Sustainability

WATERHOUSE - Recommend / suggest to our clients available sustainable options in order to reduce the carbon footprints of their buildings and organisation to achieve an eco-friendly environment.  This can re-energise tired assets and reduce operating costs.

Materials - We incorporate materials from renewable sources and from manufacturers that minimise hazard, waste & energy use. Our aim is to become Carbon Neutral.

Energy - Energy ratings for plant, machinery & lighting are collated, low energy alternatives are investigated & proposed.

Re-use & Recycle - Timber, flooring, glass, ceilings, partitions etc. are reused or sent to recycling. Metals are sent to recycling. Furniture is recycled by our suppliers. 

Environmental - We minimise noise and vibration levels, traffic nuisance, emissions of pollutants & disturbance to the public and local ecosystems. We control our own journey times and visits.

Legal - We comply with current legal requirements.

ISO 14001 Environmental Management System - WATERHOUSE are committed to developing a full Quality Management System to ISO 14001 incorporating BS 8555.

Waste Management Plans - Are undertaken as appropriate.

BREEAM - Is adopted as the benchmark to measure the environmental performance of buildings and is the measure of best practice in environmental design and management.

RICS Ska Rating - WATERHOUSE are conversant with and adapt as appropriate Ska Rating -Good Practice measures for Building & Office Refurbishments.

WRAP – Waste & Resources Action Programme- WATERHOUSE have adopted the principles of WRAP , Designing out Waste in Buildings and the Halving Waste to Landfill initiative.

Case Study 1- PACE ECO Office & Building Refurbishment (Saving 40% energy).