Millwood Court

In 2021 GV8 (trading as BPG3 at the time) was engaged by Fold Housing to assess the daylight sunlight levels associated with a proposed development on Woodbine Road, Dublin 15. The proposed development related principally to the provision of 52 apartments organised around a communal courtyard.  

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As is often the case with courtyard type developments on tight urban sites, the self-shading created can create daylight pinch points in some rooms. Working closely with the Cantrell Crowley architects GV8 was able to identify simple interventions that would increase daylight access in many instances.

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The development is being progressed by Fold Housing on behalf of Dublin City Council.

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Key Services Provided Included:

• Vertical Sky Component (VSC) testing to assess loss of skylight access to neighbouring accommodation.

• Annual Probable Sunlight Hours (APSH) testing to assess the loss of sunlight to neighbouring accommodation.

• Sun on Ground (SOG) testing to assess the loss of sunlight to neighbouring recreation spaces.

• Production of supplementary shadow casting imagery.

• Average Daylight Factor (ADF) testing of all accommodation within the proposed development

• Sunlight access testing for all units within the proposed development

• Sun on Ground (SOG) testing of all proposed recreation spaces

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Dublin City Council granted permission for this development in early 2022.

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