Building Physics - Ensphere

Early Stage Design Options Appraisal

Integrating energy performance and overheating risk into early design decisions, our appraisals help teams identify optimal massing, orientation, façade and ventilation strategies. By stress testing options, we reduce redesign risk, control costs, and set a clear path to compliance.

Dynamic Operational Energy Assessment

Modelling operational energy through dynamic simulation with advanced HVAC and controls, our Dynamic Operational Energy Assessment delivers accurate performance insights aligned with CIBSE TM54. Increasingly required at planning, it clarifies energy demand, emissions, and supports BREEAM credits.

Our expertise includes dynamic thermal modelling, overheating, fabric‑first design optimisation, and whole‑building energy performance evaluations. We support compliance with relevant regulations and standards while identifying opportunities to reduce operational costs, minimise carbon emissions, and enhance occupant wellbeing. By integrating building physics insight into project decision‑making, we enable clients to deliver assets that are efficient, resilient, and aligned with long‑term sustainability and regulatory expectations.

Compliance Energy Modelling

Assessing compliance with Building Regulations Part L using recognised tools - SAP for residential and SBEM for non-domestic - our Compliance Energy Modelling supports concept and detailed design. By evaluating how design choices impact energy performance, it enables informed decisions and ensures regulatory compliance.

Energy Performance Certificates

Producing an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) to demonstrate the energy rating of a building (related to running costs) based on its fabric and services, which also includes recommendations on how to improve energy efficiency. EPCs are a legal requirement for most properties at the point of construction, sale, or rental.

Thermal Comfort Analysis

Assessing overheating risk through Dynamic Simulation Modelling, our Thermal Comfort Analysis follows CIBSE TM52, TM59 and Building Regulations Part O. The study identifies strategies to mitigate overheating in line with the Cooling Hierarchy.

Digital Twin

Combining advanced physics-based simulation with real-time data, Digital Twin technology is used to create a dynamic virtual model of a building which can deliver comprehensive analysis across a range of performance metrics, enabling informed decisions that drive energy efficiency, reduce costs, and accelerate progress toward net-zero goals