Passive house at Wayside,Douglas Road, Cork

Description

Key facts on the performance of the homes.

Costs

• The home has been designed to have extremely low heating bills, meeting the Passive House standard.
• Location should mean lower transportation costs.
• The home is comprehensively designed for possible mobility impairment.
• The home is provided with smart monitoring to allow easy control of energy.
• The home is provided with  energy efficient A rated white goods.

Wellbeing

• The homes have a ventilation system to ensure good indoor air quality at all times.
• A monitoring system informs the occupiers of excessive levels of CO2
• The homes have been designed for excellent natural daylighting throughout.
• The home has been designed to avoid overheating in Summer.
• Very high performance windows ensure comfort in winter for occupants sitting in proximity.

Our planet

• The development is designed to not contribute to flooding in the wider area.
• The home is designed to reduce water consumption by up to 80% compared with typical Irish dwellings
• The development has improved the  ecological value of the site by increasing the number of plant species.
• Home has a  BER rating of A1 meeting the highest level of energy efficiency for Irish dwellings of less than 25kWh/sqm/anum and meets the Near Zero Energy Building Standard.
• The ecological footprint embodied in the  materials used for the construction of the home was assessed.