Built to support
our habitat
As a brand new town, Seven Mills gives us a unique opportunity to apply best practice aspirations for sustainability and biodiversity.
Seven Mills will comprise a collection of Biodiversity Net Gain neighbourhoods. Specialised programmes will support native plants and wildlife and enhance the natural environment. These programmes will include cultivating plants to attract pollinators, as well as actively planting and preserving our native hawthorn trees through seed collection from the site. The seeds that we have collected are currently being cultivated in nurseries offsite to be planted at Seven Mills when the time is right.
Every home at Seven Mills is Home Performance Index (HPI) registered. This means that it is built with a commitment to measuring and reducing its environmental footprint. How we do this ranges from reducing water and energy consumption to careful consideration of the impact of materials used. They are also built as Near Zero-Emission Buildings (NZEB) making them some of the most sustainable homes Dublin has to offer.
Live your best life,
closer to nature
Seven Mills is designed to ensure that each home will be within a 2 minute walk of a green area. Overall there are 225 acres of green space and this features 12.5km of walkways and cycleways. It’s got a public park and two children’s playgrounds already open, with plenty more in the planning. All this, together with 3.5km of canal frontage to enjoy, means the outdoor life will soon become part of your daily routine.
These are super energy efficient homes, that minimise carbon footprint and reduce energy bills right from the start.
There will be dedicated green space within 2 minutes walk from each front door.
Building for better
The construction process in Seven Mills prioritises resource efficiency, saving over 100,000 litres of water daily through on-site well boring.
By employing Soil Stabilisation techniques, repurposing surplus materials to elevate ground levels, the construction of Seven Mills minimises landfill waste and reduces the carbon footprint by 65%, cutting truck movements and emissions. This results in nearly four tonnes of carbon emissions saved per residential unit.
We’ve put a lot of thought into making Seven Mills a truly sustainable town, so if you’d like to find out more, you’ll find the details here.
As well as 3.5k of canal frontage, there are a total of 225 acres comprising dedicated biodiversity areas and 11 parks, play areas and green spaces, with each home no more than 2 minutes from a green space. There is one park already open for use with another due to be completed this year.
To improve local biodiversity we are retaining what is on the site and enhancing it with native wildlife habitats. The aim is for Seven Mills to become Ireland’s first Biodiversity Net Gain Town which requires using an approach to development that aims to leave the natural environment in a measurably better state than beforehand. This will be achieved through a series of programmes designed to support native plant species and wildlife, including 25,000 native Irish trees including Hawthorns that have been cultivated from seeds harvested on site and will be planted over the coming years. Quiet Green space has been set aside to keep local wildlife in the area and all the parking bays are permeable and planted with grass and clover to provide food for pollinators.
Each home is being built sustainably and will be a near zero emission building (NZEB).
We believe in building homes that prioritise the environment, so every single home is High Performance Index (HPI) registered. That means they are built with a commitment to measuring and reducing our environmental footprint, including land use, loss of biodiversity, density, water consumption, energy use, and the impact of the materials used.
Community building and home building are one and the same for Cairn.
We’ve always known the importance of growing sustainable communities where everyone can thrive. Over 20,000 people live in more than 8,000 Cairn homes across Ireland, surrounded by over 40,000 trees we’ve planted.
Cairn Homes is the builder behind Seven Mills and is a home and community builder that is currently leading the market in creating new communities of connection and belonging, building towards an Ireland where everyone can thrive.
This spirit permeates every aspect of Cairn, from our unique aftercare services and exceptional architecture to the thoughtful design and landscaping of our developments, as well as our commitments to sustainability, partnerships, biodiversity, and decarbonisation initiatives