Strategic – RIBA Stage 0+
- Concept development;
- Commercial business planning and strategy development to deliver the concept;
- Representations for emerging neighbourhood plans and local development frameworks;
- Negotiations with local planning authorities;
- Preparation of energy and sustainability documentation for outline planning applications;
- Identification of potential delivery partners for strategic energy infrastructure;
- Advice on wording on conditions, and conditions discharge;
- Expert witness services.
Planning – RIBA Stage 1-3
- Low and zero carbon and sustainability concept development;
- Passive design assessment;
- Early input strategic design appraisal (form factor, fenestration, roof form, solar access);
- Energy and carbon emissions modelling (SAP, EUIs, PSI values);
- Dynamic thermal modelling (TAS);
- Options appraisals for energy/carbon performance levels;
- Thermal comfort assessments (TM52, TM59);
- Circular economy statements;
- Whole life cycle carbon emissions assessments;
- Energy statements;
- Sustainability statements;
- Negotiations with local planning authorities and statutory consultees;
- Advice on wording on conditions, and conditions discharge;
- Expert witness services.
Technical – RIBA Stage 4 +
- Energy Calculations
- Future Homes Standard with SAP 10.3 + HEM;
- SAP 10.2;
- PHPP (PassivHaus);
- Linear and point thermal bridges (PSI and Chi values).
- Dynamic Modelling:
- Non-residential building dynamic energy modelling;
- Overheating risk assessment;
- Daylight modelling.
- Compliance Reviews:
- Planning policy standards;
- Part L;
- Part O.
- Passive House:
- Passivhaus consulting;
- Passivhaus assessment.
Existing Stock Retrofit
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- Sectors
- Universities
- RSL / HA / Council housing stock
- Listed / historic / hard to treat buildings
- Services
- Energy retrofit feasibility
- Options appraisal
- Retrofit strategies
- Thermal bridging analysis
- WUFI
- EnerPhit
- Sectors
