What is Building Physics?
Building Physics is the branch of building engineering concerned with understanding how building, occupants and the internal and external environments interact.
By working to understand this, the performance of new and existing domestic and non-domestic buildings can be improved. Engaging Building Physics can offer benefits including -:
- Capital cost reduction – Through better design decisions and option evaluation and reduced design fees.
- Operating cost reduction – Lower energy bills and lower exposure to energy price rises and carbon based taxation such as the CRC.
- Greater occupant satisfaction – With usable high performance buildings better productivity can be achieved.
- Design focused on real life performance rather than compliance.
Building Physics and Sustainability
Building Physics is inextricably linked to Sustainability. There are two branches to this -:
Sustainability in Construction
- Optimising the performance of new, more sustainable methods of construction.
- Optimising the performance of new, more sustainable materials.
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Sustainability in Use
- Maximising energy from renewable sources.
- Reducing consumption of non-renewable resources.
- Reducing emissions of CO2.
- Reducing emissions of other greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
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Why engage MC Building Physics?
MC Building Physics aims to realise all of the benefits detailed above.
Our offering can benefit architects, design consultancies, developers, M&E engineers and project managers.
- Eight years experience providing Building Physics for a top ten consultant.
- Operating as an independent consultant allows greater flexibility and low overheads leading to highly competitive rates.
- The facility to integrate into a design team, either remotely or at the client's site.
- Add to your offering on projects without costly training, software and accreditation.
- Outsource specialist tasks for fast answers without tying up staff.
Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering has published a report "Engineering a low carbon built environment - The discipline of building engineering physics"
The report highlights the need for an approach to building performance based on “synthesis, rigorous analysis, testing and measurement of outcome.”
MC Building Physics can enable this approach for building projects and, where desired, aid knowledge transfer to design teams where it can benefit future projects.
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