ABSTRACT

The relationship between the building envelope and the provision of cooling in a building and how this affects office costs.

Attaining legislative and aspirational environmental performance criteria for any new project represents a key deliverable for the design team, which entails an intrinsic link between the services strategy and building envelope solutions. In this cost model, Building Services Cost Specialist Davis Langdon Engineering Services investigates the impact that air conditioning solutions can have upon the building envelope and the potential affect that this can have uponcosts.