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Little did we know when campaigning for the Fingal energy standard in 2005-06 that Construct Ireland would have a direct impact on Ikea’s first Irish store. Driven by a combination of Fingal’s requirements and their own renewable energy policy, the Swedish retail giant has invested in the largest ground source heat pump installation in Ireland and the UK, along with a well-thought biomass system fed by an onsite waste stream and a host of other green measures, as John Hearne reports
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Construct Ireland is the only magazine dedicated exclusively to sustainable construction in Ireland. Since first publishing in January 2003, Construct Ireland has played a key role in raising consciousness of the need for low energy, low impact, healthy buildings in Ireland, affecting the design and construction of tens of thousands of new buildings.

The concept of producing a magazine focused exclusively on sustainable building in a relatively small market such as Ireland may have seemed foolhardy in 2003. Fossil energy was cheap, Ireland was in the grip of a record-breaking construction boom characterised by quantity over quality, and addressing climate change was not perceived as anything like a priority for Irish businesses.

 In the intervening years, however, everything has changed, and sustainable building has moved from the fringes to become a central concern for all new construction projects. Construct Ireland has been at the front line, driving that change on, whilst simultaneously evolving into the most widely-read, most influential construction magazine in Ireland.

The impacts of Construct Ireland are numerous and include everything from helping specifiers to source innovative sustainable materials and technologies, to successfully campaigning for policy change for the built environment.

Construct Ireland drove forward groundbreaking local energy initiatives which ultimately resulted in changes to building regulations for all new homes including 40% energy and carbon dioxide reductions, mandatory use of renewable energy and air-tightness testing during construction. Construct Ireland even played a part in accelerating the introduction of energy ratings for new homes by 18 months, as a result of lobbying through the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment in 2005.


Published on a bimonthly basis, Construct Ireland is an ABC audited, full colour, perfect bound publication, printed on paper from managed forests. Construct Ireland is produced as a carbon neutral publication.

 

 

Issue 11, Vol 4 Out Now

Issue 11, Vol 4 out now!
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