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BREEAM ASSESSMENTS FOR 7 EAST SUSSEX CHILDREN'S CENTRES 2009-09-14
JPA have been appointed by East Sussex County Council to undertake the BREEAM Assessments for the 7 new build Children’s Centres listed below. • Ticehurst School Children Centre • Northiam Children Centre • Rotherfield Children Centre • Ringmer Ch... » Full Article
JPA NOW PROVIDE BREEAM BESPOKE AND INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENTS 2009-05-04
The BREEAM family of assessment methods and tools are all designed to help construction professionals understand and mitigate the environmental impacts of the developments they design and build. JPA are accredited BREEAM Offi ces, Education, Internatio... » Full Article
LOW CARBON CONSULTANTS 2009-04-02
JPA are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) as members of the Low Carbon Consultants Register. This is a body of professionals deemed competent to minimize energy use and carbon emissions from buildings both in... » Full Article
JPA ARE EPC ASSESSORS 2009-03-01
An Energy Performance Certifi cate (EPC) provides information on the energy performance of a building. The EPC will give the building a grading ranging from A to G (‘A’ being very energy effi cient while ‘G’ is ineffi cient). It must be accompanied by an... » Full Article
DR MOHAMAD KIANI ACHIEVES PhD and JPA'S NEW CODE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES ASSESSOR 2008-05-13
Mohamad (Mo) Kiani; a member of the Sustainability team at John Packer Associates is celebrating the completion of his PhD entitled: ‘Sustainable Built Environment – Buildings life cycle and environmental impact assessment’. Having gained his MSc and B... » Full Article
CODE FOR SUSTAINBLE HOMES MANDATORY 1ST MAY 2008 2008-02-28
The Government announced yesterday (27th February 2008) that a Code for Sustainable Homes rating will be mandatory for all new homes from May 1st 2008. Requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes This rating measures nine categories of sustaina... » Full Article
CODE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES GOES 'LIVE' 2007-04-16
The Code for Sustainable Homes, which has superseded EcoHomes, was launched by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and went ‘live’ on 10th April 2007. It is based on BRE's environmental assessment method for housing, with mandatory ... » Full Article
JPA TO PROVIDE IN HOUSE DYNAMIC THERMAL MODELLING SIMULATIONS 2006-09-11
On Monday 4th September 2006 John Packer Associates were pleased to welcome Dianne Dyball (now Dianne Bowles) (pictured below) as their new ‘Sustainability Consultant’. Within this role Dianne will perform dynamic thermal modelling simulations using IES ... » Full Article