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York Street Social Housing wins Best Sustainable Project RIAI Awards 2009
Best Sustainable Project: York Street Social Housing - A new, exciting and sustainable social housing scheme. The project entailed the construction of 66 apartments for local authority tenants, a basement car-park, ground floor retail units, a community centre and a secure communal garden for the residents.
Based on ecological design principles, the building is designed to benefit from controlled passive solar gain using glazed wintergardens and solar thermal roof gardens. It also has an energy efficient communal heating system, rain water recycling and sedum green roofs.
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