The Partnership is mindful of the strategic position that building services engineers have in ensuring that energy conservation and sustainability issues are thoroughly evaluated during the design phase of both new and refurbishment projects. Input throughout the design process including building form, construction materials, orientation and passive services solutions is vital to the successful procurement of well-engineered low-energy buildings.
The Jones King Partnership is a licensed assessor under the UK's Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) for both BREEAM for Schools and BREEAM for Offices.
The scheme provides guidance on ways of measuring and minimising the adverse effects of buildings on the global and local environments. In the UK it has become widely accepted as representing best practice, and is central to government policy and targets on improvements in construction.
In addition to a number of trained BREEAM assessors the JKP Sustainability Group also includes the services of a Low Carbon Consultant; part of the newly developed CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants register: www.cibse.org
The Jones King Partnership provides expertise in the design of low energy and environmentally sustainable buildings with particular emphasis on minimising energy use and providing healthy indoor environments.
Please view our Environmental Protection Policy here.
Key services offered as part of our sustainable design service are:
Natural ventilation analysis
Dynamic thermal simulation for evaluation of overheating, solar shading etc and to demonstrate compliance with standards such as BB101 and L2A
Building energy performance
Prediction of annual energy usage and CO2 emissions using DCLG Approved Software
Cost and performance evaluation of Low and Zero Carbon technologies
Design guidance on the integration and benefits of renewable energy systems e.g. Biomass, Wind turbines, Solar-PV etc.
Daylight simulation using computer modelling |
