An ultramodern home in Donegal has scooped a Sustainability Award from the Northern Ireland Federation of Master Builders.
The four-bedroom family home overlooking Donegal Bay boasts top-of-the-range energy efficiency, with utility bills estimated at €1,200 per year.
Tyrone-based Moffitt & Robinson Construction Ltd. is the proud firm behind the new build.
The house was constructed using a timber frame clad in aluminium and corrugated Cambrit fibre-cement – a material the builders had never seen used for anything but roofing.
The judges said the house was a “great example of a modern build, built to meet environmental and sustainability requirements”, adding that Moffitt & Robinson’s “bespoke finishes lend a unique style.”
It is designed to meet “Passive House standard” – the highest in the world for energy efficiency – but the builders actually managed to exceed it. The homeowners can now enjoy the view of the Bay from their picture windows while paying barely £1,000 a year for all their utility bills, with LED lighting and air source heat pumps ensuring the new build’s carbon footprint is miniscule.
Omagh’s Moffitt & Robinson Construction Ltd. scooped the Sustainability Award for a Donegal home at the cutting edge of ecodesign
Omagh’s Moffitt & Robinson Construction Ltd. scooped the Sustainability Award for a Donegal home at the cutting edge of ecodesign
Moffitt & Robinson Construction said: “We are delighted to have been recognized by the FMB for our work in Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction by winning the Master Builder Award Sustainability Award for NI.
“Having put over 12 years of research and development into this field of construction it was great to receive this award. It shows the FMB is forward-thinking about reducing the Carbon Footprint of our industry by recognizing the advances that our members have made towards making this happen. The level of support from the academics in attendance also shows that the FMB is a Body which is respected for their input regarding the conservation of energy and reducing carbon within the industry.”
The Federation of Master Builders’s 2023 Northern Ireland Master Builder Awards were held at the Malone Hotel in Belfast on Friday 30 June.
The awards recognise excellence in Northern Ireland’s small and medium-sized construction companies and are run by FMB, the largest trade association in the UK construction sector.
