'One Stop Shop': Could Ireland's approach to energy efficiency provide a template for the world to follow?

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'One Stop Shop': Could Ireland's approach to energy efficiency provide a template for the world to follow?

The comprehensive energy efficiency strategy adopted in Ireland has become the envy of its neighbours and points to how deep decarbonisation of the building stock might be achieved

It's enough to make your head spin: Internal or external insulation? Triple-glazed windows? Must I change all my radiators for a heat pump? Will a heat pump keep me warm, anyway? Should I insulate the...

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