Michael Broderick

How the First Home Scheme can help bridge your funding gap

First Home Scheme

How the First Home Scheme works and how you might use it to assist with your build costs.

Gerard Duffy

Geothermal Heat Pump & Using Solar PV Power

Eurotech

Discover the Life Cycle Benefits of Geothermal - Come along and discover the New Geothermal/Air hybrid heat pump, 70% lower heating cost and 30 year’s operating life, achieves record breaking SCOP. 1. Under Floor Heating ground source heat pump efficiency, COP 4.6. 2. Over Floor Heating ground source heat pump efficiency COP6.1, learn more. 3. Hybrid Air & Ground source heat pump seasonal efficiency, SCOP 6.5 4. Hybrid heat pumps that connect to more than one energy source and switch over automatically. 5. Lawn collectors to supply energy to Heat pump. 6. Eco4 Light, floor heating & cooling systems using geothermal heat pumps. 7. Bore hole collectors offer heating and free cooling using geothermal heat pumps. 8. Smart controls manage heating and cooling from one smart sensor in each room. 9. Combi heat pumps provide free hot water when making heating or cooling for the house. 10. Smart hot water boilers use mini heat pumps to heat water, dry laundry and cool the Larder. 11. Heat pumps that run on solar power to heat, cool, and make hot water. 12. Smart solar link automatically to run the heat pump when everybody is out and about. 13. Smart battery systems to store solar power in summer and night rate power in winter.

Declan Smyth

Decorative and heating appliances

European Stoves and Fireplaces

Visitors will learn about the difference between electric, gas (bio) and wood burning stoves(carbon neutral). We will go through the pros and cons of each type of fuel and energy type of electric fires, wood burning stoves and high efficiency gas bio fires. We will explain in layman's terms about all of the above to hopefully suit the visitors needs. Q&A even after the time period, one to one.

Michael Donoghue

Everything you need to know about Air to Water Heat Pumps

Daikin

Come and see us at the Daikin Theatre to learn all about the benefits of installing an air to water heat pump in your home, whether it’s a new build project or replacing a boiler in your existing home, our experts will explain all you need to know, and why selecting a Daikin air to water heat pump is the best decision you can make to future proof your home.

Cian Walsh

SuDS paving solutions

Roadstone

A sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) is an alternative to the traditional pipes, gullies and culverts approach to a development and its drainage strategy. A SuDS system comprises components and techniques that are deemed to be more sustainable and deal with storm water at source

Shaun Morgan

Ventilation in the Home

ProAir

This seminar will be a walk through ventilating your home, from why you should ventilate your home, the importance of indoor air quality and good ventilation, and the factors impacting indoor air quality. An introduction to the different types of ventilation, the basic principles behind Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) and the considerations for ventilating your home.

Robert Johnston

Real Sustainability

Clayblock

What is the different between having the numbers right on a paper or building real efficient, sustainable home.

Andrew Acheson

Triple Glazing – thinking about meeting future Building Regulations

Internorm

Insightful presentation into the different glazing solutions on the market and why, now more than ever, it is important to understand the importance of choosing high-quality, thermally efficient windows for your project.

George McStravick

Future Proof Your Home

GMS Intelligent Systems

The Visitors will be given an insight into the importance of future proofing their homes. The presentation focuses mainly on how and when to install the structured cabling, required to embrace the multitude of smart technologies. It emphasises the huge benefits to be gained from this modern day way of living. The presentation also identifies the latest technologies available to the visitors.

Craig Jones

How much does it cost to build a house in Ireland today

Land Options Ireland

Eleanor Clarke

Budget-savvy design tips

Cobeils

Barry Mc Carron

Building to the passive house standard in Ireland: what’s involved - With an example of a house renovation

Passive House Association of Ireland & South West College

Break

Break

Panel Discussion

How to finance your project

Michael Broderick, First Home Scheme
John McClave, Bank of Ireland
Jacinta O'Shea, AIB
Chris O'Sullivan, PTSB

Panel Discussion

The process of building your home: cost saving tips

Paul Lawford, smallchange.ie
Pete Finn, Let's Talk Homes

Panel Discussion

Windows & Doors - typical specifications for Irish new builds and extensions

Andrew Acheson, Internorm Windows UK Ltd
Patrick Beausang, Passive Sills
Ben Kilcommons, Sean Doyle Windows Ltd

Ruairi Connelly

On site wastewater systems: what your options are and the latest on the grants

Ruairi Connelly, Graf Environmental Ltd
John Brennan, Molloy Environmental Ltd