subject: How Can Garden Rooms Contribute to Dublin's Sustainable Vision of a Clean, Green City? [print this page] How Can Garden Rooms Contribute to Dublin's Sustainable Vision of a Clean, Green City?
To reach its vision of a sustainable Dublin in 2030, the Council has developed a range of priorities, designed to bring positive change to Dublin over the next six years, and bring the city closer to its overall vision of an attractive, globally competitive capital in 2030. In terms of greening the city, fostering communities, revitalizing the economy and providing sustainable, quality living space, garden rooms products and policies fit perfectly in hand with the Council's aims for the city.
Creating highly thermally efficient living space, using the latest building technology, BBA approved garden buildings take 40% less energy to heat and cool. That also equates to 40% lower fuel bills or 40% more sustainable building practices. Bright, airy living spaces are designed as detached additions to existing properties or add-ons to homes, schools and offices and need little energy to light the space. The versatility of the space allows it to alter in function as needs change such as the home office, the family room, the teenagers den, the business hub.
When used as a home office, separate garden offices are the best way to save business overheads. No commute, no rent to pay, tiny heating and lighting bills and the flexibility to work any time. No wonder productivity increases and absenteeism reduces when working from home offices! In the city as a whole, home workers put less strain on travel infrastructures and are unaffected by weather disruption, train strikes and traffic jams. What better way to grow the economy?
Building neighbourhoods and communities is an integral part of the home-workers life. The person who works from home tends to be more involved in their local community as they are spending more time there. Creating positive changes, enjoying a sense of belonging and fostering good neighbourhoods.
Garden rooms contribute to Dublin's sustainable vision in most unexpected but complementary ways. From leading the industry in sustainable building practices, saving energy and carbon production allows Dublin to develop its greenest face. Developing a remote control workforce of home workers, both self employed and corporation staff, cuts overheads and boulsters the basic economy from the foundations without putting extra pressure on infrastructure resources. By default, creating successful communities within Dublin suburbs has become a side-effect of this market. Allowing our city to grow and develop culturally and financially.
