Services
Below is a list of our services. These may be of use in meeting planning conditions for daylight or the targets found in BREEAM, the Home Quality Mark, the Decent Homes Standard, WELL, LEED, Urban Greening Factor and Biodiversity Net Gain targets, or just because you want to do a good job.
WHAT WE DO
DAYLIGHT REPORTS FOR PLANNING
Our expertise stretches back 25 years. In that time, we have supplied hundreds of daylight reports for successful planning applications, assessing a project’s impact on its neighbours and internal natural light levels. On the way, we have found solutions to countless daylight design conundrums. We design for daylight, we don’t just measure it. Unlike many daylight consultants, we guard against advice which may cause problems elsewhere, for example, overheating. In addition, we also offer consultancy services for internal natural light assessments, shading and glazing design and studies of photosynthetically useful daylight
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN – Joined Up ADVICE ON ENERGY, OVERHEATING & DAYLIGHT
Design with the climate, not against it. What’s the best direction for the front door to face to avoid a draft? How deep should the floor plan be to provide enough light and avoid problems with daylight down the line? How much daylight will cause an overheating problem? How can I shade my south-facing glass without losing my excellent daylight? Answering these and other questions will ease your way through planning and are crucial to efficient design. Our inexpensive half-day early-stage environmental design workshop will set your project off on the right track.
comfortable classrooms and school energy reduction
We have worked with pupils, teachers and site staff in several schools to reduce their energy use and improve comfort in classrooms, using plants to provide shade and coolth where possible. Significant savings are possible at no cost through behaviour change (for example, reducing electricity use by 25%). We provide a report but also give assemblies and workshops for staff and pupils.
PERSONALISED ADVICE FOR YOUR HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
What’s the best direction for the front door to face to avoid a draft? How deep should the floor plan be to provide enough light and avoid problems with daylight down the line? How much daylight will cause an overheating problem? How can I shade my south-facing glass without losing my excellent daylight? Answering these and other questions will ease your way through planning and are crucial to efficient design. Our inexpensive half-day early-stage environmental design workshop will set your project off on the right track. Design with the climate, not against it.
THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS
With a little early holistic thinking, we can help your project meet targets for biodiversity and urban greening whilst creating comfortable conditions in and around your building, as well as lowering energy consumption and the risk of overheating. By considering surrounding airflow, natural light access and water retention we provide advice on employing plants to improve the microclimate around buildings.
OF NOTE
Some interesting projects we were responsible for in previous incarnations include Edinburgh City Council’s Design and Construction Guide, daylight design for the National Trust HQ, the design and construction of Glastonbury climbing wall, a talk on school pupils and post occupancy evaluation given at the CIBSE Technical Symposium, developing the blueprint for Energy Action Areas in London, thermal simulations for MAXXI and bespoke eco-housebuilding via Wild Oak Carpentry.