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More buildings.
One specification.
Fewer interventions.

A property manager with a portfolio of buildings cannot send a crew out every weekend because a drain smells. They need a systematic solution that reduces the number of calls in the dispatch system and keeps tenants happy. Green Drain™ is a one-off purchase that lasts about five years.

EN 1253ASSE 1072-20205-year lifespanPassive
Less
Odour complaints
Less
Call-outs
5 years
Life
Standard
Specification
Problem & solution

What the FM dispatch system sees.

An odour complaint is the classic FM helpdesk ticket. The technician arrives, flushes the P-trap, returns in 14 days — same issue. Labour costs climb and the tenant starts to question the building's quality.

Without Green Drain™

  • Odour complaint — 30 to 60 minutes on site, plus travel time.
  • A call-out does not deal with the cause — it treats the symptom, refills the trap and leaves.
  • The smell comes back — same location, every two or three weeks.
  • Corporate tenants have options — a bad impression costs you the renewal
  • The FM contract carries KPIs for response time and open tickets, and both push costs up.

With Green Drain™

  • Removes the main cause of odour complaints for about five years.
  • Standardised across the portfolio — one specification for procurement
  • Fewer FM call-outs per building
  • Contribution to the building's LEED/BREEAM rating (sustainability)
  • ASSE 1072-2020 and EN 1253 documentation for corporate procurement
Irish FM market

The sector is professionalising.

The Irish FM market is consolidating fast. Corporate landlords, IFSC tenants and HSE-regulated portfolios are pushing ESG, BREEAM and air-quality KPIs into every soft-services tender. Drain odour and pest-related complaints are among the highest-volume helpdesk tickets — passive, chemical-free solutions like Green Drain™ remove the recurring callout entirely.

ESG
Contribution to the sustainability report — chemical-free, long-lasting
KPI
FM contracts carry measurable KPIs — fewer call-outs means a better score.
EN 1253
The specification covers most European gullies.
ASSE 1072
2020 Edition — Trap Seal Device Standard
5 years
Coverage in a single procurement — CapEx, not OpEx
0 €
Lifecycle maintenance cost
Data Sources and Regulatory Framework (2024–2025 data)

Statistical data taken from official Irish and EU sources: Central Statistics Office Ireland (cso.ie), Health Service Executive (hse.ie), Fáilte Ireland (failteireland.ie), Bord Bia (bordbia.ie), IDA Ireland (idaireland.com), Health Products Regulatory Authority (hpra.ie). Regulatory framework: EUR-Lex for EU directives — EU 2017/745 (MDR), EU 178/2002 (food safety), EU 1935/2004 and EU 10/2011 (food contact materials), EU 528/2012 (BPR), EU 2014/34 (ATEX). Standards: EN 1253-1 (floor P-traps, water seal ≥50 mm), EN 1253 Parts 6/7/8 (gullies with a water seal below 50 mm, with mechanical closure, and combined types; 2023 editions), HACCP International RG-04, ASSE 1072-2020, NSF/ANSI 2, HSE SARI guidelines. Revision date: May 2026.

Implementation

Rolling it out across the FM portfolio.

Once the property manager adopts the specification, the helpdesk stops opening odour tickets for that building — and the specification goes out across the rest of the portfolio.

01

Pilot building

A building with a history of odour tickets — 90-day pilot.

02

Measurement

Open tickets counted before and after, for the sustainability report.

03

Specification

Central procurement takes over the specification for the rest of the portfolio.

04

Roll-out

Buildings done in priority order — typically 6 to 18 months.

Model Recommendation

Recommendations across the whole portfolio.

A typical Irish FM portfolio mixes Grade-A office buildings (40–60 %), hotels (20–30 %), retail and shopping centres (10–20 %) and light industrial / data-adjacent facilities (5–10 %). Standardisation across the portfolio works: GD 2 and GD 3 together cover roughly 80 % of drain needs. Central procurement handles all sizes in a single OGP-style tender.

Green Drain™ Recommended for your industry.

  • Offices and hotel bedrooms (~55 % of the portfolio)GD 2. Largest volume procurement.
  • Wellness, F&B, sports (~20 %)GD 3HoReCa standard.
  • Industrial facilities and larger garages (~10 %)GD 4.
  • Large channel drains (~5 %)GD 5 or GD 6CRAC plant and central kitchen channels.
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GD 2
50–58 mm · ~55 % of the portfolio
GD 2.5
55–65 mm · ~10 % (older)
GD 3
75–85 mm · ~20 % of the portfolio
GD 3–3.5
80–89 mm · adaptive
GD 4
102–110 mm · ~10 % (industrial)
GD 5/6
120–135 mm-150 · ~5 % (specific)
Complete solution

Three products.
One protection portfolio.

Green Drain™ doesn't work alone — for maximum drain control it's combined with GD Uri-Tabs™ (urinals) and GreenSwirl™ (drain unblocking).

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