Roof view of zero carbon passive plus dwellings in Co Dublin today @phplus.bsky.social @ipha.bsky.social

Interesting thread

Continuing poor performance, very disappointing on 2030 carbon targets (via Irish Times)

“..home [sales] transactions were being settled 7-8 per cent above the original asking price in May and June, “signalling continued strong competition amongst homebuyers returning”, it said.. In Dublin, the median premium was 9-10 per cent above the asking price.” Via Irish Times

Londoners Complain of 'Unbearable Heat' in City's Modern Housing financialpost.com/pmn/business...

Nasa’s mars battery storage tech could help our grid bow youtube.com/shorts/omK36...

Good read “Guidance: Avoiding Overheating - Greengauge” ggbec.co.uk/guidance-avo...

“People should not have to first prove they can exit homelessness into housing before they are offered shelter, any more than people should be turned away by a hospital if they can’t prove they will get well” @mickbyrne.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theweeki...

“When we know the likely effect of future climate change on our housing, it is incredible that we are introducing standards that will make apartment liveability worse. Health impacts have been ignored in the constant drive for output over outcomes.” @irishtimes.com

“So it's pretty essential that.. [the EV charging] works and it's constantly going down - that is just not good enough.” x.com/newstalkfm/s...

Tough times ahead for commercial office market? Sobering read in today’s Irish Times

Roof photo of 4 net zero (passive plus standard) homes under constriction in Co Dublin @phplus.bsky.social @ipha.bsky.social

Ireland starting to pull ahead in adoption of the Passive Standard (via Business Post)

Good read here outlining the positive impact of small scale solar power generation on demand and the grid in Holland (via Business Post)

New York City freezes rents for one million apartments in Mayor Mamdani victory - www.reuters.com/world/us/new...

I especially love this diagram.

This is no longer behind pay wall. Looking at tension between technocratic expertise & communitarian values in housing politics @ciantocallaghan.bsky.social @fplogue.bsky.social @maoiliosarey.bsky.social theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/one-off-ho...

Attractive compact infill apartment scheme in Barcelona x.com/noticiasarq/...

Uk “Berkeley warns flat delivery times have jumped to eight years” | Construction Enquirer News www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/06/24/r...

Zero carbon passive plus standard housing coming on in Dublin!

Tenanted social housing for sale in Tallaght for €368k per apartment (via Irish Times)

Good read “The vacancy data shows.. [in] the highest-value, highest-amenity locations, the alternatives to long-term occupation are most profitable precisely where demand is most intense. Demand does not guarantee occupation, it competes with it.” open.substack.com/pub/hometrut...

Interesting take on top-down technocratic planning policies. Applies across the board imho, and not just to one-off housing

Govt subsidies chasing inflation? Croi Conaithe scheme launched in 2022 aimed to deliver 5000 apartments by this year at an average cost of €90k per unit- to date half of this has been delivered at av cost €120k per unit. (Via Irish Times)

Good read “When we really dig down, we can see the housing solutions that worked in the past and that today work elsewhere. The solutions are not difficult. The politics is.” @cameronmurray.bsky.social x.com/drcameronmur...

Some interesting figures in today’s Sunday Business Post

Interesting read “Building more apartments will not solve Australia’s housing affordability crisis unless policymakers address rising house prices and investor activity, new research shows.” www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...

Interesting analysis on fuel prices, inflation and the likelihood of the ECB not raising rates any higher year (via Irish Times)

Spain leads the way spending less, going green and saving consumers millions in costs at the same time thttps://www.euronews.com/2026/06/16/spains-renewables-revolution-is-paying-off-electricity-bills-are-lower-despite-energy-cris

There was a lot of discussion about the subtitle for our book. I didn't want to mention sustainability but the publisher was keen. Not sure I'd even pick up a book with sustainable in the title these days as I'd expect the usual cliches. www.waterstones.com/book/the-goo...

House prices doubling every 12 years (via Irish Times)

Removal of ‘fast track’ SHD planning policy leads to less decisions being legally challenged (via Irish Times)

“There are two types of people in this world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data."

What goes wrong when you privatise essential infrastructure? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Effects of construction cost inflation being felt by industry (via Irish Times)

Good read

Good read “Two consecutive censuses were telling us something we did not understand, and we have ignored that for a decade while the problems have grown progressively worse” open.substack.com/pub/hometrut...

Apartment completions entirely dependent on current government financial supports (via Irish Times)

@cameronmurray.bsky.social I’m trying to locate your co-authored paper on market effects in housing supply of increased density policies (single family lots) over 10 yrs in (Melbourne?) from a few years back- do you have a link?

An eye-catching headline in today’s Irish Times

Thought provoking article here on housing policy impacts and homelessness over the past 12 years www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

Essential viewing- 15 mins “Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?” www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULJX...

A good short (sobering) thread on climate risk here

Uk government urged to take lessons from Ireland’s recent housing policy moves (via Business Post)

Good read here “..nobody appears to have looked closer at the [house] component costs that make up the total. These costs should have at the very least given pause for thought.” open.substack.com/pub/hometrut...

“Ireland will not hit 2030 carbon targets and could face billions in fines, says Darragh O’Brien” www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Ireland’s data centre strain a ‘cautionary tale’ for rest of world, UN says” www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Good idea “RTÉ’s Jacqui Hurley sets up business matching downsizers with those trading up: ‘There’s probably trepidation’ www.irishtimes.com/property/res...

“The state remains focused in abstract output figures disconnected from lived reality ..” via Irish Times

“As of Q2 2025.. there were close to 20,000 derelict housing units in the country. By comparison, local authority registers contained only around 2,300 entries at this time.” www.rte.ie/news/investi...