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Comment on RTE, Front line by liam tedford

liam tedford — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:53:07 +0000

IN relation to sub-contractors i had this issue raised in the dail about 6 years ago to no avail , here is the problum the main contractor puts up a bond to the client the sub contractor is totally exposed ,you need a fast track court just a judge and let him/her decide like the judge Judy any other way is a cost to the agreved paty sub contractor ,i have being on both sides of this situtation ,

Regards LIam Tedford

Comment on Home Energy Saving scheme! by insulation grants?

insulation grants? — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:31:25 +0000

There is an arguement to say that the money available in grants to people could be better spent on investing in renewable energy. However, I do think that if even 20% of homes could save 40% of the heat they produce, it can be a bad thing to offer free insulation grants to people?

Comment on Home Energy Saving scheme! by sustainable building

sustainable building — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:03:28 +0000

Hello. It is good to find post like this.
I want to say that I am completely agree with you, the main problem is that builders are not doing a very good job with the insulation of the house they build in the fist place. But anyway, I would like also to say that the Home Energy Saving Scheme is a very good plan, and we all should be proud of that, because from now, we are avoiding that first bad construction you said, and making sure that in the future, the green construction will be as important as it deserve.
So yes, I hope you are wrong as well!

Comment on Home Energy Saving scheme! by admin

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:10:53 +0000

Hi Damian,
I read that John Gormley updated the the building code, I suppose to me its seems a little too late. The building boom is over, all the house built over the last 10 years would have been build to the old standard. Which leaves an awful lot of houses to upgraded.

I wonder are Office building under the same requirement as house for Insulation ?

Comment on Home Energy Saving scheme! by Damian

Damian — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:29:42 +0000

Hi there.

“…a better investment would be to update the building code and make it harder for builders to get away with not properly insulating the houses that they built in the first place.”

It was one of the first things that John Gormley did after becoming Minister for the Environment.

http://www.greenparty.ie/en/news/latest_news/gormley_publishes_building_regulations_to_improve_energy_efficiency_of_new_homes

Comment on The use of patio heaters by Phoebe Bright

Phoebe Bright — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:13:03 +0000

While energy remains relatively cheap I guess we can continue to pretend we live in a mediterranean country with the odd poor day!

Comment on Recession by Allen Taylor

Allen Taylor — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:34:33 +0000

Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

Allen Taylor

Comment on Hello world! by Mr WordPress

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