Building Performance Diagnostics in Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf is dominated by high-rise, highly glazed new-build apartments served entirely by mechanical systems. The performance questions here are modern ones — summer overheating, indoor air quality, ventilation commissioning and acoustics — and our role is largely consultancy and verification.
Investigation only, remedial works, or a complete retrofit — your choice.
RetrofitIQ is not only a diagnostics company. We take projects from first investigation through to verified improvement — and you decide how far we go. Engage us for an investigation on its own, for an investigation plus targeted remedial works, or for a complete building-performance and retrofit project in Canary Wharf.
- Airtightness improvements & draught-proofing
- Internal wall insulation (IWI)
- External wall insulation (EWI)
- Loft & roof insulation
- Suspended floor & underfloor insulation
- Thermal-bridge detailing & correction
- Extract ventilation & MVHR installation
- Soundproofing & acoustic upgrades
- General building-fabric improvements
The buildings of Canary Wharf, and how they perform.
These towers are airtight by design, with sealed façades, large areas of solar-exposed glazing and centralised or per-flat mechanical ventilation. When comfort complaints arise they are rarely about draughts; they are about heat gain, under-performing or uncommissioned ventilation, filtration and noise transfer.
- High-rise new-build apartments (sealed façades)
- Glazed riverside towers with mechanical ventilation
- Serviced and rented apartments
- Mixed-use residential / commercial buildings
- Penthouse and high-spec fit-outs
Thermal Imaging Surveys in Canary Wharf
In Canary Wharf, thermal imaging is used to check slab-edge and frame thermal bridges and to verify façade performance rather than to find missing loft insulation.
- Mapping heat loss through walls, roofs and floors
- Locating missing, slumped or incomplete insulation
- Identifying thermal bridging and cold spots
- Highlighting surfaces at risk of condensation
- Revealing hidden defects behind finishes
Damp, Condensation & Mould Investigations in Canary Wharf
Condensation in E14 towers is usually localised to cold bridge details or under-ventilated rooms; we measure to pinpoint it.
- Separating condensation from penetrating and rising damp
- Finding mould behind wardrobes, furniture and in cold corners
- Measuring relative humidity, surface temperature and dew point
- Assessing ventilation provision and moisture sources
- Combining thermal imaging with a building-physics review
Heat Loss & Energy Efficiency Surveys in Canary Wharf
Here the priority is controlling solar gain and verifying ventilation heat recovery, not solid-wall heat loss.
- Pinpointing where heat escapes — walls, floors, roofs, windows and doors
- Setting fabric-first retrofit priorities in the right order
- Quantifying the impact of each potential improvement
- Assessing heat pump readiness where relevant
- Producing a clear, costed improvement plan
Blower Door Testing & Airtightness in Canary Wharf
These buildings are already tight — our focus is ventilation commissioning, airflow measurement and indoor air quality.
- Measuring air leakage and uncontrolled heat loss (ACH₅₀)
- Locating draughts with smoke tracing
- Identifying leakage paths through floors, lofts and services
- Guiding targeted airtightness improvements
- Verifying performance before and after retrofit works
Retrofit & Building Physics Advice
We can specify and oversee ventilation re-commissioning, filtration upgrades, solar-control measures and acoustic improvements, then verify the result.
- A fabric-first, Passive House-informed approach
- Retrofit advice aligned with PAS 2035 principles
- Internal and external wall insulation risk assessment
- Thermal-bridge reduction and condensation-risk modelling
- A coherent ventilation strategy to protect health and fabric
Common building performance problems in Canary Wharf.
A technical, building-physics-led specialist in Canary Wharf.
Book a Building Performance Survey in Canary Wharf.
Request a thermal imaging, damp, condensation or heat loss investigation — or speak to us about a full retrofit. We diagnose by measurement and, where you want it, carry out and verify the works.