Decarbonising Buildings and Implications for Housing Output

• Tuesday 29 April
• 12.00-14.00
• Museum of Literature Ireland, St Stephen's Green
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Lunchtime policy seminar supported by the UCD Policy Interface through funding from the HEA. The event will include presentations on the whole life carbon analysis of the Irish residential sector; the role of modern methods of construction (MMC) in reducing carbon impacts & enabling faster construction; and economic and policy trends that influence market supply and demand. 

We’ll then hear from an expert panel on policy, regulatory, and sustainability implications of decarbonising construction at scale:

• Oliver Kinnane, Head of UCD School Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy
• Richard O'Hegarty, UCD Research Engineer and RKD Architecture
• Éadaoin Ní Fhearghail, Climate and Construction Innovation Unit, Department of Housing
• Susan McGarry, Ecocem Ireland
• John McCartney, TU Dublin (formerly BNP Paribas Real Estate)
• Marion Jammet, Irish Green Building Council