Eco-Hiltons For Ireland

The Hilton group is set to build a chain of eco hotels in Ireland.

The project, which is UK and Ireland wide, has just seen the completion of its first environmentally friendly hotel in Luton, England.

Named The Hilton Garden Inn, the £16m scheme consists of a renewable energy biomass boiler and insulation from prefabricated units. The complex also has a ‘Very Good’ BREEAM rating; the world's most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings.

The Luton project comprises 157 guest rooms, restaurant, conference facilities, meeting rooms, bar and gym.

UK-based GB Building Solutions, through a joint venture with Oxford Hotels, undertook the contract to design and build the project.

Construction work started on the hotel last April using a prefabricated, modular system from Caledonian Building Systems. This practice enables the erection of the structure on-site to be completed within just 24 weeks.

Fuel consumption in the hotel is reduced through a renewable energy biomass boiler, which burns sustainable woodchip or wooden pellets.

The insulation provided by the prefabricated units helped the building achieve a ‘Very Good’ BREEAM environmental rating.

The Hilton group’s eco-concept is to be replicated in several similar developments across Ireland very soon.

(PR/KMcA)