Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

Joseph Little, Assistant Head of School, Dublin School of Architecture, Technological UniversityDublin

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Using data to Assess, Analyse and forecast nZEB &retrofit stock potential

• The actual performance of retrofit and nZEB houses compared with the projected performance
• Overall energy performance and the performance of the building itself
• Do the buildings lose more or less heat than the predictions indicate?

Dr.Shane Colclough Research Fellow,University College Dublin, and Principal, Energy Expertise Ltd

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Fire Safety-How this differs in Retrofit Projects   

• Legislative requirements when upgrading buildings for fire safety
• Fire risk assessments for existing buildings
• The differences between new and existing builds

Dr.Victor Hrymak, Lecturer in Environmental Health and Safety, TU Dublin

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Renewable Systems for nZEB Homes

Padraic O' Reilly Researcher at LIT, DevelopmentUnit

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The role of one-stop-shops and digitalisation in upscaling energy upgrade in housing

Funding and collaboration for retrofit projects

• The role of the residential sector in achieving ambitious decarbonisation targets for 2030, in terms of heat supply
• Update on Government's energy renovation target and programmes, progress so far with a particular focus on the social housing sector
• The 'one-stop-shop' model to upscale energy upgrade of Ireland's housing stock
• The role of digitalisation in empowering energy upgrade 'one-stop-shops' to increase productivity, ensure quality outcomes and reduce costs.

Xavier Dubuisson, Founder, RetroKit

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Closing the skill gaps- What Skills are needed for the nZEB standard

• Many construction workers are not up to date on latest high performance building technology- how does this need to change?
• Those operating in the construction industry need to know what required and how to deliver high quality at a reasonable cost.
• There is an incredible shortage of skilled labour to uptake positions in the construction industry, for both new-build and retrofit. How is this being addressed?
• Upskilling that is being delivered at the new centres of excellence and the role such training might provide in  upscaling the ambitious Government retrofit targets.

Tomas O’Leary, Managing Director at MosArt, Passive House Certifier, Passive House Trainer, BERAssessor

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Costs- LifeCycle Costing of a Low Energy Retrofit- Strategies to deliver better value for money

Colin Simpson, Housing/Commercial Delivery Manager 3 County Energy Agency

Heritage and Conservation Concerns – Bringing them up to standard

• Background – Recent research and work
• Knowledge gap analysis of traditional building retrofit
• Understanding carbon in the historic environment
• The Process – Designing a best practice retrofit strategy
• Suggested steps to follow in developing a holistic retrofit strategy
• Best practice guidance
• Considering environmental impacts of materials
• Essential energy efficiency and building condition analyses

Caroline Engel Purcell, Head of Research at Carrig Conservation International Ltd

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Case Study Session- Zero Carbon Builds

• What zero carbon / net zero carbon is and how it compares to NZEB
• The Wren Hotel in Dublin - case study - Ireland’s first Net Zero Carbon hotel.

Patrick Kavanagh, Engineering Associate (CEngMIEI), BDP

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Funding and collaboration for retrofit projects- commercially and residentially

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