A sustainable building consultant and Certified Passivhaus Designer with an MSc in Green Building from the Centre for Alternative Technology.

Offering a range of services aimed at exploiting the potential of building and retrofitting to Passivhaus standard using natural organic materials where possible, to deliver a significant operational and embodied carbon reduction, whilst dramatically reducing running costs and improving occupant’s comfort, health, and well-being.

Certified Passivhaus Design –
– Energy balance – energy modelling using Passivhaus Planning Package Modelling (PHPP)
– Envelope design – materials/fabric, airtightness, thermal bridges, thermography, windows and doors specification, shading and solar gain
– Services specification – ventilation, heating, cooling, MVHR
– Energy provision – renewables and grid

Building Performance and Low Energy/ Carbon Design –
– Building Physics Analysis – Heat and energy transfers, ventilation, airtightness, condensation, moisture movements, thermal mass, U-value calculations, thermal bridging, building monitoring and evaluation
– Energy modelling and building codes – BREDEM, SBEM, BREEAM, LEED, Living Building Challenge

Embodied Carbon Life Cycle Analysis –
– Stage A1 through to stage D
– Materials sourcing and selection considering low carbon, service life, durability, and longevity
– Analysis via One Click LCA

Circular Building Design –
– Circular design and construction practices and implementation, the 5 R’s principle
– Design for local sourcing, minimal waste, durability, adaptability, disassembly, design as a material bank, following building in layers principle

Selection and use of Natural, Organic Materials in Fabric Design –
– Environmental appraisal for climate, nature, social, health, toxicity, end of life impact
– Sustainability future potential analysis for in use performance, for carbon storage, for ecosystem regeneration
– Low carbon construction details using green materials

Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy –
– Carbon accounting and reporting – scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, drivers, standards, and frameworks
– Product life cycle assessment (LCA)
– Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
– Ecosystem services and biodiversity
– Atmospheric carbon reduction
– Water security and waste
– Food security
– Transportation
– Energy provision
– Economics and non-growth
– Population growth and migration
– Systems thinking and behaviour change
– Cities and Communities
– Effectiveness of the EPC in driving home energy efficiency upgrade.