• Client: Cluid Housing Association
• Building Size: 3,800m2
• Total Value: €6,200,000
• Total M&E Value: €1,315,000
• Year Completed: 2017

Varming Consulting Engineers were commissioned to design the mechanical and electrical services installations for this development consisting of the construction of a 3 storey detached building with an approximate area of 3,800m2, consisting of sheltered housing for 35 one bed apartments and 8 two bedroom apartments with terraces at ground level and projecting balconies at first and second floor levels. Also included within the scheme is a communal area including an office, 2 guest rooms, computer rooms, living area and laundry room and ancillary support areas together with a central landscaped courtyard.

Group heating scheme with high efficiency gas fired boilers and Micro-CHP plant.

Integrated social alarm and video intercom system.

Heat interface units in each apartment providing space heating and instantaneous domestic hot water.

Sub-metering of all mechanical and electrical services with smart metering of heat used in each apartment.