ACEI member firm Cundall was certified carbon neutral in September – the first consultancy in the world to achieve this Carbon Trust certification.   They achieved world-first carbon neutral certification by...

The Lighting Association Ireland (LAI) has recently published it’s response to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan and the EU Renovation Wave Strategy document which doesn’t appear to highlight lighting in the same manner it does, for instance, heating, cooling, hot water generation and in particular heat pumps. All of these areas are very important but LAI feels the potential energy saving, carbon...

As part of the Governments ongoing awareness campaign for Brexit Preparedness, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has recently published an updated version of the Construction Industry...

The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) is a body tasked with advising the Government on the current and future skills needs of the Irish economy. Along with other Construction Sector Group (CSG) colleagues, ACEI Secretary General, Sarah Ingle was a member of an EGFSN project steering group studying skills requirements within the Irish built environment sector over the next decade....

The Department of Housing Planning and Local Government advise of some future developments relating to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 (known as the Constructions Products Regulations or “the CPR”)   The...