Tuath Staff Attend First In-Person Meeting as Part of Circular Reno

In January, Tuath’s Director of Property Services, Nick Sheward, joined Tuath colleagues and fellow Circular Reno partners in Lille, France for an in-person meeting.

Circular reno is an InterregNWE EU funded project aiming to implement scalable biobased deep energy retrofit packages of facade and roof systems using different kinds of biobased materials straw, wood, biopolymer and miscanthus. The project brings together 4 EU social housing providers Tuath Housing Association in Ireland, Vilogia in France, Wonion in Netherlands and LEG and Germany as well as construction/retrofit companies and facilitators.

Tuath is providing 10 units as a demonstrator project in Ireland while KORE Retrofit are leading the development of the Irish supply chain. We are also contributing to transnational working groups, assessing the baseline situation in Ireland and exploring barriers and opportunities.

Day 1 was spent learning how each partner country is progressing their own pilot project, what systems they are testing and how they are developing their supply chains. Attendees were later broken into different groups to discuss the policy and regulatory landscape in each country aswell as the opportunities and barriers for further implementation of these solutions.

Day 2 involved a site visit to Audruicq which is part of the Chênelet Développement social enterprise. Audruicq is a sustainable sawmill where they manufacture eco building materials such as wood/straw panels used to build social housing.

One of the participants, Tuath’s Sustainability Coordinator, Jennifer Whitty, said “It was a very inspiring and educational visit to see the different possibilities and as always when I get involved in sustainability projects, I am re-energised being amongst like-minded colleagues looking to innovate for solutions.”

Learn More

If you’re interested in learning more about the Circular Reno project, KORE Retrofit will be hosting a lunchtime briefing this Wednesday, January 31st. For more information, follow this link http://bit.ly/47I6Y2E