Ocean View, Falmouth

Whether it’s your own house, or part of a wider property portfolio you manage, decreasing emissions from existing buildings is not only a key aspect of the route to reducing global emissions, but also now forms part of ESG commitments and a drive to reduce the impact of energy price fluctuations in your building stock. 

Our team is able to digitally replicate your building and its current performance within dynamic software and calibrate this to your existing energy use through the approved CIBSE TM63 methodology, to ensure it is an accurate representation of your current building. From here, energy improvements can be modelled – from increased insulation to replaced glazing and HVAC – so that the improvement in energy use, emissions and cost of running can be modelled and demonstrated. 

Subsequently, this allows building manages and facilities teams to develop effective cost-benefit analyses of the proposed upgrades to the building, where appropriate decisions can be made for the future. 

Out team can accurately model your building and provide information on potential improvements to emissions, energy use and costs of a range of building improvements to assist you in meeting your climate goals. 

Achieving carbon-efficient developments requires a comprehensive understanding of a buildings’ actual operational energy performance.

While Part L calculations and Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) offer insights into a building’s anticipated performance, there is a recognised ‘performance gap’ between design intent and real-world usage.

CIBSE TM54, titled ‘Evaluating Operational Energy Use at the Design Stage,’ aims to address this gap by employing dynamic simulation modelling. This approach considers the complexities and variations in energy use over time, the interactions between different elements of a building, as well as the additional energy used by unregulated systems which is becoming an increasing contributor to overall energy use and emissions.

At Futura Bright, we utilise dynamic simulation modelling to assess operational energy consumption and energy performance, providing valuable insights for carbon reduction. 

We are here to assist you in:

• Bridging the ‘performance gap’
• Fulfilling planning policy or end-client requirements
• Informing and refining energy consumption targets
• Understanding the actual operational energy performance
• Gaining an accurate representation of an existing buildings and assisting you in building a decarbonisation plan to help manage your assets into the future.