About SitePass

The original aim of this blog was to contribute to a collaborative learning space for Passive House Design and Construction in Ireland. It has been funded by the National Academy for the Integration of Research into Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL). This is a continusing collaborative effort between the Department of Building and Civil Engineering at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and industry partners, Passive House Builders and McGann Scahill Architects.

I have decided to expand the purpose of the SitePass blog by using it as a learning space for all issues related to future building solutions for a resource efficient society. It still will contain relevant Passive House design and construction posts but will now include the wide range of issues related to future building solutions and resource efficiency.

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!