Senior Sustainability Advisor
ROLE = To support Head of Building Sustainability and Principal in Charge Environmental Assessment on all aspects of building sustainability and environmental assessment. To provide expert design technical advice for design strategies, coordinating input from relevant disciplines.
The Building Sustainability Unit has been established to provide advice to developers, design teams, RDAs and local authorities on the incorporation of sustainability into developments and construction projects within planning, commercial and economic constraints.
·Advising on low energy design
·Simulation of the building environment and assessing the feasibility of natural ventilation
·Daylight modelling and the assessment of energy efficient lighting schemes
·Feasibility of the integration of renewables into schemes.
·Feasibility of the integration of renewables into schemes
·Feasibility of combined heat and power and district heating
·Water saving measures including recycling and harvesting strategies
·Construction impacts and minimisation strategies
·Brownfield land and ground contamination assessment
·Bio-diversity and ecological appraisal
·Social and economic sustainability measures
·Position Responsibilities:
·To carry out computer simulation modelling of building performance using either IES or EDSL software - including temperature exceedence, energy and day-lighting predictions
·To develop sustainability and energy strategies for developments and buildings – master-planning and detailed design
·To sit within design teams and advise on cost effective measures for introducing energy saving measures and renewables and achieving related performance benchmarks
·To participate in BREEAM, EcoHomes and energy workshops
·To carry out BREEAM and EcoHomes assessments when necessary - preliminary and formal (NB most formal assessments will be carried out by our assessment team).
·To support planning applications
·To develop procedures, policy advice, strategic plans, toolkits etc to help organisations implement Government and regional policy on sustainability
·To attend design team meetings
·To run projects to ensure they are profitable
·To participate on business development, prepare proposals and quotations
Qualifications:
·First Degree and/or MSc in building services/energy or related discipline.
·Postgraduate studies in sustainability, energy and computer simulation an advantage.
·Driving licence
Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. |
