The Sport Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown is one of Europe’s largest integrated multi-sport environments, hosting elite training facilities, national governing body headquarters and high-performance sporting venues.
Facilities management across the campus is delivered by Bidvest Noonan, ensuring safe, compliant and efficient operations across a diverse estate of buildings.
With sustainability central to Sport Ireland’s strategy, improving resource efficiency while maintaining robust Legionella risk management is a key operational priority.
Facilities management provider Bidvest Noonan had historically relied on manual processes to manage Legionella risk across the estate. While compliant, this traditional approach required significant staff time and resulted in large volumes of water being flushed regardless of actual usage.
Key challenges included:
To improve efficiency while strengthening compliance, Bidvest Noonan deployed 72 smart temperature sensors from CreevX across four key buildings on the campus.
These sensors continuously monitor water temperature every 15 minutes, providing near real-time data on outlet conditions and usage patterns. This enables facilities teams to move from blanket flushing to data-driven flushing, identifying only the outlets that genuinely require intervention.
The system also eliminates the need for manual monthly temperature checks while providing continuous visibility of system performance, supporting both compliance and predictive maintenance.
The implementation has successfully delivered:
Automated legionella compliance and risk reduction
75–80% reduction in outlets requiring manual flushing, supported by continuous monitoring every 15 minutes and a complete digital audit trail of system performance.
Improved sustainability credentials
Over 333,000 litres of water conserved annually, including approximately 50% hot water, significantly reducing energy use and operational carbon emissions.
Significant cost savings/benefits
Annual savings of €15,497 across water, energy and labour; CO₂ reduction of 2 tonnes; and hundreds of FM hours redirected to higher-value tasks.
Improved business resilience
Enhanced compliance visibility, early identification of potential plumbing or heating issues, and stronger confidence in ESG reporting.
The deployment of CreevX smart monitoring at the Sports Ireland Campus shows how digital water management can boost compliance while supporting sustainability and efficiency.
Benefits include enhanced Legionella compliance, reduced unnecessary flushing, lower water, energy, and carbon use, lighter workloads for facilities teams, and improved system visibility with predictive maintenance.
As Sports Ireland embeds sustainability across campus operations, solutions that enhance resource efficiency, data transparency, and environmental performance will be key to achieving its long-term ESG goals
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