>”To meet its climate targets the State may need to limit the construction of new homes to just 21,000 units a year, significantly below the current construction rate To meet its climate targets the State may need to limit the construction of new homes to just 21,000 units a year, significantly below the current construction rate (expected to be 25,000-28,000 this year) and significantly below the 33,000 units envisaged under the Government’s Housing for All strategy, a new report has indicated.
>Currently the sector accounts for 37 per cent of the State’s carbon emissions, the same as agriculture.
[ Cantillon: Housing targets do not chime with climate ones ] The IGBC’s report said projections to 2030 show that the national retrofit programme, which aims to carry out energy-saving retrofits on up to 500,000 homes, will lead to a significant decrease in emissions from operating buildings.
>READ MORE The report presents three possible scenarios “to scope their future impact on overall emissions from the built environment”.
The finding suggests the Government’s development and climate strategies may be on a collision course.”
How about refurbishing existing housing for energy efficiency, focus on quality dense building and regulating the industry instead?
21,000 houses a year? What do you mean you want us to build 15,000 houses a year? 11,000 is a lot of houses. The most I can built is 6,000 houses.
I love how the FFG governments cite the rules when it suits them (i.e looking for reasons not to spend money on plebs) … But then they’ll happily break the rules, and go toe to toe with the EU in the highest European courts when it comes to raking it in (see: VRT).
So fuck you FFG. You’re codding no one, just preaching to your choir of mé féiners.
Irish Green Building Council don’t set government policy
This is more like an opinion piece
Is this the new excuse for not building housing ?
Are we even building that many now?
Would this lower than planned level of house building be possible without population control (stricter immigration restrictions, encouraging fewer children)?
Absolutely farcical if true.
How about realising that climate target is lower priority than housing? Homeless people wouldn’t have time to worry about climate anyway.
I am going out on a limb and say this is a lie.
Anything but look at the giant cow shaped elephant in the room I suppose – sure what’s a bit of homelessness? We can all live in tents in our parents back garden or emigrate I suppose?
Just as long a the vested interests get protected, the NIMBYs get their way, we do nothing about public transport lest it discommode one flower bed, no windmills, no offshore wind. no power lines, no LNG facilities, no offshore gas, no district heating, no metro, no high speed rail, diesel commuter trains done on the cheap, no planning, just unsustainable bungalow bliss … and we continue to do absolutely nothing about our energy issues or emissions, but keep promising the world to international organisations and talking out our arse about being this lovely green island.
We’re a joke! A total joke.
Another day, another reason to rage
I absolutely love this crossover , save the planet or let people die on the streets, a tough one for many of you and many of the Irish Twitter commentators
How will 21000 houses accommodate Natural population growth + 68000 asylum seekers? This doesn’t include regular immigration. Tiny weeny Ireland will solve climate change problem by leaving people homeless. Great solution 👍
How about we massively cut agriculture’s emissions to make up for it?
haha, thats assuming anything gets built
Gas to see the blueshirt redditors spouting shite from an environmentalist pulpit now.
Shameless cunts, it would almost make you laugh.
The slow pace of climate change can absolutely take a back seat to our very urgent and real need to build loads of fucking houses
This is basically… oh shit house prices are dropping… print something to keep them up because 80% of our advertising revenue comes from the property section.
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Of course they will…
Summary:
>”To meet its climate targets the State may need to limit the construction of new homes to just 21,000 units a year, significantly below the current construction rate To meet its climate targets the State may need to limit the construction of new homes to just 21,000 units a year, significantly below the current construction rate (expected to be 25,000-28,000 this year) and significantly below the 33,000 units envisaged under the Government’s Housing for All strategy, a new report has indicated.
>Currently the sector accounts for 37 per cent of the State’s carbon emissions, the same as agriculture.
[ Cantillon: Housing targets do not chime with climate ones ] The IGBC’s report said projections to 2030 show that the national retrofit programme, which aims to carry out energy-saving retrofits on up to 500,000 homes, will lead to a significant decrease in emissions from operating buildings.
>READ MORE The report presents three possible scenarios “to scope their future impact on overall emissions from the built environment”.
The finding suggests the Government’s development and climate strategies may be on a collision course.”
How about refurbishing existing housing for energy efficiency, focus on quality dense building and regulating the industry instead?
21,000 houses a year? What do you mean you want us to build 15,000 houses a year? 11,000 is a lot of houses. The most I can built is 6,000 houses.
I love how the FFG governments cite the rules when it suits them (i.e looking for reasons not to spend money on plebs) … But then they’ll happily break the rules, and go toe to toe with the EU in the highest European courts when it comes to raking it in (see: VRT).
So fuck you FFG. You’re codding no one, just preaching to your choir of mé féiners.
https://i.imgflip.com/6wsmju.jpg
Irish Green Building Council don’t set government policy
This is more like an opinion piece
Is this the new excuse for not building housing ?
Are we even building that many now?
Would this lower than planned level of house building be possible without population control (stricter immigration restrictions, encouraging fewer children)?
Absolutely farcical if true.
How about realising that climate target is lower priority than housing? Homeless people wouldn’t have time to worry about climate anyway.
I am going out on a limb and say this is a lie.
Anything but look at the giant cow shaped elephant in the room I suppose – sure what’s a bit of homelessness? We can all live in tents in our parents back garden or emigrate I suppose?
Just as long a the vested interests get protected, the NIMBYs get their way, we do nothing about public transport lest it discommode one flower bed, no windmills, no offshore wind. no power lines, no LNG facilities, no offshore gas, no district heating, no metro, no high speed rail, diesel commuter trains done on the cheap, no planning, just unsustainable bungalow bliss … and we continue to do absolutely nothing about our energy issues or emissions, but keep promising the world to international organisations and talking out our arse about being this lovely green island.
We’re a joke! A total joke.
Another day, another reason to rage
I absolutely love this crossover , save the planet or let people die on the streets, a tough one for many of you and many of the Irish Twitter commentators
How will 21000 houses accommodate Natural population growth + 68000 asylum seekers? This doesn’t include regular immigration. Tiny weeny Ireland will solve climate change problem by leaving people homeless. Great solution 👍
How about we massively cut agriculture’s emissions to make up for it?
haha, thats assuming anything gets built
Gas to see the blueshirt redditors spouting shite from an environmentalist pulpit now.
Shameless cunts, it would almost make you laugh.
The slow pace of climate change can absolutely take a back seat to our very urgent and real need to build loads of fucking houses
this is the excuse theyre running with now is it?
https://i.imgflip.com/6wsmju.jpg
This is basically… oh shit house prices are dropping… print something to keep them up because 80% of our advertising revenue comes from the property section.