Education & Public Buildings
DECs, TM52 overheating, and low-carbon plans for schools, colleges, and public buildings.
The commercial reality
Schools and public buildings have particular sensitivities — occupant comfort, holiday-cycle plant use, and constrained capital budgets. We calibrate compliance and design work to those realities.
Key compliance issues
- [01]Annual DEC production for occupied public buildings
- [02]TM52 summertime overheating in classrooms and offices
- [03]Boiler replacement to low-carbon heating
- [04]PSDS and Salix funding bid support
How we help
Comfort-led design
Overheating and ventilation strategies calibrated to educational use.
Funding-bid ready
Technical outputs formatted for PSDS and Salix bids.
Holiday-window sequencing
Works planned around term dates and occupancy patterns.
Questions this sector asks most
[01]What is a Display Energy Certificate (DEC)?+
A Display Energy Certificate shows the actual measured energy use of a public building over the previous 12 months, rated A to G, and must be displayed where visitors can see it. Unlike an EPC, which rates the building's design, a DEC rates how the building is really being operated.
[02]Which buildings need a Display Energy Certificate?+
Public authority buildings frequently visited by the public and over 250m² of useful floor area require a DEC. Buildings over 1,000m² need a DEC renewed annually with a 7-year advisory report, while those between 250m² and 1,000m² need a DEC every 10 years.