Our experienced Energy Assessors work with design teams from early project stages to assess any overheating risks
We develop compliance strategies for a broad range of challenging developments across the UK
Thanks to the knowledge of our people, we provide a mixture of different standards and procedures to identify overheating risks
Stroma Built Environment has a team of experienced and qualified Energy Assessors who will work with your design team. We can help assess potential overheating risks and develop robust solutions to improve performance. Our assessors can bring knowledge of a range of assessment standards and modelling procedures to identify overheating risks.
We have assisted in formulating the compliance strategy for challenging developments such as high-rise buildings and high sustainability projects. If your specification is not on target to meet the required limits, our experienced assessors can provide advice on how to resolve this, ensuring a smooth submission to Building Control.
Our assessors can bring knowledge of a range of assessment standards and modelling procedures to identify overheating risks:
Energy Statements may contain an Overheating Risk Analysis
SAP Calculations can identify overheating risks
Achieving BREEAM credits for thermal comfort.
Changing environmental conditions, construction techniques and behavioural factors has led to an increased need to consider mitigation measures for preventing overheating in buildings. Factors which can cause overheating include:
Rising temperatures
Increased occupant densities
Community heating pipework losses
Lightweight building fabric
Airtight construction
Although solvable in many cases, this is a problem that needs to be addressed at the earliest possible opportunity in the design process. Significant industry research has been carried out over recent decades into the cause and effects of overheating and thermal discomfort.
This has resulted in several standards to help assess building performance and define acceptable temperature thresholds. CIBSE Guide A has set the recommended performance standard in the UK for many years, for both air conditioned and free running buildings.
The latter has since been superseded by Technical Memorandum 52 which develops on the Guide A standard to also account for the fragility of the occupants and human adaption to sustained high temperatures. In all cases, computational simulation is undertaken to predict internal temperatures resulting from the building design, occupant use and local weather environment.
Stroma Built Environment offers complementary services for Overheating Risk Analysis to reduce procurement costs, gain project efficiencies and achieve full compliance and sustainability targets for your project.
Stroma Group Ltd
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF5 9TJ
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