SBEM & Overheating calculations for non domestic developments
SBEM Design Services Ltd are approved BRE Accredited Energy Assessors. We have have qualified SBEM Competent Persons who have undertaken therory and practical assessment in the field of energy assessment .
We can help, advise and support the design provided by the Architect or other designer and create the data to submit to the Local Authority for Building Regulation Approval at both initial and as built stage.
Having competent person status the Local Authority are obliged to accept the data we supply, hence smoothing out the Building Regulation process for you. We can also provide advice on how to improve your building should it be found struggling to meet the appropriate BER (Building Emission Rate) and TER (Target Emission Rate) with the new regulations.
We can also provide overheating calculations to check the risk over overheating on naturally ventilated buildings. Building Control all over the UK are starting to ask for these details as it is one of the 5 criterion checks for Part L.
All part of the service.
Non- Domestic Energy Certificates
SBEM Design Services are accredited by the BRE to provide Energy Performance Certificates for both level 3 and 4 non- domestic buildings (either existing or newly constructed).
This is a an additional service to the SBEM calculation process or can be used by building sellers or landlords to fulfill their legal requirements when a building is constructed, put up for sale or rent.
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BREEAM In Use Auditor & BREEAM Assessors for Retail, Office and Industrial Buildings
If you are a property manager, under BREEAM In Use you can undertake an assessment of your existing building and review how it performs. The process will enable building owners to highlight areas of improvement of interest, in particular the areas of asset, operation or organisational performance.
The information can help lower the buildings carbon footprint, can demonstrate environmental awareness to clients and possibly promote higher rents for better performing buildings. What the client can't do is issue a certificate to demonstrate their successes without an audit. That is what we do as Auditors..
We can help you at the assessment stage, and help you collect all the relative information required. We can audit your information and issue you with a compliance rating certificate and promote the building on a database held by the accredited authority to demonstate how well you are doing.
We are also accreditted BREEAM Assessors for Commercial property. This means we can undertake an assessment of Retail, Office or Industrial buildings, taking into account its location, fabric, materials transport, heating, water usage etc to arrive at a benchmarked standard. The process can be long and requires a lot of detail but is beneficial when trying to examine the building to get a complete holistic assessment .
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Swept Path Analysis
SBEM Design Services Ltd can also help Planners, Architects, Highways Engineers etc on reviewing turning circles, radii, turning heads and general vehicle movement swept path analysis. Local Authorities are being more demanding on Planning Applications and vehicle movements by HGV are being more of a concern.
If you need a swept path analysis showing the actual movement of the vehicle on your plan...look no further than SBEM Design Services Ltd. We use Autocad based software to plot and animate the project were necessary.
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Note: All Data for SBEM Calculations are to be provided by the Client/Architect etc. Any assumptions will be stated on the report.
