SONAS Solutions achieve DB Schenker LEED Gold Standard Ambitions

SONAS Bathrooms were proud to supply DB Schenker’s new 220,000Sq ft flagship facility at Liffey Business Campus.

SONAS were tasked with providing a specification for the project by the Head of Sustainability at CBRE to meet a LEED Gold Rating.

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a voluntary rating system to certify sustainable buildings and neighbourhoods. The certification confirms that a building is designed and built to achieve a performance that surpasses national standards for energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, indoor environmental quality, sterwardship of resources and environmental impacts.

Some of the requirements included electric charging points, solar panels for renewable power along with emphasis on employee wellness inside the grade A office building. Included also was a requirement for sustainable bathroom solutions which is where our SONAS commercial team set about devising solutions.

Sonas Urinal fitted with a Sensor flush valve

As a member of the Unified Water Label, SONAS are committed to offering a wide range of water saving bathroom products and so we were delighted to assist DB Schenker in their bid to achieve LEED Gold standard for their new facility.

A key challenge for the team was achieving the LEED Gold standard without compromising on the aesthetics of the project, a goal which was important to all stakeholders, RKD architects, CBRE and the client, DB Schenker.

RKD architects visited SONAS HQ, where various product solutions were demonstrated by our commercial specification team and together a specification was agreed which achieved the necessary water and energy saving requirements while not compromising on the architect's design vision for the project.

Rimless DOC M Packs with TMV3 sequential lever Tap

SONAS provided high quality water saving sanitary ware, taps and brassware to meet the LEED Gold standard, including:

• Rimless DOC M Packs with TMV3 sequential lever Tap. The DOC M WC is a 4.5 Litre flush while the tap has a water flow of 1.87LPM.
• SONAS Jasmin Eco mixer (UBR0099) fitted with 1.89LPM cascade aerator . Jasmin mixer tap is ideal for semi recessed basins or vanity basins due to 119mm projection of the spout.
• Concealed Pneumatic Dual Flush cisterns in the Ladies & Gents Cubicles are set to a 4/2.6 Litre flush. Both the Ambulant and Standard height BTW pans are Rimless with a 4/2.6 Litre flush.
• SONAS Urinal is fitted with a Sensor flush valve that can be adjusted with a Bluetooth module to set the flush volume parameters. The urinal is also set to an ambulant height for DOC M.
• In the shower areas, SONAS Quest (GEC1003) was supplied with x2 6 Litre flow regulators. One for the Rain Head and one for handset.
• SONAS Concealed DOC M shower pack comes with a fully TMV3 sequential lever shower,1 metre slide rail kit and anti vandal fixed head. All of which has 6 litre flow regulators installed.

SONAS Jasmin Eco mixer fitted with 1.89LPM cascade aerator

SONAS Concealed DOC M shower pack

SONAS Quest Shower (GEC1003) was supplied with x2 6 Litre flow regulators. One for the Rain Head and one for handset.

For more information on any of our Sustainable Bathroom Solutions or Commercial products contact our Commercial team on [email protected]