Ballymun Rediscovery Centre
Re-imagining a more sustainable approach to living, the WISER Life project will influence visitors to transform their lifestyles; redesigning, upcycling and reusing materials at home and at work; minimising waste and adopting smarter consumption habits to achieve a more resource efficient society.
The objectives
Located on the main street of Ballymun, the Ballymun Boiler House was built in the 1960’s to provide drinking water, hot water and heating to the 36 newly built flat blocks and some associated public buildings. It was the largest mass heating system in Ireland at the time of construction, and had an unusual aspect to its service in that it could pump fresh drinking water straight to the flats from a nearby reservoir, completely eliminating the need for localised booster pumps or storage tanks. It was a modern amenity at the time, and the new residents would have been some of the first living with such technology.
This project presents the ultimate challenge: to redesign a building, originally constructed to dissipate heat and associated with an inefficient district heating scheme and to convert it to best practice energy management standards, incorporating innovative and experimental technologies and platforms that have the potential to educate and influence the behaviour of its visitors at a local, regional and European level.
What we did
Located on the main street of Ballymun, the Ballymun Boiler House was built in the 1960’s to provide drinking water, hot water and heating to the 36 newly built flat blocks and some associated public buildings. It was the largest mass heating system in Ireland at the time of construction, and had an unusual aspect to its service in that it could pump fresh drinking water straight to the flats from a nearby reservoir, completely eliminating the need for localised booster pumps or storage tanks. It was a modern amenity at the time, and the new residents would have been some of the first living with such technology.
This project presents the ultimate challenge: to redesign a building, originally constructed to dissipate heat and associated with an inefficient district heating scheme and to convert it to best practice energy management standards, incorporating innovative and experimental technologies and platforms that have the potential to educate and influence the behaviour of its visitors at a local, regional and European level.
The results
Located on the main street of Ballymun, the Ballymun Boiler House was built in the 1960’s to provide drinking water, hot water and heating to the 36 newly built flat blocks and some associated public buildings. It was the largest mass heating system in Ireland at the time of construction, and had an unusual aspect to its service in that it could pump fresh drinking water straight to the flats from a nearby reservoir, completely eliminating the need for localised booster pumps or storage tanks. It was a modern amenity at the time, and the new residents would have been some of the first living with such technology.
This project presents the ultimate challenge: to redesign a building, originally constructed to dissipate heat and associated with an inefficient district heating scheme and to convert it to best practice energy management standards, incorporating innovative and experimental technologies and platforms that have the potential to educate and influence the behaviour of its visitors at a local, regional and European level.
Rediscovery
Comhshool
Life
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