Facilities Award for DCU
DCU Estates Office are the proud recipients of a Facilities Award for recent development work carried out on the DCU Innovation Campus. The ‘Facilities Management Achievement’ category award was presented at a ceremony in the Ballsbridge Hotel on July 2nd, and was given in recognition of Impact and Restoration of buildings on the site.
The Innovation campus is located on a 9.5 acre site located between Griffith Avenue and the Old Finglas Road, and formerly housed the Institute of Industrial Research and Standards. Most recently, it was the home of Enterprise Ireland, and was transferred to DCU in 2013 when it became the DCU Innovation Campus. Plans for the campus now include the refurbishment of c.100,000 sq. feet of office space, across a number of buildings. This award recognises the sympathetic and appropriate nature of the work that has been carried out to date.
At the same ceremony, DCU Estates office also shared a joint award with Lynch International and Camfil, for their innovative use of energy saving air filters used on the DCU main campus. The award winning filters were installed last year and are effective in cutting the energy use in all fan motors in various locations across campus.