This briefing note provides an overview of the processes and impacts of the Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) and Display Energy Certificates (DECs) being introduced in England and Wales in response to the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). it is intended as an informative guide to improve understanding of the legislation and its implications.
With the first phase of EPCs coming into force from April 2008, this is perfect timing to distribute it to existing clients and wider industry. Please feel free to email it out to your contacts.
HOWE DELL SCHOOL - GROUND-BREAKING 'ECO-SCHOOL' OPENS
Howe Dell School. The first building in the UK to incorporate Interseasonal Heat Transfer (IHT). Developed by ICAX and implemented in conjunction with Fulcrum Consulting with funding from the Carbon Trust. In addition, it is the first interseasonally heated and cooled building using shallow earth storage that we are aware of anywhere in the world.
BUILDING MAGAZINE FEATURE MANCHESTER NEW ISLINGTON
Building's Construction Excellence takes a look at the sustainable approach taken in East Manchester on the New Islington Millennium Community development. Fulcrum were appointed as the Sustainability Masterplanning Consultants and Building Services Engineers on the project.
RICHARD SHENNAN AT THINK '08
Fulcrum Director Richard Shennan joins a panel of experts to discuss future needs and models of supply and production at Think '08. Think will stir up the sustainable energy debate with ‘Re-thinking Energy’, a roundtable discussion which tackles the issues around energy use in the built environment. The roundtable will be held in Dockland’s ExCeL Centre on Wednesday 7th May 2008 as part of Think’s extensive conference programme. The roundtable will focus on how future energy needs will be satisfied for buildings and developments, and whether there are any models for creating community systems and frameworks to radically change the supply and production of energy. For more information, click on this link for the Civic & Public Building 'Think '08 Debates Energy' press-release.
CHANI LEAHONG JOINS DEBATE AT THINK '08 Are today's engineers the new architects? "Yes", says Peter Sharratt, director at WSP, "If we want to meet the challenges of sustainability". "No", says Sheppard Robson’s Alan Shingler, "Because one solves problems, the other adds beauty".
Shingler and Sharratt will be joined in a debate at Think '08 on Wednesday 7th May 2008 at 1.15pm by James Pickard, director, Cartwright Pickard and Chani Leahong of Fulcrum Consulting and Sponge. The debate will be chaired by BD’s editor, Amanda Baillieu.
FULCRUM LONDON - OFFICE EXPANSION WORKS
Due to increases in staff, Fulcrum are expanding their London HQ.
New building works to expand engineering, meeting/conference and reception areas are underway with completion expected in February 2008.
FULCRUM BRISTOL
Fulcrum are proud to announce the opening of our new Bristol office. Fulcrum's Chris Buckley, is heading up this office as part of our exciting ongoing expansion.
Along with this new phase in Fulcrum's history, we are offering a number of recruitment opportunities. Click Here for details.
FULCRUM SPONSOR SPONGE 'BUYER'S GUIDE TO A GREENER HOME' Sustainable Development network Sponge launched the ‘Buyers Guide to a Greener Home’at a well-attended London’s Living Room, GLA Building, on Monday 18th February 2008. Speakers at the event included Oliver Health (Eco-Designer from BBC's 'Changing Rooms'), Jim McClelland (Editor Sustain Magazine) John Lovell (Head of Sustainability Drivers Jonas) Sonny Masero (Managing Director ESD/Camco UK) and Fulcrum Consulting Senior Associate Chani Leahong. The Buyers Guide to a Greener Home provides prospective homebuyers with the information and advice they need on the features to look for and what questions to ask when buying a home. The Guide covers all facets of the home including energy, water, waste, materials, transport, healthy living and local community, helping to raise the level of understanding of homebuyers on sustainability issues.
DAVID ALTABEV WRITES EPC ARTICLE FOR BUILDING Fulcrum's David Altabev features on Building Magazine's website with an artilcle on Energy Performance Certificates - The Services Engineer's perspective.
Click Here to read David's views on the legal, renewable and logistical implications of the rollout of EPC's.
CHANI LEAHONG ELECTED CIBSE COUNCIL MEMBER
Congratulations to Fulcrum's Chani Leahong as her election to the CIBSE Council was recently confirmed (January 2008).
2007
ANDY FORD APPOINTED AS A PROFESSOR IN ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY
Fulcrum's Andy Ford has been appointed as a Professor in the ZhengZhou University of Light Industry in ZhengZhou, China
(October 2007). ZhengZhou is a large and renowned university which has engineering as its mainstay, but has diversified
into such fields as science, liberal arts, economics, management and law and currently has over 18,000 students.
Click Here for more information on the ZhengZhou University of Light Industry.
STEPHEN HAWKING BUILDING SHORTLISTED FOR LARGE PROJECT OF THE YEAR Fulcrum Consulting are proud to announce that the Stephen Hawking Building, Cambridge, is a finalist in the Building 2007 Sustainability Awards 'Large Project of the Year' category. Said to be the most hotly contested category in this year's Building’s Sustainability Awards event, the Large Project of the Year award considers the sustainability credentials of projects worth more than £2m.
