Our green buildings consultancy team consists of chartered engineers, façade specialists, Passivhaus designers and award-winning embodied carbon experts who draw on Sweco’s Scandinavian heritage and international expertise to shape our truly holistic approach to sustainable building solutions – from design, engineering and performance evaluation to analysis, ESG support and certification.
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
Our sustainability champions work alongside our building services and structural engineering consultants to define clear sustainable goals and targets influenced by the UN Sustainability Goals.
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.
BREEAM – the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method – is a third party certification used to assess buildings in over 70 countries.
Sweco can provide both in-house certified BREEAM Accredited Professional and BREEAM assessors across an array of BREEAM certification schemes. Our BREEAM consultants offer full-service expertise from new construction through to refurbishment, fit-out and ‘in-use’ both in the UK and internationally.
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.
LEED certification evaluates a building’s sustainability in areas such as energy efficiency, water usage, and materials used, while WELL certification assesses factors such as air quality, lighting, and occupant comfort. I
Sweco’s experts can help you navigate the rigours of LEED assessment, by advising on – and designing around – the requirements of its framework.
Together with our clients and the collective knowledge of our engineers, consultants and other specialists, we co-create solutions to address urbanisation, capture the power of digitalisation, and make our societies more sustainable. With international multi-disciplinary teams, we can call on the right insight and technical capability at the right time from across Buildings, Infrastructure, Advisory & Planning and Compliance.
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