Underestimation in businesses affected by the forthcoming CRC legislation

The Financial Times have stated that the UK government has underestimated by as much as 6 times the number of corporate businesses affected by the Carbon Reduction Commitment. With the scheme due to start on April 1st, it is now suggested that as many as 30,000 businesses may be affected. The legislation may seem onerous […]

The Government launch Home Energy Management Strategy (HEMS) at Ecobuild 2010

Ecobuild last month was quite simply the biggest it has ever been with 40,000 visitors and an increase of 20% of exhibitors than the previous year. During the 3 day exhibition, the Government launched its Home Energy Management Strategy, which included a commitment to primary legislation to enable a Pay As Yous Save scheme. Home […]

Mixed Use development – 195/217 Stoke Newington High Street, Stoke Newington, London, N16

Syntegra Consulting appointed energy assessors for a mixed use development in Stoke Newington, London, N16. The proposed re-development has master-plans to develop 5 buildings across the 1.23 Acre site (Budget : £18m). The existing configuration on site has called for the instruction of 70 Units (residential & Commercial) all requiring either a commercial energy performance […]

LZC energy design Consultants – Sidworth Street, Hackney, London

Syntegra Consulting successfully appointed LZC design consultants to provide feasibility and design assistance in relation to an air-source heat pump installation and integration into a mixed use development consisting of 28 residential units and 8 retail units in Hackney, London.

Commercial EPC – The Bakery, Weevil Lane, Gosport, PO12 1FX

Syntegra Consulting appointed Commercial energy assessors to undertake an energy survey for a 4,000 sqft Grade 2 listed property currently being utilised as a show room/home for a large scale Berkleys Homes development in Gosport. The unit has consent to be turned into a 2 storey restaurant facility.

Key energy related questions commercial organisations should ask

Organisations that don’t have a clear and transparent energy policy to guide the business forward, will continue to find it difficult to answer the following increasingly regulatory questions: How much energy could be saved for the business in the long term? What impact would saving energy have on the business from a financial perspective? Have […]

Government consult on the extended remit for Display Energy Certificates (DEC)

CIBSE has welcomed the Governments decision to publish a consultation paper in relation to the proposals to extend Display Energy Certificates to the private sector. The Government will undertake a detailed analysis of the costs and benefits or requiring all non-domestic buildings to have a EPC by 2018 and requiring all such buildings to have […]