Sustainable Design

Our design philosophy is to provide cost effective, high performance, comfortable buildings through embedding sustainability within the project from the beginning and working closely with the design team to ensure a high quality outcome.

Concept Stage

We like to be involved from the very beginning of a project to explore how the project could achieve and exceed its sustainability targets collaboratively with the:

Client
Design team
Future occupants
Future facilities managers

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Passive Design

At Umow Lai, we follow the energy hierarchy, focusing on low hanging fruit such as passive design and energy demand reduction through strategies such as:

Insulation
Glazing upgrades
Building sealing
Building massing

Evolution

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NCC section J

We understand the National Construction Code (NCC) inside out and can juggle the project team’s requirements to deliver optimised outcomes with regards to:

Capital and Operational Costs
Aesthetics and Architectural Design
Sustainable Performance
Daylight

We can undertake both Section J Deemed to Satisfy (DTS) and performance based design alternative verification pathways using our JV3 and NatHERS energy modelling expertise.

Indoor Environment Quality

We have significant expertise in providing happy and healthy spaces for occupants though the consideration of natural ventilation, HVAC selection and façade design. To dynamically and iteratively analyse occupant comfort we often undertake:

Daylight modelling
Thermal comfort analysis
CFD studies

We are also advocates of the WELL Building Standard for projects seeking to achieve high performance levels and undergo detailed assessment of their indoor environment quality.

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