Energy Statements For
ENERGY STATEMENTS FOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS
ENERGY STATEMENTS
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EPS Group’s team of highly experienced and knowledgeable Energy Consultants provide Energy Statements for planning purposes with unrivalled customer support and technical knowledge.
Our fully accredited Energy Assessors specialise in providing cost-effective and practical solutions for Energy Statements with carbon reductions of up to 100% to support planning applications for residential, commercial and mixed use developments throughout the UK.
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Why Choose EPS Group for your Energy Statements?
In House, Experienced Team
Our fully accredited Energy Consultants have extensive experience of producing low carbon energy reports for development proposals of all sizes and uses throughout the UK, including many London Plan projects. We work in the interests of our clients rather than the Local Planning Authorities.
We'll Work With You
We target low-cost improvements that are capable of achieving significant reductions in carbon emissions before considering the use of low carbon or renewable technologies. Our aim is to keep your build costs as low as possible.
One Stop Shop
Our Multi-disciplined Team provides a range of supplementary new build assessment and compliance services including SAP Calculations, SBEM Calculations and Air Tightness Testing to see your projects from the planning stage through to As Built compliance with Approved Document L of the Building Regulations.
Expedited Service
We understand that Energy Reports can often be overlooked when preparing a Planning Application. We can therefore often provide an expedited service if a deadline is pending.
Forward Thinking Advice & Recommendations
When producing Energy Statements, we always have the development’s future Approved Document L compliance in mind. We therefore, ensure that all of our recommendations will satisfy both the local planning authority’s requirements as well as any future Building Regulation obligations.
Ongoing Technical Support
We understand that planning proposals are often subjected to change. Our Energy Statements can therefore be readily updated or amended at a reasonable cost with minimum fuss.
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Energy Statement FAQ’s
An Energy Statement is a report that details how the Local Planning Authority’s low carbon or renewable energy targets will be met within the proposed development if Planning Permission is granted. Many planning authorities now require an Energy Statement to be submitted alongside Planning Applications for new build or conversion developments.
Local policies vary significantly between different Planning Authorities meaning the reports need to be tailored to local requirements. Targets often include a 5%, 10%, 19%, 35% or even 100% reduction in regulated Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions over the current editions of Part L of the Building Regulations.
Council’s may also refer to an Energy Statement by one of the following terms:
- Sustainable Energy Statement
- Renewable Energy Statement
- Energy Verification Report
- Energy and Sustainability Report
Reports typically comprise of the following:
- Baseline energy calculations for the proposed development (SAP& SBEM Calculations)
- A Strategy for improved fabric energy efficiencies beyond building regulations standards
- A Strategy for improved heating, hot water, ventilation and lighting efficiencies beyond building regulations standards
- A review of the location of any local district heat networks and whether the development can make a connection to these
- A site specific feasibility study into the potential use of different renewable or low carbon technologies
- Predicted energy calculations (SAP& SBEM Calculations) for the development demonstrating how the local planning policy requirements have been met.
The Energy Statement should be submitted with Planning Applications to the Local Planning Authority to demonstrate how the proposed development satisfies their local planning policies.
If Planning Permission is granted, the report should then be used by the Design Team to devise the development’s final build specification. This will then ensure that upon completion, the development can discharge any conditions that the Planning Authority may have imposed relating to the Energy Statement.
In support of the above process, EPS Group can provide updated SAP or SBEM calculations for Building Control applications as well as Air Leakage Testing and On Construction Energy Performance Certificates upon completion of the build.
- Local planning policies generally require developments to exceed the current requirements of Part L of the Building Regulations. Enhanced build specifications including increased levels of insulation, improved heating and hot water efficiencies and controls and reduced levels of air permeability are all measures that you are likely to need to adopt. This will also reduce the size and cost of any low carbon and renewable technologies that may be required.
- There is no universal standard across the UK and each Local Planning Authority has different requirements for Energy Statements based upon their adopted low carbon and renewable planning policies. Seeking to address these requirements early in the design process will help to avoid any unnecessary costs associated with redesigns or the re-submission of planning applications.
- Adoption of certain low or zero carbon technologies can avoid the need for developments to connect to a mains gas supply, which can then provide a substantial cost saving to offset the Energy Statement’s recommendations.
- An experienced Energy Consultant can save a developer substantial sums of money when devising the design recommendations/proposals within an Energy Statement. The Design Team’s confidence that the consultant that they appoint has their client’s best interests in mind is therefore essential.
