Rickaby Thompson Associates was founded in 1982 as an architectural practice specialising in energy efficient design.
Since then we have evolved into a successful specialist energy and environmental consultancy working throughout
the building and housing industries, across the UK and in Ireland.
Our core services include:
• Low carbon design consultancy
• Renewable energy feasibility studies and assessments
• Energy surveys and energy ratings (NHER, SAP and SBEM)
• Building Regulations Part L compliance assessments
• Domestic pressure testing
• Housing stock energy consultancy
• Building performance monitoring and evaluation
• Environmental assessment (BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes)
• Energy training seminars and courses (open-access and bespoke)
• Preparation of energy-related good practice guidance
Our aim is to combine leading technical expertise with professionalism, and to promote a high standard of
environmental responsibility amongst the organisations with which we work.
Energy and Environmental Consultancy
• Assistance with all aspects of energy efficient, low-carbon design
• Specification of building fabric, heating and ventilation systems
• Building performance assessment, prediction and simulation
• Energy Performance Certification (EPCs)
• Building Regulations (Part L) compliance assessment
• Assessment and evaluation of building-integrated renewable energy systems
Training and CPD
• Energy awareness and energy advice training
• SAP and NHER Surveyor and Assessor training
• Building Regulations (Part L) seminars and workshops
• CarbonChecker (SBEM) training
• Air-tightness and pressure testing courses
• One-day courses in domestic energy efficiency
• Energy efficient housing design seminars
• Bespoke in-house seminars and workshops for individual clients
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) seminars (Merlin Events)
Building Performance Assessment
• Energy surveys and audits
• Domestic energy rating (NHER and SAP in the UK, DEAP in Ireland))
• Building Regulations (Part L) compliance assessment (SAP, TER, DER, SBEM)
• Energy Performance Certification (EPCs)
• Environmental assessment (BREEAM, EcoHomes, Code for Sustainable Homes)
• Construction detail air-tightness audits
• Pressure testing (ATTMA approved procedures)
• Temperature and humidity monitoring
• Fuel use and fuel cost monitoring
• Infra-red thermography
• Building occupant surveys
BREEAM and EcoHomes are registered trademarks of the Building Research Establishment.
Housing Stock Management
• Housing stock energy policies and energy information strategies
• Specification and development of housing stock energy databases
• Analysis of data from housing stock energy surveys
• Housing stock profiling
• Affordable warmth analysis
• Staff training and tenant advice programmes
• Sustainable energy strategies
• Comparative evaluation of improvement specification options
Architectural Services - for low carbon buildings
• Feasibility studies and outline design
• Statutory approval applications
• Detailed design and production documentation
• Tenders and contact negotiations
• Construction contract administration
Research Consultancy
• Building stock research
• Technical research into innovative building systems
• Development and evaluation of building energy technologies
• Development of building energy efficiency standards
• Preparation of energy and environmental best practice guidance
Employment Opportunities
We are always interested in recruiting appropriately qualified and experienced technical staff to work in our small but
very busy team. We are currently seeking:
Assistant Energy Consultants
(recent graduates)
Energy Consultants
(with a minimum of three years experience of technical consultancy)
Senior Energy Consultants
(with a minimum of seven years experience of professional consultancy)
Applicants should hold a first degree and/or a professional qualification in a buildings-related discipline (building, surveying,
architecture or engineering) and have a well-developed interest in sustainable development, building environmental
performance assessment, or low-carbon design. Applicants for senior positions should also hold a higher degree and be
able to demonstrate a commitment to professional consultancy in one or more of the same fields. In all cases qualification
as a National Home Energy Rating (NHER) Assessor, a SAP energy rating Assessor, or as a BREAM, EcoHomes or Code
for Sustainable Homes Assessor, or experience of as-built building performance assessment (including temperature and
humidity monitoring, air-tightness testing and thermography) would be advantageous. Applicants should also be able to
demonstrate their ability to write clear, concise technical reports and/or prepare and deliver professional training
presentations.
If you would like to work with us, and have appropriate expertise and experience, then please email your CV to Peter
Rickaby (peter.rickaby@rickabythompson.co.uk).
