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Evaluating The Irish Technical Guidance Documents In The Context Of Sustainability, Rosemarie Macsweeney
Evaluating The Irish Technical Guidance Documents In The Context Of Sustainability, Rosemarie Macsweeney
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Sustainability is more than just a “buzz word” or meaningless jargon; it is what is needed for survival due to the unsustainability of humanity in recent centuries. Sustainable buildings are only one element of the solution, but a very large one in terms of the amount of problems created socially, economically and environmentally by buildings. Humans now spend more and more time in buildings, most of their days in many cases, and so the regulation and policy mechanisms surrounding buildings are critical to the success of sustainability. The Irish Technical Guidance Documents (TGDs), are a set of twelve documents which …