Ballymore secures €112m in funding under AIB’s new green development facility
Property group says money will fund current and future building projects, including social housing
Irish finance providers enabling investors to go green
Energy utilities have joined banks and other investment firms in offering green finance
Doing more to save our fragile planet
Sustainalytics ranked AIB in top 10% of more than 1,000 banks globally in ESG ratings
AIB to offer cheaper loans to green developers
Bank says it will offer discount to those who adhere to new Irish Green Building Council standards
Retrofitting homes will assist economic recovery across the country, says Minister
Minister says funding would end a stop-start grants approval process for householders
Don’t preheat the oven, and 24 other ways to save the planet from home
We can all do our bit to help the Earth just by making some simple changes at home
We may have reached ‘peak car’ as young people turn away from driving
Car ownership as we know it is coming to an end, conference told
Bringing sustainability in universities up to the next level
Do sustainability rankings work or are they just self-congratulatory gestures?
Irish grassroots activists leading the climate change uprising
Lack of policial action on climate change has spawned a movement of strong, committed environmental activists
Living Architecture: Investigating the interface between biology and architecture – a new vision for homes and cities
Living organisms can be used in the construction of buildings and to heat and light them
Conference told ocean waves a major resource of untapped renewable energy
‘Second Shannon scheme’ could be an offshore wave-power station off the Clare coast with a future extension off Kerry’
Absolutely rapid: Dún Laoghaire’s fine new terrace of quick-build houses
A scheme of 12 ‘rapid build’ homes priced at €249,000 each are helping to rejuvenate the town
Can we change materials from being ‘less bad’ to ‘good’ for biosphere?
Chemist Michael Braungart suggests products could end their life as biological nutrients
Social housing scheme offers a window to the future
The recently completed homes in Dún Laoghaire have scooped a green building award
Home Performance Index ticks all the green boxes
HPI provides a label for quality sustainable residential development that goes way beyond the BER standard
A retrofitting revolution
Making our homes more energy efficient is a good first step towards mitigating climate change. It also helps to lift vulnerable households out of energy poverty
Putting people in green houses
We’re making progress, but Ireland still needs to change how it thinks about sustainable homes
Irish business leaders call for strong COP21 agreement
Companies pledge to take action on climate change, including reducing emissions
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