The Blewburton Partnership has helped a great number of commercial and domestic developments with their sustainability and conformance to legislation over the years. Below is a selection of our many successful interventions.
Warehouse units, Houndmills Trading Estate, Basingstoke
Blewburton was appointed to provide an assessment of the design of five warehouse units for compliance with Part L of Building Regulations alongside a BREEAM New Construction (2014) assessment aiming for a ‘Very Good’ rating.
The scope of work included creating building energy models of all areas using SBEM software and carrying out iterations of the models in order to achieve compliance and building control sign-off,
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Conversion of office block to 12 apartments, Wokingham
This project involved undertaking the SAP calculations for and supplying the Part L1B consultation for the conversion of a 1980s office block into 12 apartments over three floors in the Berkshire town of Wokingham.
An analysis of the existing thermal elements was undertaken to ascertain which,
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Blewburton were appointed to provide an analysis of the energy demand and CO2 emissions associated with the re-development of the site to meet the requirements of the London Plan Energy Policy.
The analysis was based on SBEM outputs and methodology contained within the Non-Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide 2013 Edition for the non-domestic development and CIBSE benchmarks for the residential development.
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This project was one of the first in the country to complete certification against the newly created BREEAM Domestic Refurbishment Scheme. It involved the conversion of office accommodation on the first floor above shops and below existing residential units into three apartments. The local authority placed a planning condition of BREEAM ‘Excellent’ on the project,
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St James RC Primary School in Twickenham has increased the space available to pupils, staff and the whole school community through the construction of a 272m2 hall within its grounds. The new hall was granted planning permission by the London Borough of Richmond subject to achieving a ‘VERY GOOD’ rating under the BREEAM Education scheme.
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The Blewburton Partnership assisted Runneymede Council in meeting the Merton Rule requirements for 10% renewable technologies on this office development.
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The Blewburton Partnership performed the requisite SAP calculations and modelling to allow the developer to avoid a costly air source heat pump installation that would not have met the specific carbon reduction compliance for this local authority.
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A traditional brickworks had a carbon-costly diesel-fired drying solution for the winter months. The Blewburton Partnership identified a system to allow the company to use nearby biomass to provide a cheaper and more carbon-efficient hot air solution instead.
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The Blewburton Partnership was able to guide the developers of a large rural business to identify the most effective means of achieving the BREEAM Excellent rating required by the planning authority.
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The Blewburton Partnership helped single four bed dwelling constructed within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) to be Code Level 3 compliant.
