Build the services into the thinking.
For new care-home developments, Creative Energy’s role is the mechanical, electrical and renewables package. Early coordination gives each system a place in the whole building, not an awkward place at the end.
Illustrative concept image — not a completed Creative Energy projectWhen the building is still being drawn, the possibilities are different.
Retrofitting an occupied home means working carefully with what exists. A new development allows the services strategy to be considered alongside the architecture, structure and programme from the start.
The developer’s builder handles the structure and decoration. We focus on mechanical, electrical and renewable systems, coordinating with the wider design and construction team so these elements work as one coherent package.
Explore design coordinationThree connected conversations.
The precise package is shaped by the development brief and design stage. These workstreams inform one another.
Mechanical systems
Heating, hot water, cooling and the practical needs of the spaces they serve.
Electrical systems
Infrastructure, distribution, capacity and the provision that supports a working care home.
Design coordination
Bring services into the programme with architects, consultants and the main contractor.
Renewables
Consider solar, storage and EV charging as part of the overall strategy, not a late addition.
Space for systems is part of space for care.
Plant areas, routes, roof use, connections and controls are easier to coordinate when they have a voice at the design table.
Concept and brief
Understand the intended home, its operational needs and the design priorities before the services strategy is fixed.
Interface with the team
Coordinate with architectural, structural and construction decisions so routes, capacity and access are considered in time.
Delivery and handover
Translate the agreed design into installed, commissioned systems and information the operator can use.
A useful partner at the design table.
Developers, architects, M&E consultants and main contractors need clear scopes and timely decisions. We work with those interfaces rather than treating them as someone else’s problem.
The result we work towards is a home whose building services have been considered for the people who will operate and live in it.
Read more for developers & design teamsPlanning a new care home?
The earlier we can understand the design and programme, the more useful the first conversation can be.
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