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47 unit housing scheme, Killiney

What happens when one of Ireland’s most seasoned passive house builders and a renowned design-led architecture practice collaborate? They create a head turning, high density passive house scheme that showcases the aesthetic possibilities of external insulation.

Development type: Speculative housing scheme of forty-seven passive houses, including apartments, duplexes and terraced houses of various sizes, indicatively including 73-97 m2 two-bed apartments, 125-175 m2 duplexes and 165-220 m2 three-bed houses.


Site type and location: Suburban infill site, Church Road, Killiney, Co. Dublin


Completion date: Construction in progress


Budget: €17m


Energy standard: NZEB and passive house classic (pending)


Energy costs: Smallest (73 m2) apartment: €74-88 per year. Largest (220 m2) house: €223-265 per year. These prices assume occupants opt for smart meters, with tariffs based on Electric Ireland’s Home Electric+ Night Boost offer, 03 August 2023. The prices are for space heating only, and assume 20 per cent of usage at day rate, 30 per cent at night rate, and 50 per cent at night boost rate (between 2-4am). The prices assume a seasonal COP of 3.

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Heating costs: €74 to €265 per year

Passive house classic - 47 unit housing scheme, comprising apartments, duplexes and houses

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