Integrated Environmental Design
We collaborate with architects and stakeholders to create sustainable, climate-resilient buildings that balance performance, cost, and environmental impact from the outset.

Our Integrated Environmental Design service supports architects and developers from the first sketch, aligning form and function with sustainability goals.
Through data-led analysis and practical insight, we shape massing, orientation, and façade strategies that enhance comfort and reduce energy demand. By embedding environmental performance early, we minimise long-term costs and accelerate progress towards net-zero targets. The result is design integration that adds measurable value, resilience, and purpose to every project.
Capabilities:
- Massing and Orientation
- Façade Optimisation
- Parametric Modelling
- Construction System Feasibility
- Energy Systems and Renewables
- Master Planning Advice
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Related Projects

Magdalen College, Oxford - Waynflete Building
etch Associates have been appointed to provide MEP, Passivhaus, acoustics, air quality, BREEAM, specialist lighting & building physics consultancy services for this ambitious development which sits at the ‘gateway’ to historic Oxford and will comprise 95 student bedrooms across four blocks.




