{"id":3227,"date":"2013-04-03T08:59:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T08:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2013-04-03T08:59:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T08:59:40","slug":"ireland-is-no-better-off-in-construction-standards-than-it-was-during-the-celtic-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/ireland-is-no-better-off-in-construction-standards-than-it-was-during-the-celtic-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland is no better off in construction standards than it was during the Celtic Tiger…"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ireland is no better off in construction standards than it was during the Celtic Tiger…<\/strong><\/p>\n A bold statement but unfortunately true.<\/p>\n Let’s look at what happened and what is now happening…<\/p>\n Celtic Tiger Days<\/strong><\/p>\n We as designers and builders knew no better; increased levels of insulation and airtightness standards were still a long down the line – remember that although Ireland’s first passive house was constructed in 2004 it took a long time for these concepts to be adopted into Building Regulations and mainstream thought.<\/p>\n And the majority of the houses constructed in this period were thrown up so quickly that they didn’t even comply with the Building Regs of the time.<\/p>\n Money was abundant but the exponential increase in construction meant that the standards of construction were woefully poor. I’ve written copiously on this topic; here’s one on Why Most Irish Houses don’t pass Building Regs<\/a> So what we’re left with is that during the period in which Ireland had the money (albeit imaginary!) the country undertook it’s largest growth in construction and is left with woefully inadequate housing stock.<\/p>\n