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    We would be delighted to discuss your project with you.

      Your Details

      About Your Property

      About Your Project

      How long do you envisage staying in this property?*

      What is your budget range for the completed works?*

      Do you have any sustainability / energy / environmental requirements or goals?*

      Thermal improvements to your existing walls / floor / roofAir or ground source heat pumpNatural / organic insulation and materialsI'm keen to incorporate enhanced thermal performance, beyond the Building Regulations minimumNo, I only want to comply with the minimum Building Regulations requirementsI'm not sure, but am interested to learn moreSomething else

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      Do you have a Passivhaus, EnerPHit, AECB new build or AECB retrofit project – or something similar?  Whether you’re just looking for an initial steer, or whether you’d like to achieve certification – through the use of the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) and natural building materials, we can offer guidance and advice to support your design team.

      The PHPP is a planning tool that considers a wide range of characteristics to provide confidence that the performance targets can be achieved.  It is an integral part of the process and is a requirement for all of these standards.

      It’s best if we’re appointed during the early design stages, as this enables us to make useful PHPP evaluations and design inputs and can help avoid additional costs.  We can, however, fit into a project at any stage.  The fee guide below is in the instance that we’re fully embedded in your consulting team.  We can of course provide a smaller nugget of consultancy, for which you might like to read more here.

       

      Following an initial conversation or meeting and once we’re appointed, the following information would be useful to get us started.  Of course, how much of this information you have depends at what stage of your project you are at:

       

      *  Your design brief

      *  Site address and photographs

      *  Existing and proposed plans, elevations, sections

      *  Details

      *  Building envelope assemblies – floors, walls, roofs, windows, doors

       

      To give you an indication of our fees and the process, the following Steps are based on a typical 2 storey, 3 bedroom new build house, of simple form.  This example is for us to carry out the PHPP modelling and support your team to work towards achieving certification for your chosen standard.  It’s most likely that we would need to work with your team through all 5 Steps, but this does depend on your specific circumstances.

      If you have a low energy project that you might like assistance with, please do get in touch for an initial conversation.

      STEP 1

      Preliminary PHPP modelling

      Preliminary PHPP report

      1no. review meetings

      £1,650

      RIBA Stage 2 concept design

      STEP 2

      Step 1 plus:

      Full PHPP modelling

      Full PHPP report

      Envelope specification

      1no. review meetings

      £3,150

      RIBA Stage 3 spatial design – pre-planning application

      STEP 3

      Step 2 plus:

      Envelope detailing comments and assistance

      Thermal bridge assessment (no calculations)

      2no. review meetings

      £5,400

      RIBA Stage 4 technical design – pre-building regulations application

      STEP 4

      Step 3 plus:

      Final PHPP design review

      Pre-construction drawing review

      1no. review meeting

      £7,275

      RIBA Stage 4 technical design – pre-building regulations application

      STEP 5

      Step 4 plus:

      Liaise with Passivhaus certifier throughout all stages

      Collate construction evidence

      Final PHPP based on final construction

      £450 / site visit (requirement for depends on project team; number and frequency depends on construction method)

      £9,375 + site visits

      RIBA Stage 5 construction