How thermally efficient is your home? What size heat pump do you need? Does your ventilation system work as it should? Does your new home or retrofit perform as intended?
Build Test Solutions (BTS) can answer these questions. Whether you're improving an existing home, building a new one or a professional advising your clients; measuring how a building actually performs will help you make better-informed decisions, avoid costly mistakes and to check quality and performance.
BTS provides innovative measurement technologies, professional training, consultancy services and a nationwide network of building performance evaluators. All to help homeowners and construction professionals make building performance measurement part of everyday energy efficiency decision-making.
Why Measure?
Every home is different. Yet many decisions about how we build, improve and heat our homes are still based on assumptions rather than evidence. Even the models consultants use require a number of inputs that might rely on estimates or assumptions.
At Build Test Solutions (BTS), we believe better decisions start with better understanding. Our mission is simple: to make building performance measurement accessible, practical and valuable for everyone involved in creating better homes.
Whether you're planning energy efficiency improvements, building your own home or working professionally in the housing and construction sector, understanding how a building actually performs can help remove guesswork and give you confidence before making significant investments. Rather than asking, "What should I install?", we encourage people to ask, "What does my home really need?"
Building performance measurement can help identify where heat is escaping, whether a home is as airtight as expected, how well insulation is performing and whether ventilation is providing a healthy indoor environment. For self-builders, it provides reassurance that a newly completed home will deliver the comfort, efficiency and quality that was intended. For homeowners, it helps ensure that money is invested where it will have the greatest impact. For professionals, it provides objective evidence that supports better advice, higher quality projects and greater client confidence.
Why Build Test Solutions?
Build Test Solutions develops innovative technologies that measure the actual performance and energy efficiency of a building, including airtightness, heat loss, U-values and ventilation. We also provide professional training, consultancy services and support through a nationwide network of trusted building performance specialists, helping homeowners connect with qualified experts who can carry out measurements and interpret the results.
As a Professional Services Hub partner at the NSBRC, we're proud to support its commitment to helping visitors make informed decisions. Alongside our advisory presence in the Professional Services Hub, we've also developed a series of educational displays throughout the Retrofit Zone, designed to encourage homeowners, self-builders and construction professionals to stop, think and understand their buildings before investing in improvements. These displays explain why measurement matters, helping visitors discover how evidence-led decisions can lead to more comfortable, healthier and more energy-efficient homes.
We Are Here to Support You
Measured building performance data can inform energy models, heat loss calculations and can often even help to improve EPC ratings.
Whether you're planning your next project, checking the quality of a newly built home or looking to improve an existing property, we're here to help you understand first, so you can invest with confidence.
