We work with teams in the built environment to create sustainable buildings and promote ethical business practices
Research and Collaboration
Research, collaboration, and real-world insight underpin everything we do, bringing clarity and fresh perspectives to our work.
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Shade the UK (CIC) is our sister organisation, dedicated to adapting buildings and public spaces to protect vulnerable people from the impacts of a changing climate. Founded by Andy Love in 2020, its mission is to reach zero deaths from overheating in the UK and to safeguard the health and wellbeing of those most at risk during hot weather.
We collaborate closely with Shade the UK, as well as with academic institutions, local councils, designers, and developers. Together, we deliver technical studies, insight-led reports, and community-engagement projects that strengthen equity and build resilience in the built environment.
Latest news and projects
Our initiatives
Our initiatives are driven by ideas that challenge convention. By bringing together new partnerships, we deepen understanding, extend our research and advocate for meaningful change.
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The world is warming, and we are already seeing the impacts on people, health, and infrastructure.
Love Adaptation is our commitment to support Shade the UK by helping communities and organisations adapt to rising temperatures through thermal analysis, research, community engagement and built-environment expertise.
We know our natural resources are being depleted at an unsustainable rate.
Love Zero Waste is our movement to confront the unsustainable use of our natural resources by helping the fit-out and refurbishment sector shift towards a truly circular, low-impact future.
Ending our over-reliance on fossil fuels must become a priority, as they are finite resources that are accelerating climate change.
Through Love Retrofit we are helping buildings transition away from fossil fuels through ethical, people-centred retrofit that reduces demand, improves comfort and accelerates the shift to low-carbon energy.
Our impact
and outreach
We are friendly and open-minded. We enjoy working with others to share knowledge, develop new ideas, and deliver positive impact for the communities we work with.
To help you find what you need, we have outlined our core service areas below.
Environmental Planning Services, Energy & Retrofit, Circular Economy, Environmental Design, Certification, Air Quality, ESG & Wellbeing, and Building Physics.
Our service areas
In the UK, air quality is a critical concern that prompts urgent attention. Love Design Studio specialises in planning projects, collaborating with stakeholders focused on air quality.
We work directly with businesses to support them on their ESG and wellbeing journeys.
With in-house assessors and strong supply chain partnerships, we specialise in delivering certifications like BREEAM, NABERS, and Passivhaus, ensuring projects exceed sustainability benchmarks.
The team specialise in building physics, utilising advanced tools found in the industry. The team offer CFD & thermal bridging analysis.
Our approach ensures optimal energy efficiency and sustainability in every project, aligning with evolving industry standards and client aspirations.
Serving as the linchpin, the planning services integrate all aspects of our expertise across all of our working groups.
From crafting ESG-aligned solutions to guiding net-zero carbon strategies, we are committed to shaping environments that prioritise the well-being of both people and the planet.
Our circular economy team deliver a unique early-engagement process through pre-demo audits, site visits and workshops, supported by life-cycle and EPD analysis to validate our commitment to reducing environmental impact.
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Air Quality Statements
Biodiversity Net Gain
Biodiversity Assessments
BREEAM New Construction
BREEAM Refurbishment and Fit-out
BREEAM Credit Evidence Packs
Business Sustainability Reviews
Circular Economy Assessments
Climate Change Adaptation
Daylight, Sunlight and Overshadowing Analysis
Ecology
Environmental Design Guidance (EDG)
Education & Workshops
Energy Audit
Energy & Sustainability Statements (Planning)
Energy Statements (Planning)
Energy Study
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
EPD Analysis & Consultancy
Equalities Statements
ESGs
Functional Adaptability Statements
Glare Assessments
Health Impact Assessments (HIAs)
Home Quality Mark Pre-Assessments
Internal Daylight Analysis
Life-cycle Analysis
Life-cycle Costing
MAT01 - BREEAM Reporting
Microclimate Analysis
NABERS
Net Zero Carbon Road mapping
Overheating Assessments
Part L Commercial
Part L Residential
PAS 2035 Assessments
Passivhaus Assessments
Pre-Demolition Audits
Retrofit Studies
Rights to Light Initial Modelling
Science Based Targets modelling
SKA Assessments
Sustainability Statements
Thermal Bridging
Thermal Comfort Analysis
Urban Greening Factor
WELL Certification
Wind Microclimate Analysis
Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Analysis