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Passive Houses in Dun Laoghaire

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    quentingargan
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    josip wrote: »
    There I was reading my Global Gizmag news and I stumbled across an article about the town I'm sitting in.

    http://www.gizmag.com/passive-house-law-ireland/42037/

    Has this been mentioned anywhere else?
    New news or Old news?
    Does anyone think this will fly or is it flying a kite?

    More on this HERE. The editor, Jeff Colley, has been one of the movers and shakers pushing better building standards in a number of Local Authority areas.


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    zom
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    "passive house mandatory" sounds to me like we dont have any more housing problems in Ireland. Or I live on another planet maybe.


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    ted1
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    zom wrote: »
    "passive house mandatory" sounds to me like we dont have any more housing problems in Ireland. Or I live on another planet maybe.

    Why's that? Have you a issue with them ?


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    zom
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    I have issue with lack of standard housing and people living on the streets. I don't have issue with "passive houses" - only with "mandatory".


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    gctest50
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    zom wrote: »
    "passive house mandatory" sounds to me like we dont have any more housing problems in Ireland. Or I live on another planet maybe.

    It's as easy build them one way as the other once you get the hang of it

    it always goes like this :

    "you're building it what way ????? why ? no sense in that "

    year later, same person :

    " why are you still building them that way, no one does that "


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    ted1
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    zom wrote: »
    I have issue with lack of standard housing and people living on the streets. I don't have issue with "passive houses" - only with "mandatory".

    Why? I'm not really following your logic , what's wrong with passiv houses?
    How is having good quality housing that uses very little energy bad ?

    Here's a piece on grange lough, Ireland's first Passiv house development : http://www.munsterjoinery.ie/filedownload.jsp?file=Irish_spin_on_passive_house1.pdf


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    wildgreen
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    Would a fire spread more quickly in a passive house than in a more standard house? Do masonry exterior walls impede the spread of a fire?


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    dathi
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    wildgreen wrote: »
    Would a fire spread more quickly in a passive house than in a more standard house? Do masonry exterior walls impede the spread of a fire?

    passive houses can be built with either a timber frame or masonry wall and no a fire would not spread more quickly in a passive house as it still has to comply with all the other building regulations the same as a standard house. its just built to a higher standard with regard to insulation, air tightness,ventilation system etc.


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    zom
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    wildgreen wrote: »
    Would a fire spread more quickly in a passive house than in a more standard house? Do masonry exterior walls impede the spread of a fire?

    Exterior walls don't have much impact on house in fire itself. In term of building technology, fire protection of structural elements (ceilings, stairs) is much more important. And as most of thermal insulation materials are fire proof, well insulated house is more fire proof too.


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