Environmental Services
The environmental performance and energy efficiency of buildings, and the associated environmental impacts of the built environment has on the wider natural environment in most instances requires statutory monitoring and compliance.
From normal septic tank issues to NIEA Regulated Premises, CD Consulting can provide competent and best-practice advice to cater for your requirements.
- Percolation Testing for Subsurface Irrigation Drainage Systems
- Septic tank/treatment system inspection and assessment
- Site Characterisation Assessments for Percolation Areas/Polishing Filters.
(CD Consulting are EPA Certified for On-site Wastewater Assessments for the Republic of Ireland and have the required insurances in place to undertake this work) - Noise Impact Assessments: Desktop and On-site Ambient Background Surveys
- Environmental Risk Assessment – Contaminated Land
- Environmental Impact Assessment/Statements
- Environmental Monitoring Services including surface water, groundwater & noise
- Effluent Discharge Licence Applications
- Recycling and Waste Management Advice
- Flora/fauna site surveys JNCC Phase 1 (UK)
- Heritage Council Habitat Survey using Fossitt
- Management planning
- Nature Reserve Plans
- Biodiversity Plans
- Countryside Management System (CMS) Computer Plans
- Coillte Forest/Peatland Plans
- Native Woodland Scheme Plans
- Ornithological Winter Wildfowl/Wader/Breeding Bird Surveys
- Forest/Peatland Biodiversity Surveys and Management Planning/Re-instatement Planning
- Managing Ancient Woodland
- Survey/Monitoring Line Transect
- Quadrat Sampling
- Fixed Point Photography
- Photographic Lichen Monitoring
- Specialist Deer Management – Stalking – Firearms Training and Inspection of Carcasses.
- Feral Goat Management – Monitoring Grazing Damage
- Specialist Ornithological Skills
- Bats Environment and Heritage Service – Bat Worker Training
- Moth Trapping
- Invertebrate Recording – Butterflies, Dragonflies, Interception Trapping
- Tree Planting
- Badger Survey
- Practical Conservation Skills
- Water Table/Ditch management
- Pond Creation/Restoration
- Peat Bog Restoration
- Full EIA/EIS capabilities
CD Consulting are certified Passive House (Passivhaus) Designers & Consultants. Passivhaus buildings provide a high level of occupant comfort while using very little energy for heating and cooling.
A 90% saving on annual heating costs is possible. Consider that modern houses use between 100-150kWh/m² for heating. 220m² @ 125kWh/m²= 27,500kWh/year if using home heating oil that equates to 2,535ltrs of oil a year, currently at 48p/ltr - £1,215 heating cost for the year.
Using Passivhaus this can drop to 220m² @ 15kWh/m²= 3,300kWh/year, if using home heating oil that equates to 305ltrs of oil a year, £146 heating cost for the year. The key principles of Passivhaus are reducing heat loss, through improved insulation and airtightness, whilst maximising the solar gains through careful sizing and orientation of windows and doors.
There are many myths in relation to Passivhaus in, e.g. costly to construct, can’t open windows, modern odd looking buildings. Consider the single storey detached bungalow, certified PassivHaus, built to a standard spec finish, costing approximately £67 per ft² , built by builders Moffitt & Robinson.
It is just as easy to build Passive, if you have designed with the principles in mind from the start, feel free to contact us to discuss.