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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