CASE STUDY - Biodiversity & The Built Environment

Submit Your Case Study

Over the next 12 months, the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) will curate up to 10 high-quality case studies to help building professionals to better protect biodiversity in the built environment. The case studies do not need to be exemplar projects/actions, but they should be highly practical, and help building professionals in gaining a better understanding of the topic.

The case studies are being developed with support from Construct Innovate and the Land Development Agency (LDA).

If you believe, you have a case study that is worth sharing*, please complete this questionnaire or contact the IGBC team (irene@igbc.ie/marion@igbc.ie) for further information.

Completing this questionnaire should take less than 10min.

*The case studies can be anonymised if required.

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* 1. Title of the proposed case study (e.g., retrofitting a traditional building while protecting biodiversity)

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* 2. Location

Eircode (if available) or address

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* 3. Project Stage

Planning stage

Construction/Renovation stage

Completed in 2023-2024

Completed between 2015 to 2022

Completed prior to 2015

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* 4. Was an ecologist involved in the project?

Yes

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* 5. Property/infrastructure type (select one)

New residential development on green fields (private sector)

New residential development on green fields (social housing)

New commercial development on green fields

New urban development on a ‘tight site’ – Urban site/ infill (private sector)

New urban development on a ‘tight site’ – Urban site/ infill (social housing)

Public realm in existing built-up area, including parks

Existing buildings - residential or commercial, including renovated derelict buildings

Existing infrastructure. E.g., road or railway.

New infrastructure. E.g., road or greenway.

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Interesting topic(s) that can be covered as part of the case study? Select as many as apply.

Green/Blue roofs

Rainwater garden harvesting

Soil. E.g., reusing soil on site, unsealing

Comprehensive/successful stakeholder engagement process

Cross-disciplinary cooperation. E.g., between ecologists, landscape architects and building designer

Maintenance post-delivery

Overcoming health and safety challenges, including challenges around insurance policies.

Holistic approach. E.g., balancing protecting biodiversity and addressing whole life carbon emissions; complying with density guidelines while protecting biodiversity.

Specific actions to address/prevent invasive alien species

Social impact. E.g., positive impact on the local community.

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Was the project biodiversity status measured?

Pre-project

Post-completion

Not Measured

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* 8. If it was measured, which metrics were used?

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* 9. Certification reached (if any). E.g., Home Performance Index, LEED, BREEAM

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* 10. What was the main objective of the project?

Protecting and enhancing biodiversity

Improving people’s health & wellbeing

Climate adaptation - E.g., addressing flooding risks

Other (please specify, e.g., aesthetic)

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* 11. Is there any additional information that you want to share?

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* 12. Your contact details

Name *

Organisation *

Email Address *

Phone Number (optional)

CASE STUDY - Biodiversity & The Built Environment

Submit Your Case Study

Question Title

* 1. Title of the proposed case study (e.g., retrofitting a traditional building while protecting biodiversity)

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* 2. Location Eircode (if available) or address

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* 3. Project Stage

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* 4. Was an ecologist involved in the project?

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* 5. Property/infrastructure type (select one)

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* 6. Interesting topic(s) that can be covered as part of the case study? Select as many as apply.

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* 7. Was the project biodiversity status measured?

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* 8. If it was measured, which metrics were used?

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* 9. Certification reached (if any). E.g., Home Performance Index, LEED, BREEAM

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* 10. What was the main objective of the project?

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* 11. Is there any additional information that you want to share?

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* 12. Your contact details

* 2. Location

Eircode (if available) or address