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Introduction to Indoor Air Quality: Enhancing the Air You Breathe
Air pollution is a significant threat to our health, ranking as the fourth...
2023 EPC challenges for landlords
Karsons Consultancy is a sustainability building consultancy that speciali...
Karsons lights the way for potential Winter blackouts
As businesses are urged to plan for potential winter energy blackouts, Karsons are here to light the...
Is Zero Carbon Really Achievable?
Is Zero Carbon Really Achievable? Let’s start with important changes to the Building Regulati...
Want to Save Money on Maintenance Costs?
Maintenance of the engineering services within a building is essential to keep building co...
Interview with new starter, Ian Fraser, Senior Consultant Engineer
Karsons have a new team member and we thought after a few weeks to settle in, we would introduce Ian...
Landlords! Things are heating up – Are you compliant with the new Heat Meter Regulations?
Landlords! Things are heating up – Are you compliant with the new Heat Meter Regulations? &nb...
Fire Services – How things have changed in your risk assessment since Grenfell
More often nowadays, we are seeing the requirements in fire risk assessments becoming more stringent...
How we improved the EPC Rating from a D100 to B49 at one of London's most prestigious addresses.
One The Strand, a property that looks onto Nelson’s Column on Trafal...
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Interview with Project Manager, Mandira Tripathi on her role and involvement on the Chelsea Barracks site
Chelsea Barracks was once the British Army barracks located in the City of Westminster, London a...
The Coanda Effect
Maximising Ventilation systems in buildings has been a hot topic for our sector due to the vital rol...
Update on Ventilation and air conditioning for safer work spaces
It’s been a while since we posted our first blog on VENTILATION AND AC SYSTEMS AND THEIR E...
Q&A with Hashil, founder of Karsons Consuting
From the very beginning, our founder,Hashil Ramjee, kept a vision ...
A brief history of Karsons Consulting
In 2007, Karsons’ founder and Director, Hashil Ramjee represented the ...
Karsons Turns 10 - The Highlights
If you haven't already heard, we're turning 10! Take a walk with us through m...
Re-occupying building safely following COVID-19
As sanctions are slowly being lifted and commercial buildings are gradually regaining occupancy, Kar...
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Common misconceptions with HVAC systems
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems that run-in business, commercial and offic...
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2020 and Commercial Construction
The construction industry in the UK finds itself in unprecedented circumstances due to the impacts c...
Ventilation and AC systems and their effect on the transmission of virus particles
Predicting viral infection outbreak is an insurmountable task, even for the experts. Thereare possib...
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CHP Units, what you need to know.
What is a CHP unit? CHP is an acronym for the word ‘Combined Heat and Power systems. CHP syst...
Embassy Gardens- Cat B Office Fit out project- a working blog!
Karsons Consulting, were appointed by Dorling Kindersley to design all of the mechanical and electri...
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Karsons for Good - Our 2.6 Challenge
Karsons for Good is an initiative that was established a number of years ago to help those l...
A decade in energy efficiency
Over the last 10 years, the UK has made significant progress in transitioning towards renewable ener...
How to stay positive and stay productive working from home
The work-life routine of all of us have completely altered since the outbreak of COVID-19. We have s...
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Building Maintenance During Covid-19
While the industry and our social lives adapt to the new challenges brought on by the Coronavirus, i...
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Guide to MEES: The new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
What are the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards? In 2018, new legal standards for the minimum ...
Bright ideas: How light can improve your workplace productivity
Computers have become an integral part of office life. The average office worker spends 1,700 hoursp...
Cultivating Community: We helped build a Greenhouse!
Every job we that we undertake affords us the opportunity to give back to communities across the wor...
Safety on the Job: Look after your workers and they’ll look after you
Under UK law, workplace health and safety (WHS) is mainly the employer’s responsibilit...
7 Energy Efficiency strategies in the home
Building or refurbishing a home is not easy. At every stage of the process there are a multitude of ...
Be a Cool Customer: 7 key points to know when choosing your Air-conditioning system
With summer now officially at an end, your business’s air conditioning system might now beenjo...
Building for the future
Building for the future: 5 sustainable materials that are good for the planet. Straw Bales Forget...
We Didn’t Start the Fire! Testing your fire alarm systems
Testing your fire alarm systems When it comes to the safety of your employees and business, fire al...
Stop the Shock: Periodic Electrical Inspections Explained
In the same way your car needs servicing to maintain its optimal performan...
Is Your Building Safe From Asbestos?
Is Your Building Safe from Asbestos? In the 70s and 80s, asbestos was seen as a che...
Ace the PAT test
Keeping your eye on your portable appliances Every workplace relies on a number of electrical appli...
