Our skills and services
We have a strong interdisciplinary team working in a diverse range of fields. Built around our expertise in designing sustainable and efficient buildings, the staff at the Centre work in the following key areas:
Climate Change Adaptation
- Probabilistic future weather files
- Climate change impacts on buildings and occupants
- Design stage revisions to incorporate adaptation options
- Retrofit building adaptations
Energy and climate change policy
- Audits of regional energy use
- Audits of greenhouse gas emissions
- Support for carbon reduction strategies
- National carbon and energy policy assessment
Sustainable and energy efficient buildings
- Advice on sustainable design (download more information on our sustainable building services
- BREEAM assessments
- Building energy certification
- Energy auditing
- Environmental impact of construction products
Building environment performance and monitoring
- Acoustics (download more information on our acoustic services)
- Energy performance in buildings
- Monitoring of building services performance
- Ventilation measurement and CFD prediction
- Thermal modelling
- Daylight simulations and calculations
Renewable energy systems
- Bio-energy systems and supply chain analysis
- Feasibility studies for small and medium scale renewables
Sustainable transport
- Climate change and transport policy
- Air quality management
- Alternative fuels and technologies
- Green fleet management
Research and knowledge transfer
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
- Industrial collaboration
Over the past 30 years the centre has used these skills to inform energy and climate change policy at a local and national level, and is involved in high profile knowledge transfer partnerships with industrial clients. For examples of the projects we have worked on, please see our project page.
