...

The Digital Academy for the Sustainable Built Environment (DASBE) is offering what may be the last opportunity for workers to ...

Despite its stop-start beginnings, this cottage in the west of Ireland delivers a traditional-but-stylish design with close-to-passive performance.

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.

Architect Mel Reynolds's stunning new passive mews in South Dublin is featured in the new issue of Passive House Plus magazine. You can view a technically detailed virtual tour of the property ...

Heating cost: €12 per month space heating cost. See 'In detail' panel for more information. It’s hard to know exactly where to start with David and Maria Murray’s new home. This exemplar passive house ...

Relocating from London to Rutland, my wife Marlen and I quickly realised that all the properties on offer would require either considerable compromise on our aspirations for a low energy sustainable ...

This article was originally published in issue 50 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 ...

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 ...

Today, both in Ireland and the UK, we stand capable of constructing and renovating A-rated, energy-positive, and passive standard houses.

With obsessive attention to preserving and restoring the original fabric of these two Victorian townhouses, and a commitment to shunning petrochemicals and using only natural materials, could this be ...

With this passive house in Co Kildare, father-and-son building team Pat and Paul Doran prove that meeting the strict low energy standard can be done for even less than a ‘normal’ build – to the tune ...