Click Here to go to the 'Big Green Giants' article on the Building Website.
FULCRUM SPONSOR BUILDING 'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR' AWARD Fulcrum Consulting are sponsoring the 'Sustainable Development of the Year' category in Building's Sustainability Awards 07. Now in its third year, the Sustainability Awards is the only major event to recognise best sustainable practice
and innovation in construction and architecture. The awards will take place at the Hilton Hotel, London on Monday 19th November 2007.
Click Here to go to the 'Sustainable Development of the Year' 2007 shortlist.
BRIAN MARK AT WESTWAY LAUNCH Fulcrum's Brian Mark spoke to Building Magazine at the Westway Beacon Social Housing Scheme launch earlier this summer. The project, based in West London, features the first UK use of Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) technology.
Click Here to go to the 'Beyond Ground Source Heat Pumps' article on the Building website.
BRIAN MARK ON BUILDING MAGAZINE'S 'PRODUCTCAST'
Fulcrum's Brian Mark features on an interactive online presentation facility on Building Magazine's website. Click Here for Building Magazine's ProductCasts.
WESTWAY BEACONS Shortlisted for 'Environmental Initiative of the
Year 2007' Building Services Journal Awards Click
Here for more information about this and our other residential
projects.
FULCRUM'S ANDY FORD FEATURES IN 'BUILDING MAGAZINE' "Ford has the kind of sustainability credentials
companies dream of."
Read what Andy Ford and other pioneers of sustainable construction
said in this article "Calling All Green Gurus"
from Building magazine. Click
Here for link to full article.
WORKING FAMILIES AWARDS 2007 Fulcrum
Consulting were proud finalists in the 'Women in Science
and Engineering' Category. Click
Here for link.
FULCRUM'S BRIAN & GWEN MARK IN BSj Brian & Gwen Mark appear on the
front cover of the September 2007 issue of the Building Services
Journal. Click
Here to download a pdf of the article "When designers
turn developers"
2006
FULCRUM NAMED ONE OF THE 'STAR PERFORMERS' FOR THE CIBSE 100 DAYS OF CARBON CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN. The 100 days kicked off on 5th June, and ran until
12th September. The campaign was aimed at getting companies
to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in as many ways
as possible.
Click
Here to see the competition results on the CIBSE website. Click
Here to see our entry form for the competition which
gives a good overview of our campaign Click
Here to see our blog on the BBC website which follows
the course of our 100 days.
FULCRUM CONSULTING SPONSOR SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS We are very proud to be sponsoring
the Building Magazine Sustainability award for "Sustainable
Development of the Year". The awards are to be held
in November 2006.
For more information about the awards including all the
categories, Click
Here to see the Building website.
ANDY FORD JOINS 'THE EDGE' COMMITTEE The Edge provides a continuing way of stimulating a joint
architectural and engineering debate at the highest level
and in the public interest.
For
more information click Here to visit the website.
2005
GONVILLE & CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE - NEARS COMPLETION The new college building is scheduled to open on 1st September
2007. Click
Here to see an article from Building Design magazine
(PDF - 7.5MB); all about this building and its innovative use of
earth tubes to provide free heating and cooling. Click
here for the latest web cam image showing the progress
of construction.
FULCRUM CONSULTING RISES TO 3RD IN BD WORLD ARCHITECTURE 'BEST PARTNERS' POLL We are very excited to have risen in the annual BD World Architecture
200 survey - Fulcrum Consulting is now joint third in the best partners ranking. This
is based on a survey of the Top 200 architects across the
globe which makes this an achievement of which we are enormously proud. Thank you to everyone who voted
for us!
And if you are yet to work with Fulcrum, please get in touch and
find out how we can help make your projects stand out from the crowd.
JUBILEE LIBRARY WINS AGAIN Jubilee Library in Brighton, for which Fulcrum Consulting
designed all services, won the 'Best Design-Led Regeneration
Project' at the recent Regeneration Awards in London.For more information click Here.
2004
FULCRUM SUPPORTS CABE's CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTHY HOSPITALS Brian Mark has written an article for HD - the journal
for healthcare design and development - about the need to
re-think hospital ventilation design. To download a copy
of this article click Here
(PDF - 502kb). For more information see the CABE
Healthy hospitals website where you can view the results
of its Healthy Hospitals campaign vote, asking the public
to comment on inspirational ideas for a hospital environment.
2003
PENTLAND'S NEW INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS WINS 'THE BEST OF THE BEST' A Fulcrum project, The Pentland Building, North London,
has been voted the 'Best Office Building of the Year 2003',
by the British Council of Office Awards. Click Here
for more information.
2002
FULCRUM'S ANDY FORD FEATURES IN 'BUILDING SERVICES JOURNAL' Andy Ford talks about starting Fulcrum and our reputation for
doing unusual buildings.
Read the
profile of Andy Ford published in the Building Services
Journal December 2002.
