• Airtightness
• Bookshop
• Building compliance
• Business and strategy
• Construction support
• Design support
• Facilities management
• Information services
• Instrument solutions
• Low carbon engineering
• Market intelligence
• Membership
• Research
• Testing and certification
• Training and events
• Troubleshooting
• Water in buildings

Facilities management

Below is a list of BSRIA services of particular help to people working in facilities management.

Business and strategy
Consultancy to improve business processes, customer service and business decision-making

• Customer satisfaction surveys
  Independent customer satisfaction surveys for building services and construction consultants and contractors.
• Life cycle costing
  Whole life cycle costing analysis to help decision making in specific construction projects or bid proposals, from methodologies to running cost model

Building compliance
Including SBEM, BREEAM, EPCs, DECs, airtightness and thermal imaging

• Part L
  Services to help building designers, builders and operators comply with the Building Regulation Part L
• Ska assessments
  Accredited Ska assessments to measure sustainability of office refurbishment and fit outs

Design support
Services for design validation, sustainability, energy efficiency and Part L compliance

• BREEAM
  BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes and bespoke environmental assessments to achieve planning targets and client specification.
• Indoor air quality
  Comprehensive investigation of indoor environment including health and safety, thermal comfort and IAQ, and system performance on site
• Soft Landings
  Soft Landings means designers and constructors stay involved with buildings beyond practical completion to help fine-tune systems
• Support services
  Consultancy and testing services to help support Soft Landings projects through briefing, desgin, pre-handover and professional aftercare
• Professional aftercare
  Services to support a Soft Landings project for professional aftercare including post-occupancy evaluation (POE), building performance measurement
• Pre-handover
  BSRIA Soft Landings support services at pre-handover stage including training for occupiers, building manuals airtightness testing and thermography

Low carbon engineering
Low carbon services for the design, build and operation of buildings

• Certification and compliance
  Certification and compliance services for low carbon buildings including BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes, EPCs, DECs and SBEM
• DECs
  Display Energy Certificates (DEC) and Advisory Reports plus independent consultancy for year on year energy efficiency improvement
• DEC proposition
  Pledge your organisation's commitment to displaying DECs in your buildings over 1000m2 and in turn your building energy reduction leadership
• Renewables
  Independent, practical advice on renewables in buildings; feasibility studies, training, monitoring, testing, certification and market intelligence

Facilities management
FM engineering support, maintenance, energy and water efficiency

• Benchmarking
  Benchmarking to identify areas where building operators can save energy, reduce maintenance costs and improve efficiency and service.
• Network members
  Members of the BSRIA operation and maintenance (O&M) benchmarking network
• Condition monitoring
  Power quality, thermal imaging, electromagnetic field (EMF) surveys, vibration and acoustic testing to identify faults before failure.
• Condition surveys
  Building services condition surveys to inspect plant and installations to assess their physical, operational and maintenance condition.
• Controls strategy
  Advice on the application of Building Management Systems (BMS) as well as spot checks, trend logging and system investigation.
• Energy in buildings
  Energy efficient design, energy conservation and feasibility studies of renewables. Energy audits and meeting renewables targets for new developments
• Energy surveys
  Energy monitoring surveys, from very quick assessments based on readings from energy bills and meter readings, to deep forensic surveys
• Failure investigations
  Investigations and reports into mechanical, electrical and corrosion failures. Expert witness and dispute resolution in all building services.
• Maintenance strategy
  Business-focused maintenance strategies to help building operators minimise maintenance costs and increase their resilience to engineering risk.
• Plant investigations
  Plant investigation, HVAC troubleshooting and Building MOTs to quickly identify and resolve indoor environmental problems.
• Building performance evaluation
  Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) or Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) services covering a walkthrough, energy survey and occupant satisfaction

Information services
BSRIA published guidance, large library, information officers and expert engineers

• Library
  The largest building services library in Europe, stocking European and British standards, books, documents, journals and conference papers.

Research
Delivering practical results, breaking new ground and applying technologies and processes

• Cold cabinets
  Carbon Trust funded project to improve the performance of cold cabinets used in UK food retail units.

Troubleshooting
Checking the most likely HVAC problems first to find and resolve problems quickly

• Expert witness
  Independent expert witness statements and detailed reports in disputes for HVAC installations. Quickly identify the underlying cause of a problem.

Water in buildings
Water efficiency, conservation, recycling, quality, corrosion problems and product testing

• Legionellosis
  Consultancy and best practice guidance to control legionella bacteria and ensure water quality treatment