Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
With regard to marketing, if I drive by a newly developed housing estate in Wicklow or elsewhere, I will see them described as A2 or A-rated housing. If that marketing sign also had to state the construction method was E-rated, would it be helpful in driving the market? Are people aware of the embodied carbon or the materials going into the house, even when the house is A-rated with low running costs and highly energy-efficient? Should we look at rating the construction method? Does anybody have any thoughts on that?
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