Improve the building. Respect the home.
Renewable and climate systems introduced into an occupied care home call for measured planning. We work from the building you have, not an idealised blank slate.
Creative Energy installation teamA sensible retrofit is designed around what is already there.
Before recommending equipment, we need to understand demand, existing plant, roof suitability, electrical infrastructure and the working life of the home.
Understand the site
We look at how the building is used, what systems it relies on and the opportunities and constraints of its fabric and services.
Make the system coherent
Solar, storage, heating, cooling and charging may interact. We consider them as parts of the same building rather than five unrelated purchases.
Plan for an occupied home
Access, resident routines, delivery routes and any interruption to services need to be discussed with your team before work begins.
The right combination, not the whole catalogue.
Explore the systems we can design and install. The right scope depends on the home and its priorities.
Solar PV
Roof-led generation designed around the building, its electrical demand and the way it operates.
Battery storage
A considered way to manage when locally generated and grid energy is used.
Heat pumps
Heating and hot water designed around resident comfort and existing building conditions.
Air conditioning
Cooling and climate control considered room by room, with people and operations in mind.
EV charging
Provision planned around staff, visitors, parking and available electrical capacity.
Care-home building imageGroup-wide thinking. Site-specific decisions.
Care groups may share the same objectives, but every building brings a different roof, load profile and set of operational constraints. We make room for both the portfolio view and the individual home.
See the Coate Water Care projectFor care home groupsWhat could change in your existing home?
Start with a conversation about the building and its current systems. We will help establish what is worth exploring further.
Enquire about a site survey Call 020 8050 3865