Energy - Design, Upgrading, Sustainability

Bodies

 - The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC)
 - Home Performance Index (HPI) by the IGBC and here

Life Cycle Costing (LCC)

International Cost Management Standard (ICMS )

 - SCSI Guide to Life Cycle Costing Guidance Note
 - A User Guide for the International Cost Management Standard 3 (ICMS 3) and here – A User’s Guide - SCSI Guide
 - ICMS: Global Consistency in Presenting Construction Life Cycle Costs and Carbon Emissions 3rd edition, November 2021
 - ISO 15686-5:2017Buildings and constructed assets — Service life planning Part 5: Life-cycle costing

Other Reading

 - Crave Zero

Energy Related Upgrades
 -S.R. 54:2014/A2:2022 - S.R. 54:2014&A2:2022 - Code of practice for the energy efficient retrofit of dwellings

Embodied Energy Calculations
 - BS EN 15804:2012+A1:2013 - Sustainability of construction works. Environmental product declarations. Core rules for the product category of construction products
 - BS EN 15978:2011 - Sustainability of construction works. Assessment of environmental performance of buildings. Calculation method

Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (EEOS)

 - Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Energy Efficiency Obligations Scheme (EEOS); Guidance Note for Public Bodies
 - S.I. 522 of 2022 - European Union (Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme) Regulations 2022

Building Energy Rating (BER)

 - National Register of BER Assessors - Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)

Other Info, News, and Updates

 - Solar Panels Technology News - February 2025
 - Experimental observations on hot-spots and derived acceptance/rejection criteria, R.Moretón, E.Lorenzo, L.Narvarte