Services

 The Basics: 

We firmly believe that we can assist all buildings to become more sustainable, thereby making a positive contribution to our environment and to the corporate profitability of our clients; be they landlord, tenant or owner occupier.

The relationship between people and buildings is a crucial element to any sustainability strategy and we therefore start by gaining an understanding of our clients business model, objectives and operational practices.

Thinking outside the square and looking behind the building environment/economics equation can lead to a transformational change in the way you do business. At ecodomus we are more than happy to look through to your core business model to include marketing and public relations benefits and customer participation programmes.

Human behaviour is the starting point for change and we recognise that  building employee awareness and education programmes is one of the keys to success

With experience of working in various building types and businesses including offices, factories, health clubs and hotels, ecodomus is well placed to understand the operational and business realities of working within your building.

The Approach:

Improvement in the sustainability of buildings can be achieved by examining and tackling the following:

• Present building operational methods and practices

• Building fabric /resource improvements
• Business operational methods

Taking a business perspective and employing sound cost-benefit analysis, we aim to provide our clients with a variety of implement-able solutions.

1. Environmental audits:

Once we have understood your business and your environmental objectives, we benchmark the present status of your business against best practice in some or all of the following areas:

• Carbon production
• Energy usage for heating, cooling, lighting and operations
• Water usage
• Waste water runoff
• Material usage
• Waste management
• Transportation

This is where we provide strategies tailored to your objectives. These may be as brief as an action list or can extend to the provision of detailed cost-benefit analysis and implementation programmes.

3. Project management

Your project will only be a success if managed with care and attention to detail. With many years of experience in delivering residential refurbishment and new build projects, ecodomus will take the care necessary to deliver your project within realistically set timeframes and financial budgets. This often involves  us working in a lead project management role with architects, engineers, planning consultants and other specialists, ensuring that strategies are clear, resources correctly allocated and timetables set and adhered to.

4. Supplying and installing

Where building performance improvements are targeted, ecodomus has developed a range of best in category products which it can supply directly to your company and install through associated installation partners.

• high performance chain of custody certified timber and timber aluminium composite windows
• insulation materials and external cladding systems
• solar shading systems
• low energy lighting products
• energy consumption monitors
• chain of custody certified timber flooring
• natural flooring
• water saving devices 

Besides these best in category products which we can supply and install, we maintain a library of reference information on environmentally friendly products which we can specify and source for your project,

Essential to the success of any project is post implementation monitoring and ecodomus is committed to establishing and implementing a programme of measurement, reporting and celebration of your achievements !

5. Design

ecodomus can provide architectural design services including measured surveys, planning applications, building regulations submissions, and associated applications for landlord consents.

6. Legislative, fiscal and other financial frameworks

Although ecodomus cannot and does not wish to take the place of your legal or accounting advisors, we do understand that your business decisions need to be considered with the knowledge of relevant statutory frameworks. We therefore undertake a search of relevant and proposed legislation and sources of resource support, both national and European, drawing your attention to key issues and underlining when it may be necessary to take more detailed professional advice. We can also guide you through applications for grants to local, regional and national bodies.

7.  BREEAM assessments (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

ecodomus is an approved assessor for the breeam for school scheme and for the Code for Sustainable Homes and can carry out assessments and give advice as to the design of sustainable new build schools and homes as well as major refurbishments projects.