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SI 365 of 2015: A good start Ministers Kelly and Coffey have taken the first steps in reforming a dysfunctional system..
Ministers Kelly and Coffey have taken the first steps in reforming a dysfunctional system of building control. The burdens of unnecessary certification, unaffordable cost, intolerable liability, excluding vocational groups from their livelihoods and favouring sectional stakeholder interests, have been removed from much of the construction sector. This is a brave step. It is in the interests of consumer and certifier alike.
We welcome SI 365 as a common-sense approach to introducing independent inspection of construction. The potential for a truly consumer-focussed system of building control has been restored. READ MORE..
DAY - 05 SEPT 2015
SI 365 of 2015: A good start | Collins + O’Cofaigh
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DAY 07 SEPT 2015
Green Scene Environmental - Launching our Part L comprehensive Services - 23rd September 2015
FROM THE DESIGN STAGE TO FINAL SIGNING OFF - We are offering our Energy Consultancy Services from a Provisional BER for planning permission to a complete design and sign off service to ensure your New Build project meets all the requirements and specifications you are investing in for your new home. Future proofing to your budget and payback calculation and analyses reports.
Renewable Resources
Space and water heating account for over 70% of energy used in the home, so switching to clean renewable energy (e.g. wood fuel, solar energy or heat pump systems) makes a big reduction in the environmental impact of your home.
Wood is a renewable fuel you can use without producing the harmful greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels. Instead of coal or peat, throw on a log onto a fire. Whereas peat and coal take hundreds of thousands of years to form, wood is a renewable fuel that grows in just 3-70 years.
Using renewable sources of energy like wood and solar energy to heat our homes reduces our reliance on polluting, imported fossil fuels like oil and coal. If you recycle glass and paper, you save on a great deal of energy, raw materials and pollution.
Combining solar collectors with a wood burning stove provides an ideal year-round renewable energy heating solution. A solar collector system can provide around 60% of your annual hot water needs for free (80 to 90% in summer).
Simple Passive Solar Design techniques can make a big difference to energy consumption in the home. Just by facing a house south to capture the maximum daylight energy bills can be reduced by 30%.
Transmission of light through windows (passive solar heating) can reduce heating costs - could you allow for passive solar heating in the design of a new home? What about integrating a solar water heating system onto a south facing roof? Adding an unheated conservatory or sunspace to the south face of your house increases passive solar gains and provides an insulating effect.
Alternative Heating Systems
Ground source heat pumps, which collect solar energy stored in the ground, are ideally suited to the Irish climate and can provide year round space and water heating for the fraction of the costs of a conventional system. A modern wood burning stove can achieve efficiencies of up to 80% compared to only 20-30% for a traditional open fire.
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