Oct 11, 2018 | Ask the Expert!, Property Development, Sustainable/Passive
Nenzing Nursing Home / Dietger Wissounig Architects. photo copyright Albrecht Imanuel Schnabel Ireland is edging closer and closer to making our buildings more energy efficient with new Building Regulations becoming incrementally better as time goes on. Time will...
Oct 9, 2018 | Ask the Expert!, Hotel architecture, Property Development, Sustainable/Passive
PassivHaus certified Explorer hotel Montafon by Herz and Lang architects in Austria. Hotels have an enormous space heating and cooling demands compared to other building types. I have noted in previous posts how Irish hotel bedrooms are actually uncomfortable because...
Nov 13, 2013 | Practice news, Sustainable/Passive
Energy Upgrade to Ballincollig home This fine house was constructed in 2004. The clients found the house impossible to heat with winter heating cost at several hundred Euro bi-monthly. With the boiler running almost constantly, the living area was always cold, and the...
Oct 2, 2013 | Advice for Clients, Ask the Expert!, Property Development, Sustainable/Passive
How to hire an Environmental Architect This is based on a presentation I have prepared to give to people at their place of work during lunchtime. These people by nature of the business, were particularly interested in low-energy buildings and so the presentation is...
Jul 8, 2013 | Ask the Expert!, Hotel architecture, Sustainable/Passive
Why are hotel bedrooms so hot? As an eco-architect it is a source of immense frustration when on the rare occasions that we get to stay in a top class hotel, everything is perfect down to the last detail except the ability to get a good night’s sleep. Why?...
Jul 2, 2013 | Advice for Clients, News for architects, Sustainable/Passive
We are the pioneers.. No drugs were used in the inspiration for this piece and alcohol had yet to be consumed! I was lucky enough to spend a night in Killarney on the shores of the lakes recently and had some time to day-dream. Day-dreaming is something we rarely get...
