ALAN SEARLE MUIR CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

£60 million per annum turnover on new buildings

Part of J W Muir Group plc

•Muir Homes HOUSE BUILDER

•Muir Timber Systems OFF SITE MANUFACTURER

•Muir Property Investments LANDLORD

•Hermiston Securities DEVELOPER

•Muir Leisure OPERATOR

SUSTAINABILITY

Lowering CO2 Emissions

Fighting Climate Change

Lowering Resource Usage

Government

Legislation

Targets / Timescales

Committees / Think Tanks / Research

Construction Industry

Planning & Building Regulations

Advisory Bodies BRE CIRIA

Professions

Manufacturers

Universities

BREEAM Assessment Model

ECOHOMES Domestic Rating System

GREEN GUIDES Carbon Ratings - Materials

- Systems

ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES

-EPC (Domestic)

-SBEM (Commercial)

Developing Extra Layer of Assessors, Advisors, Consultants, COST

Effectiveness of Current Regime

WE HAVE:

New Buildings 1% of built environment, well insulated

Existing Buildings 99% of built environment, poorly insulated

THIS MEANS THE ENERGY SAVING COST/BENEFIT IS:

New Build = High Investment / Low Return

Refurbishment = Low Investment/ High Return

Continental Europe – Refurb / Improvement Higher Priority

COMING SOON – Carbon Emissions Tax / Rate Rebates / Variable Energy Tariffs

PRIVATE HOUSEBUILDERS (MAJORS)

•Still building to 2006 regs in some cases

•Sales very price sensitive

•Houses currently difficult to afford

•0 out of 8 selling ‘sustainability’

•All developing improved products to meet 2007 and 2008 regs

•Driven by regulation not consumer demand

•Only 13 practices registered in Scotland as ‘EcoHomes’ Assessors

COMMERCIAL / PUBLIC SECTOR

•COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS LEADING

•OFFICES CLOSE BEHIND

•BREEAM ‘EXCELLENT’ OR ‘VERY GOOD’ COMMON

•2008 ‘CREDIT CRUNCH’

•2010 ‘CARBON CRUNCH’

•TYPICALLY -Travel Plans

-Cycle Storage

-Insulation

-Passive Solar

-Heat Recovery

-Air Tightness

-Heat Pumps

-SUDS

OFF SITE

•EXPANDING / DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTS

•CONCRETE SYSTEMS

•TIMBER SYSTEMS

•STEEL SYSTEMS

PLUS POINTS:

•FAST

•LOW WASTE

•LOW EMBODIED CARBON

•INNOVATIVE

MINUS POINTS:

•LONG LEAD TIME

•TRANSPORT & CRANEAGE

•EXPENSIVE

•‘SYSTEM’ CONSTRAINTS

SELF BUILD

•POPULAR IN REMOTE LOCATIONS

•GAS FOR HEATING NOT AVAILABLE

•SMALL BUSINESSES TERRITORY

•10 OR MORE YEARS AHEAD OF MAINSTREAM

•OFTEN TIMBER FRAME

•INNOVATIVE

•DESIGNED FOR LIFESTYLE NOT COST

ALMA, SHETLAND

•TIMBER FRAME & EXTERNAL CLADDING

•SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE

•HIGH INSULATION LEVELS

•AIR TIGHTNESS

•HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATION

•AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP / UNDERFLOOR HEATING

•PASSIVE SOLAR GAIN

•LOW ENERGY LIGHTS / APPLIANCES

COST

8% OF BUILDING COST

RETURN

10 YEAR PAYBACK AT CURRENT PRICES