Wednesday 25 April 2012 | 9am – 7pm |Royal Hospital Kilmainham

Many thanks to all who were involved in making this a hugely sucessful event. Photos from the event can be found on www.betterbuilding.ie and the presentations will soon be available on the conference website for all those who attended on the day.  Also to be posted soon are the plans for Better Building 2013. 

This event is organised by Éasca, Irish Green Building Council, Cultivate, Sustainable Building Show, The Chartered Institute of Building and the Passive House Association of Ireland

Michael Reynolds Lecture | 19 May 2012 | 2-4pm | Sugar Club | €15 per person | Limited seating available | More info and tickets at earthship.com/ireland

Disgraced then glorified, architect Michael Reynolds will be in Ireland in May to tell his extroardinary story.·His radical house designs have attracted devoted fans and outraged naysayers in equal measure.·It’s easy to see why.·Known as the garbage warrior, Reynolds uses discarded everyday items like aluminium cans, plastic bottles and used tyres to create unique, astounding, one off houses.·What started as a smart way to use waste as a cheap, abundant building material quickly evolved to become something altogether bigger and otherwordly, “Earthships”; so dubbed for their self-sufficiency and independence from municipal energy, water and sewage hook ups.

Join us to discuss the draft proposal for amending the building control regulations

15th May 6:00pm | Dept of the Environment | Custom House, Dublin 1

In April the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D. published the draft Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012 for public consultation. This proposes a strengthening of the system including the requirement to lodge drawings prior to commencement. The following documents were published for public consultation.

Draft Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (pdf, 163kb)

Strengthening the Building Control System - A Document to inform public consultation on Draft Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (pdf, 214kb)

Consultation on the proposed changes closes on 24th May 2012 at 5:30pm. There was considerable discussion on the Building Control system at the Better Building Conference on 25th April. It was agreed that there was need for greater clarification on the proposed system prior to the closing date for public submissions and this event gives an opportunity for building professionals to look at the proposals and put their questions.

Martin Vaughan of the Department of Environment Community and Local Government will make a presentation on the draft proposal and this will be followed by questions and answers.

This is been held in the Conference room on the 1st floor in the Custom house accessed from the main entrance on the Gardiner St side.

Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to attend

Monday 14 May | 18.30 | Little Museum of Dublin | 15 St Stephens Green

A public meeting is being held by the campaign ‘Save Hume St’. The campaign was launched last year to save the former Hume Street hospital, D2, which was vandalised by thieves who stole copper, lead and damaged a number of architectural features.

This iconic building is now for sale at a fraction of the original cost and could be sold in a €3 million fire sale without first considering alternatives. ‘Save Hume St’ believe it is an important cultural asset due to its city centre location and history as a publicly accessible building. To date there has been €30 million of public money invested in this building.