Dear subscriber,

Faithorn Farrell Timms is perfectly placed to advise our clients on sustainability and environmental management issues and has a number of specifically trained and dedicated personnel who can advise on and contribute to the incorporation of energy saving and environmentally sensitive design features in our clients' new build and refurbishment projects.

Doreen Gothard

Relish

Faithorn Farrell Timms is proud to be working in partnership with Worthing Homes, Rydon Group and the University of Brighton in an innovative project seeking to reduce carbon emissions in occupied homes. The project seeks to identify a suite of low cost solutions to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions by employing simple, but innovative retrofit improvement works, coupled with training and support to modify occupational behaviour and energy consumption.

The study will be carried out over a 12 month period and will involve a combination of works and monitoring to four houses in Worthing, West Sussex, which are fitted with remote energy monitoring devices to track reductions in actual energy consumption. A key output of the study is to develop a household energy rating score and certificate which relates specifically to the occupants' behaviour and use of energy in the home.

colinfarrell@effefftee.co.uk

Chartered Environmentalist

The environment and sustainability has long been on the political agenda but now appears to be gathering momentum with real and significant progress being made within the design and specification of an increasing number of projects. Faithorn Farrell Timms has a qualified Chartered Environmentalist, as recognised by The Society for the Environment (SocEnv), to acknowledge the additional roles and responsibilities now being demanded of us as property and construction professionals.

mehmetbekir@effefftee.co.uk

Code for Sustainable Homes Qualified Assessor

We are registered with BRE Global as a Qualified Assessor under the Code for Sustainable Homes. In addition to undertaking code assessments on new housing developments we also provide advice as to how a particular level may be achieved in the most cost effective way.

jefftimms@effefftee.co.uk

Domestic Energy Assessment

Faithorn Farrell Timms has been appointed by Southern Housing Group, under a four-year contract, to produce Energy Performance Certificates to meet its obligations under the EPBD.

We are undertaking joint energy and stock condition surveys which maximises the use of our resources and allows our client to capture and retain rdSAP energy data in its preferred E-State Pro asset management software. The surveys are being undertaken using wireless hand-held computer technology, with EPC's produced directly from the E-State Pro system via the internet.

We have a dedicated EPC energy survey and administration team which is able to roll this service out across the south of England, for all of our social housing clients to facilitate quick and full compliance with Registered Providers' obligations.

colinfarrell@effefftee.co.uk

EPC Cloning and Sampling

We are able to offer advice on the sampling of social housing property portfolios in order to create archetypes for RDSAP surveys and Energy Performance Certificates. Our team of stock profiling specialists and Domestic Energy Assessors are on hand to accurately reflect the energy efficiency of the whole stock from a representative sample within defined tolerance limits.

mattmeehan@effefftee.co.uk

BS EN ISO 14001: 2004

Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP is officially an environmentally aware Practice; our Environmental Management System has now been accredited by the British Standards Institute under BS EN ISO 14001: 2004 requiring us to consider the environmental aspects of how we conduct our business and undertake our activities on behalf of our clients.

jefftimms@effefftee.co.uk

Passive House

A scheme developed for West Kent Housing Association utilising the principles of Passive House embraces very good levels of insulation, the maximising of solar gains, exemplary levels of airtightness and good indoor air quality; usually achieved through mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. The result of such design is a small heating demand that can be easily accommodated via a compact services unit.

We were commissioned by our client to provide three new build houses, for which we specified the SIPS Building System which comprises high insulated sandwich panels with a conventional brick and tile hung external appearance. This UK manufactured product exhibits outstanding levels of energy conservation and, as the system is manufactured off-site, it can be erected on-site within fine tolerances, achieving excellent airtightness.

Careful consideration of the orientation of the structures, with particular regard to solar gain ensured that three of the Passive House criteria were achieved. Airtightness tests showed that the units achieved a rating of 8 out of 10.

richardpell@effefftee.co.uk