With sustainability now a core principle among construction firms, architects, engineers and building material manufacturers, zero-energy building is very much in focus across the construction sector.
Featured, Latest, SustainabilitySP Group, recognised as Ireland’s and the UK’s best total temporary protection products supplier in 2021, has upgraded its Corry Board to Floorgard as the industry’s 100% recyclable impact-resistant floor protection.
Featured, Latest, Products & Services, SustainabilityA new partnership will see home heating solutions specialists, Grant, which has played a leading role in the plumbing and heating industry for over 40 years, supporting the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) in accelerating the decarbonisation of residential heating.
Featured, Latest, SustainabilityThe Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) is calling on the government to take immediate, drastic action on climate change.
The call comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) sixth assessment report highlighting that climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying was released
According to the 234 scientists who authored the report, strong, rapid, and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and reaching net-zero CO2 emissions is required to stabilize the climate.
John Sisk & Son has reached the first milestone in its 2030 Sustainability Roadmap by being certified as a carbon-neutral business.
Sisk achieved certification under the Achilles Carbon Reduce Programme in early 2021 by having its 2019 baseline and 2020 carbon footprint externally verified. As well as achieving a reduction in carbon emissions during 2020, Sisk has also offset their outstanding emissions through internationally verified carbon reduction projects.
Bord Gáis Energy has announced that it will be supporting Obton powered by Shannon Energy, in the development of 11 solar farms that will be constructed here over the next two years.
News, SustainabilityJohn Sisk & Son’s new cohort of carpentry and joinery apprentices has completed one of Sisk’s first tree planting exercises as part of its commitment to planting 1.7 million native woodland trees over the next nine years. Sisk’s new group of apprentices got stuck in to help plant the trees near Manor Kilbride in Co Wicklow.
Careers in Construction, SustainabilityMercury has announced that it has renewed its pledge to set carbon-reduction targets based on climate science under the Low Carbon Pledge programme, which is overseen by Business in the Community Ireland (BITCI). They are one of a group of 60 of Ireland’s largest companies to vow to reduce its carbon footprint significantly.
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