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ESB HAS TODAY announced proposals to redevelop its new headquarters on Fitzwilliam Street, with a view to seeking planning permission in spring next year.
The company said that the building, parts of which were constructed in the 1950s, is “very inefficient and is expensive to maintain”. It said the redevelopment of the site offers the best longterm solution, both from an architectural and business perspective.
ESB stressed that the project will be self-financing through energy and maintenance savings, lease income and savings on avoided rental costs in other buildings and will not affect the price of electricity or gas for customers.
After careful consideration of the Georgian streetscape, the proposal is to deliver a building that is respectful to its history, sensitive to its surroundings and representative of its own time. The building will showcase innovative sustainable technologies, which will reduce carbon emissions and result in substantial energy savings. These sustainable initiatives incorporated in the proposed design will reduce the cost to run the building by 50 per cent.
The new building will double existing capacity and will accommodate an additional 1,400 workspaces. ESB will be submitting a planning application in March 2014, with plans to starting construction by 2016.
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But luckily, tutorials can still go ahead, because TAs are dispensable, and over-crowded, un-ventilated tutorial rooms give plenty of room for social distancing. Paddy Prendergast is a virus to Trinity, never mind Covid-19!
@Joe Vlogs: exactly my thoughts .. and as for labs even with protective clothing, you’re still around however many other students that are carrying out the experiment with you.. doesn’t really leave much meaning for “keeping distance from each other” .. I don’t think this was thought thoroughly.
@Joe Vlogs: i’d have some respect for U if U put your real name to the comment
@brian oconnell: I am devastated you don’t respect me. I used to use my genuine name, but I got tired of being stopped on the street to be asked for autographs from the likes of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, so I used this instead. I didn’t think the validity of my points were dependent on my name and avatar.
We need to be proactive rather than constantly reactive. Anybody capable of working from home should be sent home asap.
@The Risen: most jobs that require you to sit behind a computer for 9 hours straight, so.
Well done Trinity, hopefully the government will use some proactive measures too!
Shh about to hit the fan. If anyone there is exposed already, they will be up and about in town. People need to get the right information so they can self isolate.
Book of Kells is infected.
@zachary vvm: Americanos won’t be happy they can’t see the book of Kelly
A local race of 200 runners outdoors has been cancelled yet kids cooped up all day in close proximity in schools is ok! Assemblies of 300+ taking place regularly.
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