Option A
Gas boilers + traditional AHUs
- Install · baseline
- Energy · higher
- Carbon · higher
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Feasibility study
Compare M&E options with indicative install, energy, and carbon estimates - before detailed design locks you in.
What it is
Options, side by side.
Feasibility study is the early-decision tool for UK MEP consultancies. Compare heating, cooling, and ventilation strategies with indicative install, energy, and carbon estimates so clients and partners can choose a direction with clearer trade-offs.
Product
What it does
- Set up option cases
Define competing M&E approaches for the same brief - for example heat pump versus boiler, or different ventilation strategies.
- Compare indicative metrics
Review install, energy, and carbon indicators side by side so commercial and sustainability trade-offs are visible early.
- Carry context into design
Keep the chosen direction with the project as you move into calculators, schedules, and detailed delivery tools.
Demo
Decide with trade-offs visible.
Indicative install, energy, and carbon - so option selection is clearer before detailed design.
Option B
ASHP + MVHR-led ventilation
- Install · uplift
- Energy · lower
- Carbon · lower
Indicative install, energy, and carbon - for early option appraisal, not tender-grade cost plans.
Benefits
Why practices use it
Built for how UK MEP consultancies actually win and deliver work.
Clearer client conversations
Show options with numbers instead of only narrative preference - useful in RIBA early stages and bid conversations.
Less rework later
Align on strategy before detailed calcs and schedules are built around the wrong plant concept.
Energy and carbon in the room
Bring carbon and energy into the same comparison as install cost - not as a separate afterthought spreadsheet.
Part of the BuildFlo job
Feasibility sits with Agent, calculators, and delivery tools so early decisions do not live in a one-off slide deck.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
- Are feasibility figures tender-grade cost plans?
- No. They are indicative estimates to compare options early. Detailed design, manufacturer selections, and commercial pricing still follow after the direction is agreed.
- When should we use feasibility study?
- Best at concept and early developed design - when the practice needs to choose between plant strategies before locking drawings and schedules.
- Who typically runs it?
- Design engineers and project leads preparing option appraisals for clients, architects, or internal go/no-go on plant strategy.
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