255 Ealing Road, Harrow, Appleton – Sustainability

Syntegra was appointed to provide its services for: Energy Consultancy (SAP & SBEM Calculations) Sustainability Assessment Code for Sustainable Homes BREEAM External & Internal Daylight Report Acoustic Report Air Quality Report Ecology Report M&E Consultancy 255 Ealing Road scheme was comprised of the erection of 128 no. New Residential units and 2 no. flexible Commercial / […]

Energy Strategy Report and BREEAM Assessment – 30 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 6DU

Syntegra Consulting Ltd have been appointed as Energy Consultants to produce an energy strategy report for the re-development scheme involving an extension at 30 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 6DU. This will support  support the schemes design process, demonstrate Building Regulations Part L1B compliance, intend to design to a BREEAM ‘Very Good’ target rating and to […]

Energy Consultants and BREEAM Assessors – Adamsrill Primary School, London Borough of Lewisham

Syntegra Consulting Ltd were successfully appointed as Energy Consultants and BREEAM Assessors to produce an Energy Strategy Report for the development at Adamsrill Primary School in the London Borough of Lewisham. The report will include SBEM assessment & Building Regulations Part L2B compliance, BREEAM pre-assessment and intend to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% via renewable […]

SBEM Calculations

SBEM (or Simplify Building Energy Model) is a software tool developed by BRE for the Department for Communities and Local Government and provides an analysis of a building’s energy consumption. SBEM is used for non domestic buildings in support of the National Calculation Methodology (NCM), the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Green […]

Energy Strategy Report – John Stainer Community Primary School, St Asaph Road, London, SE4

Syntegra Consulting Ltd have been successfully appointed as Energy Consultants and MEP Consultants to produce an Energy Strategy Report for the development at John Stainer Community Primary School, St Asaph Road, London, SE4. The report will demonstrate Building regulations Part L2B compliance and intend to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% via renewable technology in accordance […]

1 High Street, Hampton – Energy Strategy Report, BREEAM

Syntegra Consulting Ltd has been appointed as energy consultants to produce an energy strategy report for the proposed Re-Development scheme consisting of 7No. Residential units and 1No. Office  at 1 High Street, Hampton, TW12 2SQ. The reports were to demonstrate compliance with national, regional & local planning policies and the Building Regulations and needed to demonstrate intent […]

Building Regulations Part L 2013

Consultation documents were released at the end of January for 2012 for the next version of Building Regulations. they are expected to come into force by October 2013 subject to any transitional arrangements. The consultation is presented into 4 sections: Section 1 outlines the consultation approach and then presents proposals to change various technical aspects […]

SBEM calcs – Simplified Building Energy Model

SBEM is developed by the Building Research Establishment as a computer program to analysis building energy consumption. It is used for new commercial buildings such as Industrial Warehouse, School, Hotel, Office or even Halls of Residence. Through comparing the designed Building Emission Rate (BER) with an SBEM calculated Target Emission Rate (TER), it shows the […]

Sustainable Property Assessments

Reducing the carbon footprint is now a major strategy in government and any commercial and residential developments must now adhere to current sustainable energy legislation’s.  Many more regulations are being planned over the forthcoming years with the objective being that by 2020 all new buildings will be zero carbon and carbon emissions reduced by 34%. […]

SBEM: Simplified Building Energy Model

The Simplified Building Energy Model (SBEM) is a software tool and computer programme developed by BRE  (Building Research Establishment) that helps to determine non-residential buildings CO2 emission rates to provide an analysis of energy consumption. It is used to compare the designed Building Emission Rate (BER) with an SBEM calculated Target Emission Rate (TER).  This […]

New key Part L changes – Quick snapshot

CO2 performance targets A separate, temporary specification is proposed for electric resistance heating in new dwellings. This will eventually have the same fabric specification as other fuels and be based on a heat pump solution. Furthermore, this change will be made progressively to give the electrical heating industry time to create the new technologies. For […]