A small development of passive houses built for the private rental market overlooks Galway’s Atlantic Coast, Radharc na Chaoláire. These houses feature low carbon concrete as part of a considered approach to high-performance, low-impact building — fittingly for a project designed by RIAI sustainability taskforce chair Helena McElmeel.
At BATIMAT 2026, Chryso and Ecocem are unveiling a new solution resulting from their complementary expertise: Ecocem ACT low-carbon cement technology combined with EnviroMix® 3150 ACT, a new EnviroMix® admixture solution that was co-developed by Chryso and Ecocem.
Dating back to 1843, the Dún Laoghaire Baths is an award-winning redevelopment that has put long-term thinking at the heart of a public project.
Over the last four decades, Shay Murtagh has become one of the leading precast concrete product manufacturers in Ireland and the UK. They now use 40% GGBS in all applications.
Esker Readymix collaborated with Ecocem in using GGBS to deliver stronger concrete for specifically testing (and unpleasant) conditions. Based in Athenry, Co. Galway, Esker Readymix has been in operation since 1950 and today — in addition to ready-mix concrete — the company produces a range of building blocks, stone, and precast products.
Within Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII-Structures is responsible for the management of approximately 3,500 national road structures. Of these, about 800 are masonry arches, 1,000 are reinforced concrete boxes or culverts while the rest are primarily concrete bridges.
As the largest builder of residential homes in Ireland, Cairn Homes is also leading the way in reducing carbon emissions. In 2024, the company announced that it was adopting the passive house standard for all new flagship developments as a way of reducing the energy demand of the homes it builds.
The consortium of Cairn, UCD, Kilsaran, and Ecocem has secured €50,000 in funding from Construct Innovate, Ireland’s national Construction Technology Centre, to validate an innovative low-carbon cement capable of significantly cutting Ireland’s CO2 emissions from the construction sector.
