Code for Sustainable Homes & BREEAM

Now compulsory throughout England and as part of the Government’s building a greener future policy statement, the Code for Sustainable Homes is a rating system for all new homes.

We are accredited CSH assessors with experience of individual and large scale developments

We offer a multi-stage process for CSH/BREEAM assessments in line with sustainability statements. By contacting the local planning authority at an early stage we can ensure that your development project remains focussed, within local authority guidelines and cost efficient.

Our process is as follow:

• Initial Design Team meeting to discuss LPA requirements and design team wishes
• Recommendations from eb7 to achieve desired rating
• Preliminary CSH/BREEAM report for consultation with team
• Incorporation of Energy Statement/assessment from eb7
• Production of Sustainability Statement with CSH report for LPA
• Submission of Design Stage CSH to Stroma
• Submission of Post Construction Review to Stroma
• Issue of final certificates

At eb7 our policy is to, where at all possible, go beyond the guideline recommendations. Where the Code recommends zero carbon by 2016, with a good use of insulation and build practices, it is possible to produce a building able to be energy self sufficient and cheap to run. That is why we are working towards the AECB Carbon Lite program and the Passivhaus system of design.