Sustainable Building Services

Our sustainable buildings expertise

• Net Zero Carbon Building Pathway
• Existing Building Asset Decarbonisation
• Building Energy Performance Analysis
• Energy Performance Certificate Rating Improvement Consultancy
• CRREM Risk Analysis for Standard Building Asset
• New and Refurbished buildings Energy Strategy for Planning
• Whole Life Cycle Analysis for New and Existing Buildings
• NABERS UK Design for Performance & Certification
• Circular economy & low carbon impact materials consultancy
• Material Passporting of Buildings for Re-use & Recycle
• Building Envelop Heat Loss and Gain Analysis
• Building Overheating Analysis for Existing and New Buildings
• Passive House Certification Consultancy
• Green Building Certifications for New Construction (BREEAM, LEED, DGNB)
• Green Building Certification for Existing Assets (BREEAM – IN USE)
• Heath and Wellbeing Based Certifications (WELL Standards, FitWell, Active Score, Reset)
• Social Value and equality impact assessments
• Building Potable Water Consumption Efficiency / Conservation Consultancy
• Building Carbon Offsetting Consultancy
• EU Taxonomy Compliance
• Sustainable or Green Finance Consultancy
• Sustainability Reporting (ESG, CSRD, EPBD etc)
• Sustainability Evaluation of Existing Asset for acquisition

Design for Performance

Our consultants have delivered some of the UK’s most recognised buildings and are skilled in designing low-energy building systems and steering our clients and the wider design team to source low-embodied carbon building materials.

From the concept stage, our building sustainability experts work with design teams and commercial clients to assess and advise on several key aspects including site appreciation, solar analysis, façade optimisation, daylight- and glare analysis, fabric thermal performance, natural ventilation and overheating analysis, whole lifecycle analysis, and operational energy assessments.

Our modeling team is a market leader in digitalisation. Adopting ‘Design for Performance’ methodology and working with our consultants to create Digital Twin models, they can analyse and influence building services system selections and controls to optimise whole building systems and minimise operational energy – including Smart Buildings innovation. Our experts advise both clients and design teams on the most cost-effective and low-carbon systems that will align with their aspirations, whilst satisfying regulatory targets and project budgets.

Increased industry focus on embodied material carbon and the need to achieve the RIBA 2030 Climate Emergency targets has seen our team drive key sustainability design decision-making and steer procurement direction for sourcing of materials in many of our building designs. Our Benchmarking Assessors have delivered some of the highest sustainability ratings (BREEAM Assessments, WELL Standard Assessments, Passivhaus Assessments and Home Quality Mark).

We work together with a range of multi-disciplinary teams to deliver engineering excellence for whole-project efficiency. In conjunction with our water specialists and our public health engineers, we combine our expertise in attenuation systems, innovative drainage solutions and wider infrastructure opportunities to seek significant water savings in buildings and within wider masterplan developments. We also work closely with our experts in engineering services and our environmental team, in harnessing the power of their digital modelling capabilities.

Close collaboration with our lifecycle analysis team means we’re also adept in full RICS assessment methodology, as well as our intelligent buildings (BMS & Smart) team, to deliver future-proofed solutions.

From air quality and acoustics to circular economy construction and operational optimisation, Sweco’s experts can also guide you through – and help implement – all elements of assessment and appraisal to support you in meeting BREEAM, WELL, ESG, DGNB, EDGE, HQE, CSRD, EU Taxonomy, LEED, PAS 2080 and other disclosure requirements.

WELL Building Standard

WELL building certification supports planning policies around health and wellbeing, enhances positive social impact, and adds value across your ESG and other reporting streams.

With a trusted team of WELL Approved Professionals, all also proficient across BREEAM, LEED, CSRD and HQE requirements, Sweco’s unique team of teams can meet your healthy building assessment and design consultancy requirements under one roof.