2.3.7 Sustainable Environment and Infrastructure

The efficient and timely delivery of necessary infrastructure capacity in advance of the planned quantum of development is a prerequisite for successful urban development. Ensuring the delivery of this infrastructure in a sustainable manner, which enhances the quality of the city’s environment and facilitates the sustainable economic growth and co-ordinated development of the city, is also an essential requirement.

Dublin City Council promotes more sustainable energy technologies that are clean sources of energy and which have a lower environmental impact on the receiving environment. Sustainable energy sources can reduce air emissions as well as water consumption, waste, noise and adverse land-use impacts.