Swords Masterplan - Fingal County Council

● Condensing Boilers: The boiler plant providing low temperature hot water
will include for flue gas reclaim by condensing the’ latent’ heat from the flue
gas for use in these systems for space heating and air preconditioning.
● CO monitoring: The car park ventilation will incorporate CO monitoring to
control the ventilation rate. The system uses less energy as the fans are set
to operate at a lower extract rate using variable speed drives and only
increase to full extract when the CO levels exceed certain values.
● Building Management System: BMS will be used to efficiently control and
monitor the services within the development. The systems will incorporate:
optimal routines, night set back and weather compensation.
11.2.10 WATER CONSERVATION
Water conservation measures should be incorporated into future developments.
The amount of water used in the development should be limited through the use
of water conserving devices such as low flush, dual flush systems and automatic
cut off devices, in order to prevent continuous unattended drawing of water.
Other water conservation measures include:
● Grey Water Recycling
Grey water recycling, which involves the reuse of waste water from sinks and
showers, should be considered.
● Rain water harvesting
Rain water harvesting, which involves the collection of rainwater for reuse in
WC and urinal flushing, should be considered.
11.2.11 WASTE MANAGEMENT
An integrated waste management strategy is required to ensure that waste
strategy makes a positive contribution to the overall sustainability of any
development. The waste strategy should form an integral part of the overall
sustainable strategy for the site. Furthermore, all new developments will have to
comply with Fingal County Council Waste Management Plan with regard to bin
storage and bottle bank/textile sites etc.
A waste strategy shall address:
● Maximising the recovery of valuable resources, for reuse or recycling, before
further treatment or disposal,
● Design and development of an integrated process with the objective of
significantly reducing total direct and indirect emissions, particularly CO2,
methane and dioxins.
S W O R D S M A S T E R P L A N
11.2.12 SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS/
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
Fingal County Council has adopted the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study
(GDSDS) Storm water Drainage Policy. In compliance with the GDSDS, all new
developments must commit to an integrated urban water management strategy
that represents the best management practices in sustainable drainage. The
primary objective to be addressed by any new development with regard to storm
water run-off is to regulate, control and minimise storm water discharge from
the proposed development site. The SuDS principle will require all new
developments within the Swords area to provide flood control and runoff treatment.
The proposal for large scale units adjacent to Metro North maximise the
opportunity for green roof technology promoting long-term sustainability. They
form an essential part of the SUDS designs and add ecological, aesthetic and
amenity advantages in addition to reducing the volume of runoff and attenuating
peak flows.
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