SUSTAINABILITY

One of the greenest builds in Ireland

Making Bonham Quay a responsible, healthy, equitable and enjoyable place to work.

SUSTAINABILITY: Celebrated & Integrated

We want sustainability to be celebrated and integrated into a thriving and diverse culture here at Bonham Quay. We want to attract people who care about each other and where they work.

We will integrate ways to improve health and wellbeing in everything we do. From active travel and nutritional food, to connecting with nature and maintaining positive mental wellbeing, we’ve created a space where health and happiness is a priority.

We want to support Galway’s homegrown businesses and attract those who pride themselves on doing good.

OUR CERTIFICATION: good by place and good by planet

LEED Gold, Gold WELL Building Standard, BER A3 Rating, One Planet Living, Wired Score Platinum.

Making Bonham Quay a responsible, healthy, equitable and enjoyable place to work.

One Planet Living

Bonham Quay will be operated in accordance with the ten principles of One Planet Living.

One Planet Living is a sustainability framework developed by the charity Bioregional. The principles of the One Planet Living framework bring sustainability to life in communities and developments around the world.

Adopting the framework across the site will help the businesses and organisations in Bonham Quay do good; good by people, good by place and good by planet.

  • Health and happiness
  • Equity and local economy
  • Culture and community
  • Land and nature
  • Sustainable water
  • Local and sustainable food
  • Travel and transport
  • Materials and products
  • Zero waste
  • Zero carbon energy

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

LEED Certification

Bonham Quay Galway has been carefully designed to achieve Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification accreditation. 

This illustrious seal of approval is now recognised around the world as the bench mark of green building standards. To ensure we achieve it, every facet of this development has been carefully considered around factors including water efficiency, energy use, atmosphere, materials, resources, indoor environmental quality and operations. 

Bonham Quay Galway has also been designed to meet the principles of the WELL Building Standard®. This distinguished performance-based system measures, certifies and monitors how the features of a development’s environment impact human health and wellbeing. As such, we have fully considered it when designing systems that look after air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and even the mind. 

Buildings and communities that help people thrive

WELL Certification

Bonham Quay Galway has been designed to achieve gold in the WELL Building Standard®. This distinguished performance-based system measures, certifies and monitors how the features of a development’s environment impact human health and wellbeing. As such, we have fully considered it when designing systems that look after air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and even the mind.

WELL is founded on the following principles:

Equitable: Provides the greatest benefit to the largest number of people,.

Global: Proposes interventions that are feasible, achievable and relevant

Evidence-based: Undergirded by strong, validated research

Technically Robust: Draws upon industry best practices and proven strategies,

Customer Focused: Defines program requirements through a dynamic development process, with multiple opportunities for stakeholder engagement,

Resilient: Responds to advances in scientific knowledge and technology

Built with the tenant in mind

WIRED Certification

Wired Certification is a trusted real estate rating system that helps landlords and developers optimise, improve, and promote their buildings’ digital infrastructure. 

Wired Certification is the commercial real estate rating system that empowers landlords to understand, improve, and promote their buildings’ digital infrastructure. It provides transparency for tenants looking for office space so that they can choose the space that is wired to fit their needs. 

Wired Certification for Occupied Buildings highlights commercial office buildings that are providing the most advance and resilient digital infrastructure in the market.