Run-down terraces are an all-too-common sight in towns and villages across Ireland, but an ambitious deep retrofit project in Tralee provides an inspiring blueprint for regeneration, taking a cold 19th century terraced office and turning it into a beautifully designed space with tiny energy bills, fit for the 21st century.
A 19th century two-storey, mid-terraced commercial building with decidedly wonky party walls might not strike you as the most natural choice for a passive house retrofit, not least because external insulation was not an option, and access to the site was poor.
