Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ARCOM Conference, ARCOM 2016

Three possible transition pathways to an energy efficient future-market-based, ecological modernisation, and radical transformation-are considered for the construction industry, responsible for 40% of European Union (EU) end-use emissions. Considerable obstacles to achieving low energy construction …

The construction industry is of strategic importance to any economy, as it delivers the building and infrastructural needs of society; it is also a major provider of employment. The over-reliance on construction was a contributing factor to the collapse of the Irish economy and employment in constru…