Binary Hub

In 2013 GV8 (trading as Aurea Consult at the time) was engaged by the Knightsbridge Student Housing to consider the daylight sunlight levels associated with a proposed development at the Digital Hub campus, Dublin 8. The proposed development related principally to the delivery of 100 student clusters within two blocks ranging in height from 5 to 10 storeys.

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GV8 provided inputs at Further Information stage which allayed concerns regarding internal daylight levels within the units at lower levels.

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Having reviewed GV8’s input regarding light levels within the proposed development the local authority concluded that:

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“Having considered that the report by Aurea with the resulting amendment to window sizes at lower levels, when taken together with the fact that a broadly similar scheme was approved by ABP previously, and bearing mind the orientation of the proposal in relation to nearby properties (with a potentially greater shadow to the north over a local park) it is concluded that the concerns which gave rise to this RFI have been addressed.”

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