1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. Provide a place for both active and passive recreation for the community (Ref. 1);
2. Create a sustainable park that emphasizes the importance of sustainability (Ref. 2; Ref. 4);
3. Help integrate the existing woodland, maximise biodiversity, and vastly increase the ecological value of the park (Ref. 1);
4. Create wetland areas to filter and clean the water in the park as part of a recycling system (Ref. 1).
2. Create a sustainable park that emphasizes the importance of sustainability (Ref. 2; Ref. 4);
3. Help integrate the existing woodland, maximise biodiversity, and vastly increase the ecological value of the park (Ref. 1);
4. Create wetland areas to filter and clean the water in the park as part of a recycling system (Ref. 1).
Quantitative targets
unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
What types of restoration goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
What activities are implemented to realize the restoration goals and targets?
Implementation activities
- Installation of five 50 kW wind turbines;
- Over 1200 trees and 2000 native saplings were planted to help integrate the existing woodland, maximise biodiversity, and vastly increase the ecological value of the park.
- Wetland areas were created to filter and clean the water in the park as part of a recycling system that replenishes and helps clean the lake and water features. The wetland areas mimic the characteristics of natural wetlands and create a special ecosystem that encourages greater biodiversity in the park.
- One of the last additions to the park was a sculpture piece by the artist Alan Phelan which represents an inverted oil rig, representing a returning of oil to the ground.
- Sports, leisure, and recreational facilities were built (Ref. 1; Ref. 2)
- Over 1200 trees and 2000 native saplings were planted to help integrate the existing woodland, maximise biodiversity, and vastly increase the ecological value of the park.
- Wetland areas were created to filter and clean the water in the park as part of a recycling system that replenishes and helps clean the lake and water features. The wetland areas mimic the characteristics of natural wetlands and create a special ecosystem that encourages greater biodiversity in the park.
- One of the last additions to the park was a sculpture piece by the artist Alan Phelan which represents an inverted oil rig, representing a returning of oil to the ground.
- Sports, leisure, and recreational facilities were built (Ref. 1; Ref. 2)
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
Fr. Collins Park is distinguished by its unique architectural design, which features innovative technological product and infrastructural solutions with focus on sustainability. These include the use of Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag in concrete structures, for which it won the 2009 Sustainability Award of the Irish Concrete Society; wind turbines, a Sustainable Drainage System using wetlands, a green roof, and facilities for cyclists. As an acknowledgement of the innovative sustainable design of the park, it also won the 2009 OPUS Architecture and Construction Award, which is awarded to projects incorporating striking architecture with high standards of workmanship; the 2010 Best Public Space award given by the RIAI network, who described the park as "a step-change in the design of public parks in Ireland."; the 2010 Local Authority Members Association Awards for Best Environmentally Friendly Initiative and Best Public Park. (Ref. 1; Ref. 2; Ref. 4; Ref. 7; Ref. 8; Ref. 9)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
