Delivering Commercial NZEB 2019

Wednesday 6^th March 2019

Design - Fabric - Systems - Culture Change

On 6th March 2019 Dublin School of Architecture, TU Dublin, hosted ‘Delivering Commercial nZEB Conference 2019' in the impressive new stadium of Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork City.

The conference took place in the context:

1. The establishment of Ireland’s first Technological University, TU Dublin;
2. The inception of the Nearly Zero Energy Building Standard^[1] (nZEB) for commercial buildings (as transposed in Part L (2017) of the Irish Building Regulations); and
3. The second year of the professional postgraduate MSc in Building Performance (Energy Efficiency in Design)^[2], taught in Dublin School of Architecture.

The conference explored nZEB Standard design through (a) presentations of leading Irish and international building design professionals, (b) a breakout session that focused on technical solutions and (c) an alternate round table session where managers explored ways to re-orient their teams to nZEB through discussion with peers and international experts.

^[1]‘Nearly Zero Energy Buildings’ means a building that has a very high energy performance. The nearly zero or very low amount of energy required should be covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site or nearby.

^[2] This part-time, nested programme is taught to building design professionals nationwide using a blended online mode of delivery. Year one is the Postgraduate Certificate in Building Performance (Energy Efficiency in Design). The first module, nZEB Policy and Technologies is also offered as a CPD.