Sustainability services

Our approach to sustainability is straightforward: it’s a fast-moving and complex agenda, with an enormous and ever growing list of legislative and policy drivers, but our challenge remains unchanged – how can we enhance the value and reduce the risk of our client’s projects.
 
As a leading consultancy, sustainability advice cuts across our core services and we focus on what is viable in reality and not just on paper.
 
Working with our clients we inform the design of new buildings to ensure that they adhere to the principles and requirements of sustainable design and construction. But our advice goes beyond that and focus on reducing energy use and the costs of occupying buildings, considering all relevant costs and revenues associated with the construction, ownership and occupation of an asset, providing the most cost-effective balance of capital and revenue costs over the life of a building.
 
Our services include strategic direction and planning, energy audits and appraisals, energy efficient design, renewable technologies advice, sustainable cost and project management, stakeholder engagement and change management.

Contact

Robert Russell

rrussell [at] jrp [dot] co [dot] uk

Related case studies

Existing residential

Leading the way with a landmark project

March 2012
New build residential

The scheme is utilising Photovoltaic technology and is predicted to save over 3,600 kg/CO2 per year.

January 2012
Existing residential

We were commissioned by the A2Dominion Group to carry out an Options Appraisal and Feasibility Study for upgrading of M&E services, kitchens and bathrooms, the building fabric and to look at improving the thermal efficiency and energy consumption of the 3 tower blocks.

15 Dec 2011
Existing residential

Retrofit for the Future (RTF) is a Central Government funded scheme operated by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). The aim of the scheme is to perform pilot installations to existing affordable housing stock in various parts of the UK, to assess practicality and viability of reducing carbon output of these properties by 80% to comply with their 2050 carbon targets.

15 Dec 2011
Existing residential

The UK Government has set a target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 80% by 2050, with intermediate targets to be met during the next 20 years.

July 2011
Existing residential

A project to consider the retrofit options available when refurbishing existing staff accommodation at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

April 2011
Existing residential

The Tremlett Grove Estate consists of 5 low-rise apartment blocks, built c1960. The blocks are of modular concrete frame construction with infill insulated steel panels to the front and rear elevations.

March 2011
Existing residential

We have an impressive track record of working within the existing housing sector, completing the refurbishment of almost 60,000 existing affordable housing units, managing some £500m in investment. This breadth of experience for leading 3 and 2 star ALMOs has positioned us as the ideal partner for a £3m eco friendly retrofit project in West London for Brent Housing Partnership.

July 2010