Delivering CO2 Reductions & Effective Renewable Energy Solutions
Whether building new homes, developing land for commercial use or seeking to reduce energy use or carbon emissions in existing buildings, the need for a coherent energy strategy based upon realistic assumptions and workable solutions is a fundamental requirement. CarbonPlan has significant expertise in modelling new and existing buildings to provide analysis on the lowest cost options to achieve compliance. Additionally we can model solutions based upon Whole Life Value to show how designs will generate the most savings or income over a given time frame.
Building Regulations and CO2 Emissions Reduction
Achieving the CO2 reductions required by Part L of the Building Regulations and many Local Planning Authorities is a challenge in today’s changing regulatory climate. With the current UK Government firmly embracing the trajectory from current standards towards Zero Carbon for Residential Buildings in 2016 and Commercial Buildings in 2020, the landscape in which developers work within will only become more challenging. To show compliance with these requirements CarbonPlan can undertake:
- Early stage modelling of individual buildings or a whole site
- SAP calculations for residential buildings
- SBEM calculations for commercial buildings
- Dynamic modelling to show realistic energy demands
Service Delivery
Sustainable Energy Strategy is a specialist Division within CarbonPlan which focuses on the reduction of CO2 emissions. Our team of energy and engineering experts has developed a proprietary toolkit which enables us to deliver business critical advice to developers in very short timescales and at a reasonable cost.
Based upon the SAP and SBEM methodologies our tools and processes allow CarbonPlan to model an individual building or an entire mixed use site in a fraction of the time required to carry out full calculations for Part L compliance. Our expertise in researching and analysing options for the supply of Renewable Energy systems and then optimising these for any given site, whether a new development or a retrofit installations, enables us to offer bespoke solutions, tailored to the projects specific requirements, which work.
CarbonPlan offers a service which is unique in its hands on approach; its attention to detail and its clear communication of tangible solutions. These are all provided with a high level of support in a manner which is accessible and understandable.
The team's experience and working relationships within the industry ensures that all the necessary information is at our fingertips. This enables CarbonPlan to optimise the advice and associated solutions provided to suit our clients’ needs and project requirements with a minimum of fuss and at a reasonable price.
We encourage our clients to get us involved as early as possible on a project (even before the land is bought) so that we can help develop a thoughtful strategy which has been designed in as opposed to 'bolt-on' solutions, which are often less efficient and more expensive.
