Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Dr. Oliver Kinnane:

Absolutely. Increasingly, those buildings then become bigger buildings of higher embodied carbon materials with a bigger square footage. It is primarily driven by the commercial sector. We have a lot of young office buildings being demolished to be replaced with what are claimed to be LEED-certified sustainable buildings with all the bells and whistles but oftentimes they remain vacant themselves.

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