Jan Ponsford Director of Virtus and Mike Taylor of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust gave a talk at the IHEEM Conference on Wednesday 22nd on Healthcare Efficiency Through Innovation at Heartlands Hospital Mike Taylor provided the Client Perspective of working in partnership with Virtus on innovative projects such as : Energy Sustainability Project – […]
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Having recently graduated from the University of Ulster, James Carson has joined Virtus Consult as an Energy Performance Programme Analyst. The post is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Oxford Brookes University and Virtus. James will be leading a 2 year project to refine and promote a holistic methodology for enhancing energy performance in existing […]
Read MoreThe ESOS scheme was borne out of Article 8 of the EU’s 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive and, enshrined in UK law, is now a mandatory scheme for qualifying organisations. Enforced by the Environment Agency and its equivalents in Scotland and Northern Ireland, there are numerous potential penalties applicable to organisations which either fail to submit […]
Read MoreVirtus are excited to welcome Vlad Nicolescu to their Energy team! Vlad is a second year student on the Energy Engineering with Year in Industry programme at University of East Anglia. Vlad was looking for the opportunity to gain work experience in the energy industry, to support his degree. He was excited to find that […]
Read MoreVirtus Consult are pleased to have secured membership of Constructionline; the register of pre-qualified contractors and consultant suppliers for the construction industry. Constructionline is the UK’s largest pre-qualification database; over 2,000 buying organisations across public and private sectors use Constructionline to select quality suppliers. Our membership means that we are now ‘fit-to-supply’. By getting pre-qualified […]
Read MoreVirtus are delighted to welcome Senior Cost Manager Helen Reilly to the team! Helen started her career at Francis Graves, which was a fantastic grounding for a career in the construction industry. She quickly progressed to fully-qualified QS status and after 8 years working on a number of different projects in different sectors, she joined […]
Read MoreWe were very excited to have been shortlisted as finalists for the 2015 Building awards Construction Consultants / Surveyor of the Year fewer than 100 Staff, amongst stiff competition and amidst a rapidly expanding economy! We had a great night on 22nd April 2015, inspiring people, great projects and fantastic entertainment! The judges were impressed […]
Read MoreAlmost 2,000 renewable energy projects, with construction contracts worth £5.2bn, were awarded in the UK last year, reports construction data provider Barbour ABI. More than £1.7bn was committed to solar power projects – a record amount. Renewable energy planning applications increased by 26% in 2014 compared with the year before, continuing the trend of year-on-year […]
Read MoreThe New CDM regulations 2015 took effect on 6th April 2015. By law; compliance means: New projects starting April 6th Onwards – the new regulations apply immediately. Existing projects continuing beyond 6th October 2015 are required to comply with the new Regulations by 6th October 2015. For existing projects and those due to complete before […]
Read MoreVirtus Consult were recently commissioned to carry out an Energy Cost and Carbon Reduction survey of the Summerfield School Site in Oxford, We interviewed the client and operational team and then carried out a detailed survey of the estate. We have identified savings of 20% on consumption and 17% on cost through the implementation of […]
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