The Housing Agency Housing Insight Series aims to disseminate good practice in housing and innovative solutions among housing practitioners in Ireland. The papers provide a case study of effective, practical implementation of a piece of housing policy or practice. The resulting short paper is intended to provide a knowledge base and provide ideas to others in the sector, building the overall capacity of the sector. The Housing Agency sources case studies from our staff, The Housing Agency panels, housing practitioners and stakeholders. This fourth issue of the Housing Insights Series was published in April 2024, on the topic of Office-to-Residential Conversions, featuring case studies from Tuath Housing.
This Housing Agency Policy Insights Series paper describes how Tuath Housing collaborated with stakeholders to successfully carry out two conversion projects in Park West Business Park , Dublin 12 and Springville House, Cork City. It demonstrates the benefits of repurposing a vacant building, as up to 73% of embodied carbon can be saved compared with a demolition and re-build. Office-to-residential conversion projects are a sustainable housing solution, which can help to regenerate areas suffering from vacancy and dereliction, promote the creation of sustainable communities and contribute towards environmental targets. The aim of this case study is to provide the learnings to other social housing providers to be able to replicate with similar projects.
You can access and read the full report here - Policy Insights - Issue 4