Sustainability
City Gate Park is the first Irish office development to achieve Gold LEED accreditation. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is a feature oriented rating system that awards buildings points for satisfying specified green building criteria. City Gate Park is the first office development in Ireland to achieve a gold LEED Precertification accreditation. This accreditation will result in a saving of up to 36% in operating costs.
Some of the energy efficient features of the development include:
- Extensive glazing
- Natural ventilation in the car park
- Solar panels for water heating
- Rain water harvesting
- Treated well water
- Intelligent lighting system
It has also been designed to achieve a B1 Irish BER Rating. (The first office development in Cork to achieve such a rating.)