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Ireland’s First Zero Carbon Store for Tesco Ireland!
J.V. Tierney & Co.’s award-winning specialist designer subsidiary, JVTE, have deployed some of our most innovative engineering designs for the Tesco Store in Cabra, Dublin, in order to achieve a ‘Zero Carbon Rated Retail Outlet’. This is the first Carbon Neutral store in Ireland. Winner - ACEI 2012 President's Award for Excellence in Innovation! Just announced Sustainable Energy Innovation Award Winner 2012!
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J.V. Tierney & Co. wins ACEI Presidents Award for Excellence 2011 for Cork University Hospital Cardiac & Renal Unit
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JV Tierney PPP Project Criminal Courts of Justice has won 2 RIAI Awards 2010 and was short-listed for CIBSE Commissioning Project of the Year 2011 and runner-up in the CIBSE SDAR* Awards 2011
The new Criminal Courts of Justice Building Dublin has received awards in 2 categories in the RIAI 2010 Competition - Public Choice Best Building of the Year and The Best Accessible Building, and has just been awarded runner-up in the CIBSE SDAR* Awards 2011 for Sustainable Design & Research Excellence. It was also short-listed for the CIBSE Commissioning Project of the Year 2011 in the Building Performance Awards Category.
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Sustainable Design
 

JVTE are a specialist division of the JV Tierney Group, which focuses on sustainable and environmental design solutions as they pertain to the Built Environment. JVTE are accredited BREEAM and Building Energy Rating Assessors. The Company has a dedicated staff with extensive experience in the area of sustainable design and energy efficient concepts.

These concepts and solutions involve areas such as:

Building Facades - Thermal Performance, Solar Shading Selection
Part L 2008 and Building Energy Rating (BER) Certification.
Comfort Assessments using Computer Modelling Techniques
Building Fabric Performance Optimisation
Energy Assessments and Predicted Energy Usage Calculations
Low Energy Chilled Beam Solutions
Daylight and Sun-path Calculations
CHP and Tri-Generation Solutions
District Heating Solutions
Solar-Thermal and Photovoltaic Solutions
Geo-Thermal Solutions
Water Conservation - Rain Water Harvesting Solutions
Alternate Energy Assessments as directed under the EPBD
BREEAM Assessments - BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is an environmental assessment method for buildings

JVTE are accredited BREEAM Assessors

BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) is an environmental assessment method for buildings. It is a scheme that aims to quantify and reduce the environmental burdens of buildings by rewarding those designs that take positive steps to minimise their environmental impacts.

The Group has an excellent record in the design of sustainable concepts across all sectors of the building industry. Our Project Portfolio includes design in the Commercial, Sports & Leisure, Education, Healthcare and Residential Sectors.

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