Kilbride Court social housing development in Bray, designed by COADY Architects and delivered on behalf of Wicklow County Council, is the first multi-unit development to be awarded the Home Performance Index Gold Certification in Ireland. The HPI was developed by the Irish Green Building Council as the first comprehensive sustainability certification for new Irish homes. The certification goes well beyond the Building Energy Rating (BER) and addresses all 35 environmental impacts of new homes and encourages home builders to improve the health and wellbeing of occupiers

Sustainable design is becoming an increasing factor in financing, and HPI certification is beneficial to developments, where access to better financing is possible.

For more, see…

• https://homeperformanceindex.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/financial-institutions_igbc_21-06-14.pdf
• https://homeperformanceindex.ie/wicklows-social-housing-scheme-achieves-highest-green-home-certification/