Low & Zero Carbon Energy Assessments

Our environmental engineering group use the IES Virtual Environment software to provide the following LZC and thermal modelling assessments;

• Energy Strategy reports to support planning applications
• BREEAM & Code: energy, thermal comfort & daylight credits
• CIBSE heat gains and heat losses
• Natural vent & summer overheating assessments (i.e. BB101)

Energy Strategy reports

We consider all zero and low carbon CO2 technologies (site wide applications and individual building applications)

The report describes;

• The energy targets set by local planning policy i.e. 20% on site renewables
• The building energy demand using IES Virtual Environment energy modelling software rather than published benchmarks
• The energy and CO2 savings through
  • energy efficiency measures
  • efficient supply of energy (i.e. CHP)
  • renewable energy sources.
• The report will set out the preferred energy strategy

BREEAM, Code energy, thermal comfort & daylight studies

Some of the BREEAM & Code credits require assessment by a specialist energy & daylight  consultant.

We use the IES VE software to undertake the following specialist BREEAM and Code Credits

• BREEAM Ene 1: Co2 carbon emissions
• BREEAM Ene 5: LZC feasibility study
• BREEAM Hea 1: Daylight
• BREEAM Hea 10: Thermal comfort
• Code Ene 1: SAP & energy /Co2
• Code Ene 7: LZC feasibility  study
• Code Hea 1: Daylight analysis

CIBSE heat gains and heat losses

We use the IES VE software to undertake detailed room by room or zone by zone CIBSE steady heat gains and heat losses

The IES software is CIBSE AM 11 approved.

Natural ventilation, mixed mode and summer overheating assessments

We use the IES VE software to undertake detailed natural ventilation and mixed mode summer overheating assessments often required to comply with BB1010 for schools