The built environment greatly affects sustainability, climate change, well-being, health, and inclusion. These matters are deeply embedded and connected within our buildings, neighbourhoods, towns and cities and they require integrated and people-centred research and design solutions. TrinityHaus, a Trinity College Research Centre located in the School of Engineering, was established in 2008, through a very generous benefaction by Bernard McNamara which provided seed funding for the research centre, including the institution of the Michael McNamara Chair of Construction Innovation and Sustainability, named in honour of Bernard’s father.
TrinityHaus is largely research-driven...