Water – don’t waste it, reuse it

With more than 5,700 articles written about it in 100+ countries last year alone, and an impressive 2.6 million website views, World Water Week could be considered a resounding success. The good news is this week, it’s happening again – the annual global water conference is taking place in Sweden addressing key issues of international […]

Building Project: Print Works House, 83 Great Titchfield Street

mechanical and electrical design, acoustics, energy and sustainability

Project Info Client: Latitude Properties Completion Year: 2016 Mechanical and electrical design, acoustics, energy and sustainability Location: Fitzrovia, London Syntegra worked on the Award-winning retrofit development of Print Works House in Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia, London, providing advice on issues of mechanical and electrical design, acoustics, energy and sustainability ahead of the planning application […]

Fast track planning process for schemes offering more affordable housing

Development schemes offering a minimum of 35% affordable housing will be fast tracked through the planning process under plans unveiled by London Mayor, Sadiq Khan to boost levels of affordable homes in the capital. Schemes which don’t meet that threshold will be required to submit ‘detailed viability information’ to the Greater London Authority (GLA) to […]

From big screen to big changes – how a movie moved citizens to action against climate change

Movie-goers need no telling that this week sees the launch of the sequel to one of this century’s most talked-about Oscar-winning films. The significance of the unlikely Hollywood blockbuster, whose legacy today is still reverberating across the globe, should not be underestimated. An Inconvenient Truth charted the warnings about climate change and its imminent threat […]

Building Project: Enid Wood House

M&E consultants and energy consultants

Project Info Client: Bracknell Property Ltd Completion Year: 2013 Consultancy services for SAP calculations Location: Bracknell, Berkshire Providing consultancy services for SAP calculations and BRUKL compliance was Syntegra’s role in the recent redevelopment of Bracknell town centre. Our consultants worked on the part renovation, part new build project to convert former offices and a hostel […]

Building Project: Nando’s SKA Assessment

SKA environmental assessment

Project Info Client: Nando’s Completion Year: 2015 SKA environmental assessment Location: Baker St, London, and Stanmore, Middlesex SKA environmental assessment for two branches Nando’s restaurants: New build – 1, Buckingham Parade, Stanmore and refurbishment at 113 Baker St, London With its well-publicised policy of recycling all its cooking oil, composting its food waste and using […]