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BER (Building Energy Rating) drawings are crucial for assessing a building’s energy efficiency and planning upgrades. They provide key details on insulation, ventilation, and heating systems, ensuring compliance with energy standards. These drawings help identify heat loss areas, optimize retrofit solutions, and support cost-effective energy improvements

We process the survey data to produce a drawing pack, usually within 1 week of receiving the data.

Once the survey is completed, our team of BIM Engineers will process the scan data and create a set of drawing package drawings within a week and will share this data with our independent BER Assessor.

We determined the Pre-BER of your home to establish a starting point.

This is carried out by an independent BER Assessor who aims to complete this within 2-3 weeks of receiving the drawing pack.

Why it’s needed?

• We need an up-to-date BER Assessment which is published within the last 12 months.
• Registered independent BER assessor will then prepare their BER file and arrange a site inspection to independently validate all of the information provided and clarify any queries that he/she may have.
• BER assessor will also prepare two upgrade plans for us to review, one being the minimum requirements, and the second being the optimum requirements and share that with us to review directly with you.

You'll receive two preliminary home energy upgrade options along with estimated quotes for each. It's really important to plan your retrofit journey in a way that ensures that improvements are carried out in an organised, sensible order, with installations and refits complementing each other rather than working against each other. There are lots of elements to consider when planning your retrofit that have a direct impact on each other.

Our upgrade plans include recommendations that take into consideration items such as:

• Both the current and future needs of the occupants.
• Costs of the interventions, future monetary savings and other benefits such as improved comfort & environmental impacts.
• Future improvement opportunities like planned heating upgrades, extensions, and renovations.
• Identifying opportunities for integrating energy measures with other building work as required.
• Considering any adverse effects from retrofit measures like improved airtightness without enhanced ventilation.
• Considering the likely level of disruption involved in carrying out the works.
• Above all, our recommendations focus on delivering the best value for money for homeowners.

This is the most important step in the process, usually 1 week after the Pre-BER is complete, which involves one of our experienced Retrofit Advisors reviewing with you, at your home, online or in our office near you to review all of the following:

• We take a "Unique home, unique homeowner" approach to optimize our design not only around your home but also the way in which you use it, both now and into the future.
• We explain clearly what your starting point is in terms of your existing BER and compare that to a new-build A-rated home.
• We design by reducing heat loss at the source, assessing your heat loss elements, U-values, and optimal upgrade options.
• We explain your options - the pros and cons of each - and you decide what it right for your home.
• We then look at the need for ventilation, the value of the health benefits of having good ventilation and all options available to you.
• We assess your heating system and present options like heat pumps, gas, and oil boilers, comparing costs and benefits to help you decide.
• Finally, we look to add solar PV where possible, and within budget, to really optimize the entire retrofit plan.

Our dedicated team of Retrofit Advisors will prepare detailed estimated costs of both retrofit plans within a week of receiving them from the BER Assessor.

The detailed estimated costs will allow you to decide what options represent the best value and enable you to make informed decisions on how best to tailor your retrofit plan.