Case studies

Environmental

Social and affordable homes
in Ardee reap the benefit
of rainwater

In 2009 Louth County Council embarked on the second phase of Cappock’s Gate, a social and affordable housing scheme close to Ardee town centre.

Cappock’s Gate
Kingspan Environmental
Social Housing, Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland

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Kingspan Water Provides
Rainwater Harvesting System
for Severnside Housing

When Severnside Housing needed to provide quality, affordable homes it embarked on a building project that would not only meet their local communities’ needs but also provide sustainable housing for the area.

Severnside Housing Association
Kingspan Environmental
Social Housing, Severnside, Shropshire

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Rainwater harvesting central
to sustainability of new
Library at Queen’s University

It cost £50 million to build, provides 2,000 reader places and has space for over 1.5 million publications, but the new Library at Queen's is not only a world-class educational resource; it is also a beacon of sustainable construction.

Queens University Library
Kingspan Environmental
University Library, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Designing a rainwater
harvesting system for
DEFRA, in Northumberland

Winner of the 2008 BREEAM Office Category for Excellent Environmental Performance

Lion House is an ultra low-emissions office building, designed and built for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in Alnwick, Northumberland.

Defra Lion House
Kingspan Environmental
Building for the Dept. of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Alnwick, Northumberland

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Kingspan Water’s supplies
rainwater harvesting to the
University of Huddersfield

Kingspan Water, the leading supplier of rainwater harvesting equipment to the UK building industry, has supplied an Envireau system to the University of Huddersfield for its new £14 million Creative Arts Building.

Huddersfield University
Kingspan Environmental
Huddersfield University, West Yorkshire

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3663 First for Foodservice,
Midlothian, Scotland, UK

"We are totally committed to trying to reduce the impact of our business on the environment and we have a variety of initiatives in place. Rainwater harvesting is a key element of our strategy, since it can dramatically reduce our consumption of mains water. We hope to install rainwater harvesting systems in otherdepots in the future."

Ewan Thomson, General Manager Edinburgh Depot,
3663 First for Foodservice.

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