Brewhouse Sustainable Building

Refurbishment of Historic 3 Storey Building in Kilkenny

The Brewhouse building which holds historic value as the centre of brewing for 50 years is located on the former Smithwicks (Diageo) Brewery Site in Kilkenny City adjacent to the original Abbey which is an area of conservation. Originally constructed in the 1960’s the renovation and refurbishment of this 3 storey building forms part of the regeneration of the overall site (20 acres) of Abbey Quarter.

A very sustainable approach by Lawler Consulting was taken on this project by retaining and redeveloping a substantially naturally ventilated multi-let premium office space which is approx 4,500m². The site is located adjacent to the River Nore and environmental constraints are a feature of the design of this project.

The office accommodation raidates from an imposing central atrium, a space that once housed the original maturation brewing tanks.

LEED Sustainability Consultants

In addition to acting as M&E Building services consultants, through a competitive public procurement process we were also nominated as LEED Consultants for this building which is on target to reach it’s proposed “Gold” status.

A Truly Sustainable Building

We successfully worked alongside all design team members on collaboration and co-ordination of all design stages throughout in addition to delivering quality on site interface with contractors during construction stage of this development to design a truly sustainable building to include:-

• Grade A office building
• Raised access floors / Exposed ceilings
• PIR lighting
• Public lighting design on the overall site
• CCTV
• Lift Installation
• Energy efficient air conditioning
• LEED Gold target

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