News archive for March, 2020
COVID 19: How we are responding
Posted on March 17th 2020
We want to reassure our clients that we have implemented a remote working facility for all of our staff to enable us to properly deliver our services in these unprecedented times. We have implemented a range of strategies to help deal with the impact of the Coronavirus, ensuring we continue to successfully deliver projects. Our robust IT and governance systems …
How bespoke thermal bridging calculations can help your project
Posted on March 4th 2020
Calculating heat losses resulting from thermal bridges is one of the only ways to improve SAP calculations without the need to re-design any aspect of the building, making the price per carbon of this process very low. This is because SAP punishes the lack of calculations by assuming very high values for the thermal bridging heat loss. So, to ensure …
Project Success for Berkeley East Thames at the Royal Arsenal
Posted on March 4th 2020
We recently completed our Energy and Sustainability work on the The Officers’ House and the Royal Carriage Factory at the historic Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich. We conducted three different types of BREEAM assessment on the Grade II listed buildings, each assessment bespoke to the works being conducted, achieving Excellent for the refurbished dwellings, Good for the Refurbished commercial units …
Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) – A Reduction in Income from PV
Posted on March 4th 2020
A new arrangement for small-scale renewables is in most instances expected to result in generators receiving less income than would have been available to similar-sized installations previously. The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), having come into force from January 1st 2020, has been introduced following last year’s closure of the Feed in Tariff (FIT) scheme to new entrants. All existing FIT …