Symposium ON
"Achieving nearly zero-Energy Buildings through retrofit"



The IRUSE Galway within the College of Engineering and Informatics and the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway organised the nZEB-Retrofit Symposium in conjunction with Engineers Ireland and IBPSA Ireland, which was held on  August 18, 2015.

The Symposium was an open public discussion between local government representatives, professionals and researchers in Ireland on 'Achieving nearly zero-energy buildings through retrofit'.
Detailed book of abstracts with the conclusions of the symposium are available here.

The Symposium was organised as part of the nZEB-RETROFIT project funded by the SFI Ireland.    

Presentations (or here) :

Speaker

Affiliation

Presentation

Sean Armstrong

Dept. of Energy, Community & Local Govt. (DECLG)

Retrofitting to nZEB-the regulatory perspective

Link

Pat Barry

Irish Green Building Council (IGBC)

BUILD UPON - Co-creating Europe's national renovation strategies

Link

Daniel Coyle

Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)

An investigation into the cost optimality of the passive house retrofit standard using life cycle cost analysis

Link

Enda Casey

Mayo County Council (MCC)

Erris Better Energy Communities 2014 / Fuinneamh Imhareanta Iorras 2014

Link

Paul Kenny

Tipperary Energy Agency (TEA)

FP6 Conerto - SERVE project and lessons learned for 2015 nZEB retrofit pilot project

Link

Helena McElmeel

Helena McElmeel Architects

Impact of temperature take back on CO2 emission reductions achieved after insulation upgrades to two detached house

Link

Aidan Shannon

Dun Laoghaire County Council (DLCC)

A post occupancy evaluation of a low rise social housing complex following an energy retrofit and refurbishment project

Link

Alan Carr

Passive House Academy (PHA)

nZEB retrofit case studies

Link

Sheikh Zuhaib

NUI Galway

An intermediate survey report on retrofit practices by construction professionals
in Ireland

Link

Eamonn Smyth

Dept. of Energy, Community & Local Govt. (DECLG)

The impact of energy retrofitting on radon concentrations in homes

Link

Mark J. Foley

NUI Galway

A review of radon research in Ireland – current and future projects

Link

Paul Moran

NUI Galway

A pre-retrofit study on the behavioural habits of occupants in social housing

Link
*Delivered by Dr. Jamie Goggins

Michael Hanratty

Irish Home Energy Rating Ltd. (IHER)

The EPISCOPE mapping tool showing energy efficiency of housing on the north side
of Dublin city

Link

Marcus Keane

NUI Galway

Built2Spec- Tools for the 21st century construction worksite

Link

Turya Ganguly

NUI Galway

Collaborative tool for BIM program selection based on maturity and project (retrofit) requirement

Link