Sustainable Housing Research: Addressing Energy Poverty & Net Zero Goals

Webinar on sustainable housing in Ireland, addressing energy poverty challenges, transition to net-zero carbon homes and fairer solutions.

Sustainable Housing Research: Addressing Energy Deprivation & Net Zero Goals

This webinar presents research on sustainable housing in Ireland, focusing on both the challenges of energy deprivation and the transition to net-zero carbon homes. It will explore the impacts of housing precarity and energy deprivation across different household groups, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. The session will also highlight innovative solutions and emerging technologies to support the decarbonisation of social housing. It will cover practical approaches to retrofit, as well as the key drivers influencing climate action in the sector. Overall, this webinar will provide practitioners and policymakers with evidence-based insights to deliver sustainable and resilient homes and communities.

Speakers include:

Susan Vickers, Head of Environmental Sustainability, Clúid Housing

Richard Waldron, Assistant Professor in Planning, School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, UCD

Sustainable Housing Webinar Series 2026

This is the first webinar in The Housing Agency’s five-part series focused on sustainability in housing and the built environment. Sustainability is a critical and cross-cutting issue in housing policy, encompassing construction emissions, energy efficiency, retrofit, biodiversity, and whole-life carbon considerations. This series will support knowledge sharing, promote best practice, and strengthen engagement with practitioners and policymakers across the sector.

The webinar topics in our series will be on the following:

1. Research on Sustainable Housing: Addressing Energy Deprivation and Net Zero Goals

2. Research on Innovation in Housing: MMC and Biodiversity

3. Futureproofing Homes: Policy, Retrofitting and Innovation

4. Greener Homes, Real Projects: Lessons from Kildare’s Demohouse

5. Delivering Passive Housing: From Concept to Reality

Whether you work in a local authority, an AHB, academia, or have a keen interest in sustainable development, this series will offer insights into delivering resilient homes and communities.