We believe that low energy houses such as passive houses (see www.passiv.de) is the future of housing.Here in Ireland we are well behind the curve, to date, in implementing effectively building regs and many design / construction techniques that have become the norm in the rest of Europe. The ubiquitous concrete block and lack of attention to detail during the ' boom' exacerbated this. However given our timing of wanting to build a house now, there is a general lack of both professional and contractor experience in this specialist field- its a work in progress & in a few short years we would hope it will have matured significantly. In the meantime it needs people to just get started.
