Redevelopment of the CAFRE Greenmount Campus

Client

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE)

Key Services Required

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
BREEAM
Passivhaus Design
Public Health Design
Commissioning Management

Awards

Project Information

The significant Greenmount Campus in Muckamore County Antrim, which delivers education and training in agriculture, horticulture and the environment, will be sustainably designed and redeveloped to provide robust, space efficient, sustainable and flexible buildings. A planning application was submitted in May 2024.

The 15,000m2 highly sustainable campus will deliver three buildings: A 200-bed student accommodation unit with residents’ leisure and social spaces, a teaching building with a range of educational facilities and a central hub encompassing offices, reception, dining hall and conference centre. Planning approval was granted in October 2024.

• Designed to Passivhaus Premium
• BREEAM Outstanding
• High performing Net Zero Operational Carbon building
• Sustainability at core of design

Case Study at the UK & Ireland Passivhaus Conference 2025 – Passivhaus Premium ‘Campuses of the future’ 

Image credit: Hamilton Architects