Site Visit to Passive House Project in Galway

Earlier this morning, Cyril Mannion of Passive House Builders hosted an excellent and very informative site visit for the students taking the Passive House Design and Construction module on the M.Sc. in Environmental Systems at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. The site visit consisted of a tour of a passive house project currently under construction in Salthill in Galway.

Many thanks to Cyril and please note that there was no construction activity today on site; hence the lack of hard hats on heads!

Ecological Building Systems at EcoBuild 2011

Great to see a number of Irish companies displaying their wares at EcoBuild 2011. Ecological Building Systems had an excellent stand and were very busy over the three days.

They have also produced a series of excellent videos outlining the installation procedures for their Intello Plus membranes (click on the 'installation' tab to access the videos). Niall Crossan of Ecological Building Systems has kindly agreed to give a guest lecture on airtightness to the students on the M.Sc. in Environmental Systems and B.Sc. in Construction Management/Construction Economics and Quantity Surveying on the 24th of March, so we are looking forward to that.

Students as 'Creators' not just 'Consumers'

As part of the assessment strategy for the new Passive House Design and Construction module on the M.Sc. in Environmental Systems at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, students will create a blog and submit blog entries based content covered in class. We will keep you updated on how this works out.