Featured Project
Homegrown C16. Increasing the use of Irish home grown C16 timber in Housing Construction
This report presents the outcomes of Project UA03/22 entitled “Increasing the use of Irish home grown C16 timber in Housing Construction”, funded by the Accelerated Housing Applied Research, Dissemination and Demonstration (AHARDD) Programme Fund 2023.
This short project led by the Timber Engineering Research Group (TERG) at University of Galway aims to provide a summary of solutions and recommendations that can promote an increase in the use of home-grown Irish timber in housing (low and high rise) and offsite construction in Ireland.
Patrick McGetrick University of Galway
Quality And Safety
Review of the system of testing, certification and accreditation of new building products
This report examines the existing Irish housing delivery system, with a comprehensive review of standards, testing, certification and accreditation. The report presents a concise literature review to draw insights from similar standards, testing, certification and accreditation systems in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe. Additionally, interviews of construction professionals are undertaken to understand perspectives of industry on the current Irish system of standards, testing and certification.
Dr Shuo Wang and Dr Daniel McCrum UCD
Sustainability Project Series
National Digital carbon database. Carbon data for construction products
The project aimed to build on work done to date to support and improve the digital availability of construction product data both through Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and generic product data.
Pat Barry and Irene Rondini,
Irish Green Building Council
Sustainable living houses and apartments performance data
This report focuses on the outcomes of the Accelerated Housing Applied Research, Dissemination and Demonstration (AHARDD) Programme funding to support the project ‘Sustainable Living Houses/apartments-Performance Data’.
Prof Jamie Goggins and Dr Paul Moran University of Galway
Catalogue of construction and retrofitting courses Ireland 2024
This database was developed as part of Galway City’s NetZeroCities project, funded through the EU NetZeroCities Pilot Cities Programme (grant agreement no. 101036519).
Orlaith McGinley, University of Galway
Coming soon
Testbed for envelope solutions testing
Testbench is an Open access, Open data and Open-source Building Envelope Testbench, that is being developed at University of Galway….
DHLGH Projects
Coming soon
Seed Fund 2024
Testing the Regulatory Sandbox Approach
Roadmap for small builders
Tailoring Steel Fibres for 3D Printed Concrete
(A)I-COMPLI
Modernising Wind Load Standards
Modelling for better indoor environment
Material Passport technology
Green Binder Ireland 3050 (GBI3050) system
RUBBERPAVE
ART-FLOOR
Alternative materials as cementitious binders
Tool for Pricing LGS Building Projects
Seed Fund 2023
Coming soon
