Construction firms Sisk and John Paul make the move to energy-efficient HQs
Sisk have upgraded its new Citywest Business Park HQ to an A3 BER and says upgrading an existing building is more carbon efficient than building from scratch
TWO of Ireland's biggest and longest-established construction firms have made significant moves to energy efficient company HQs.
One of Ireland's oldest firms in the sector, family-owned Sisk, founded in Cork 165 years ago, has moved 200 staff to a newly retrofitted building at Citywest Business Campus, Dublin.
Sisk employs 2,500 across Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe. Among its recent high-profile contracts is one for the expansion of Manchester City's Etihad football stadium.
Back in Dublin, company's new Citywest facility used a 'circular economy' approach to reusing materials thus saving over €132,000. Recently opened by by Tánaiste, Michéal Martin, it has 18 EV charging stations, solar panels, external air source heat pump, VFF air-con and a gym.
The upgraded Citywest HQ has a full ‘Digital Twin’ enabling Sisk operate and manage the energy and occupancy rate of the building remotely by Sisk facilities management company, SENSORi FM.
Paul Brown, CEO said it had been "a huge undertaking and now we have a new home that is reflective of our modern business. We’re no longer ‘just’ builders, but trusted construction experts."
The company noted that the biggest contributor to carbon savings "is having upgraded an existing building instead of building a new one from scratch, since the structure, shell and core of an office building usually account for over 70% of the total building’s carbon footprint."
Sisk's move comes as John Paul Construction (75 years in business) takes 20,000 sq ft of new HQ offices at Sandyford Dublin's termini on a 12-year lease at c €35 psf. Buildings at the Aldergate Developments' 224,000 sq ft Termini scheme hit an A3BER/Gold LEED V4 standard.
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