Client List
Rickaby Thompson Associates Ltd has completed over seven hundred commissions for a wide range of clients including
commercial organisations, central government departments, professional institutions, local authorities, housing associations,
house-builders, commercial developers, architects, engineers, schools and colleges, hotels and leisure organisations
churches and private individuals. These clients include:
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| Abbey New Homes Aegean Hotels Albury Housing Alden Heating Aldwyck Housing Association Archer Architects ARUP Aspire Housing Avebury Bailey Partnership Bailey Widnell Banner Homes Barton Design Beazer Homes Beaufort Homes Beaufort House Building Bedfordshire Pilgrims HA Bellcross Homes Bellway Homes Berkhamsted Golf Club Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust BMH Construction Bovis Lend Lease Boyes Rees Architects British Broadcasting Corporation Brown Matthews Architects Bryant Homes |
Building Research Establishment (BRE) Buro Happold Cambridge City Council Cambridge Housing Society Careys Carter Jonas CDS Co-operative Development Society Charles Church Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Charterhouse Building Services & Energy Consultants Circle 33 / Circle Anglia CMC Architects Concrete Centre Connect Housing Countrywide Surveyors Coventry University Crest Homes Croudace Crown Estate David Coles Architects DLA Architects David Wilson Homes Davis Langdon Dean and Dyball Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) Derbyshire Dales District Council Devon & Cornwall HA |
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| Diamond Homes DTZ Pieda Consulting Ealing Family Housing Association East Anglian Housing Association Energy Saving Trust Epping Forest District Council Evangelical Lutheran Church of England Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects Gale & Snowden George Wimpey Gifford GladeDale Homes Gleeds Grantside Developments Greater London Authority Halcrow Hampton Brook Developments Hanover Housing Association Harding Housing Association Harrington Design Limited Hastoe Housing Association Henry Boot Homes Highland Council Hills Group Hilson Moran Partnership Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers Holy Trinity Church, Hounslow |
Hornagold & Hills Humphreys Teal Partnership Hunter & Partners Ideal Homes ING Estates Jarvis John Martin Partnership John Turner & Sons J S Bloor Keytask Management Kingspan Insulation Ltd KPMG Koski Solomon Ruthven Levitt Bernstein Associates Linden Homes Lionel Grey Architects Liverpool Housing Action Trust Lodge Park Homes London Docklands Development Corporation London School of Economics Mansel Architects Marriott Construction Marshgate Developments Martlet Development Consultants McCann Homes McCarthy & Stone Midsummer Housing Association |
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| Miller Consulting Mount Anvil Mowlem National Energy Services NEC Electronics New Hall, Cambridge Newark & Sherwood District Council Newcastle City Council Norwich City Council Orbit Developments Oriflame UK Ltd Open University Parrott Building Contractors Parsons Brinkerhoff Peabody Trust Pearn & Procter Penwith District Council Penwith Housing Association Persimmon Homes Peter Brett Associates Peter Haddon and Partners Pick Everard Places for People Platinum Homes Poachin Poole Borough Council Poole Housing Partnership |
Potton Limited Prestige Homes Prowting Homes PRP Architects Queen Mary University of London Raglan Housing Association RBK&C Tenant Management Organisation Red Box Design Group Redrow Commercial Developments Restormel Borough Council Richards Partington Architects Ridge Ridgehill Group RMJM Robert Martell & Partners ROK Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Royal Society of Ulster Architects Salvatorian College Sanctuary Housing Association SDC Social Housing Seddon Group Shared Ownership Housing Association Sheffield Insulation Shepherd Construction Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council |
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| Signpost Housing Association Sir Alfred McAlpine Sir Robert McAlpine Slough Estates Skanska Construction SMC Covell Matthews Architects Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development Southfacing Services South Hams District Council South Somerset District Council Southwark Investments Space Architecture Stephenson Developments Stonham Housing Association Sturges Associates Summit Homes Sustain Sustainable Energy Ireland Swan Housing Association T Dunwoody & Partners T & E Neville Limited Tay Homes Taylor Woodrow Technopolis Tingdene Homes Triangle Architects Trinity Construction Consultancy |
Turner & Townsend Twigden Homes Twigg Brown Architects University College Dublin University College London University of Aberdeen University of Manchester Uttlesford District Council Wates Built Homes Watford Rural Parish Council Watson & Cox Waveney District Council Welsh Development Agency Westbury Homes Westlea Housing Association WhitbyBird Wilcon Homes William Sutton Trust Willmott Dixon Wimpey Homes Woolwich Homes Xtratherm |
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Consultants
Rickaby Thompson Associates Ltd has established relationships with the following consultants.
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