Helping The Street Child Cricket World Cup
On the 4th of May we were lucky enough to attend the finals of the Street Child Cricket World Cup (S...
What is the difference between a gas appliance service and a gas safety check?
What is the difference between a gas appliance service and a gas safety check? In the past ...
Is your Home Safe from Gas Leakage?
Is your Home Safe from Gas Leakage? The everyday modern household has an almost irreplaceab...
What is it like for Women in Facilities Management? An Interview with Terri Gillard
What is it like for Women in Facilities Management? An Interview with Terri Gillard While the numbe...
The Importance of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme
The government’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is now fast approaching, with compli...
Is Your Emergency Lighting up to Scratch?
In the event of an emergency, are you sure your building is completely safe? In the event of an emer...
Being Part of Something Bigger
The team at Karsons has a culture of philanthropy, we find it important to remain grounded even when...
6 Clean Energy Developments from Around the World
2018 showed that clean energy is becoming more the norm. We’re finally moving closer and close...
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Happy Birthday to Karsons
Today we celebrate the 8th year anniversary of Karsons Consulting. What started out as a humble &lsq...
Christmas with Karsons
Perhaps one of the things that makes Karsons unique is the way we value teamwork. We like to celebra...
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Tips For Managing and Maintaining a Critical Environment
For owners and managers of commercial properties, it’s vital to build and manage a strategy fo...
Combined Heat and Power Systems and How They Can Help You
Combined Heat and Power Systems and How They Can Help You With 47% of carbon emissions bein...
How Often Should I Check for F-Gas Leakage
Here at Karsons Consulting we advise clients on the compliance of a number of UK and EU regulations ...
Measures that We Can Put in Place to Ensure Health and Safety
In our last blog, we discussed the many ways you could help keep your office a risk-free environment...
6 Housekeeping Measures You Can Put in Place to Ensure Health and Safety
To some people, the word “housekeeping” calls to mind cleaning floors and surfaces, remo...
Are Your Employees Safe From Legionella?
Legionella is a type of pathogenic bacteria (basically bacteria that leads to infection) that causes...
Questions You Need to Ask About Electrical Maintenance
Wiring is running through your building and every nook and cranny and these need to be in perfect wo...
Have you checked your pressure systems recently?
Complying with the Pressure Systems Safety Regulations is one of your most important tasks Building...
7 Reasons You Need a Feasibility Report
Your property is a valuable asset, and those engineering services within should also be considered a...
White Hart Lane Disaster – A Follow Up
On the tail end of 2017, September 18th, a huge fire struck a warehouse storage facility on White Ha...
Burlington Arcade
On June 2018, Karsons Consulting carried out an inspection at Burlington Arcade with the goal of rai...
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Are your heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems suffocating your workforce?
The air that we breathe is now under more scrutiny than ever as institutions such as the Royal ...
The Importance of Fire Dampers
To most, common knowledge of what makes a good fire safety system includes the presence of fire exti...
Energy Saving Opportunities in Buildings
How many times do you walk around late at night and see cities illuminated with building’s lig...
Karsons Consulting are Celebrated for Their Innovation at the BEF Awards
On the 26th April 2018, we at Karsons Consulting had the benefit of attending, and being finalists a...
How to ensure your project is covered when the HSE inspectors come calling
When the Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM 2015) were introduced in 2015, construc...
Finally, a breath of fresh air
Do you ever stop to consider just what lies in a single breath? Each day we think about work, what ...
How to ensure your project is covered when the HSE inspector comes calling
When the Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM 2015) were introduced in 2015, co...
Grenfell Tower – a catalogue of failures
Like the whole country, we watched the news unfold, spellbound, in a state of incredible shock; how ...
New clean energy bond promises high returns – at a price
A green investment that has received an endorsement by a Government minister has been launched, payi...
Foyles Bookshop Progress
Last December, we posted a blog on the work we carried out to reinstate the mechanical and electrica...
Choosing the correct energy assessor is key to energy efficiency as well as the health of your business and workforce
It’s now more than 10 years since EPCs were introduced, creating a huge change in energy relat...
Understanding the F-Gas regulations and your responsibilities
Here at Karsons Consulting we advise clients on the compliance of a number of UK and EU regulations ...
For quality work make sure you hire a member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers
At Karsons Consulting we are experts in Building Services. To underpin our expertise, our Managing...
Condition surveys – an essential report for evaluating plant and instalations
One of the key services we undertake at Karsons Consulting is condition surveys. Our experience in...
How to get the best EPC rating?
“From April 2018, the Energy Act 2011 proposes legislative changes making it unlawful to let...
How we helped Foyles bookshop to get back on its feet after serious flooding and power failure
At Karsons Consulting we have years of experience in building services projects, which include any...
