About Us

Zero Carbon Quantity Surveying is one of the consultancies leading the way on sustainable development solutions to achieve our clients and the UK government’s ambitions to be Zero Carbon by 2035.

Colin Nicholson, with over 30 years industry knowledge, leads our team as one of the UK’s few Chartered Environmentalists from a Quantity Surveying profession.

Colin’s experience has focused on the residential and mixed-use market, as a contractor, developer and consultant, working with numerous housing associations, local authorities, developers and housebuilders, where duties have encompassed the full spectrum of cost consultancy and project management services. Colin has successfully developed numerous award-winning developments.

Qualifications

Chartered Environmentalist with The Society for the Environment (CEnv)
Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB)
Associate of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (AssocRICS)

We specialise in providing robust project management and cost advice to support maximising development potential and achieving viable high-quality schemes along with finding the best suited sustainable solutions to achieve net zero and Passivhaus compliance.

We help clients achieve value for money by recommending the most suitable procurement strategy with the right supply chain and product specifications to create legacy developments that clients and residents are proud to live in.

Our experience includes procurement and installation of nearly every form of domestic renewable energy, including air source heat pumps, ground source heat pumps, central plant energy centres, PV panels, solar panels, electric boilers, district heat systems and heat recovery whole house ventilation systems.

Sustainable Solutions

We have a wealth of experience in providing sustainable solutions and renewable energies having installed numerous technologies to deliver sustainable communities and developments.

We promote a fabric first approach, that reduces energy consumption of properties, resulting in lower space heating and hot water demand, lowering requirements for heat and power which greatly improves a buildings EPC Energy efficiency rating.