Contents: Issue 7, August 2009

News

Find out the latest news from the building services industry.

CIBSE News

An update for members from CIBSE.

News analysis

The new energy White Paper is out, but how will it affect building services?

Letters

Read your fellow peers' views.

Renewing the rule

Engineers should get back into the carbon-saving driving seat, says Glen Irwin (pictured right).

Letter of the law?

Hywel Davies explains the legal importance of the many 'Approved Documents' in Building Regulations, particularly those arising from the recent consultations on Parts L and F of the Regs.

Flexible know-how

Carina Bailey reports on a new way to learn without being confined to a classroom.

Weather map

Anastasia Mylona explains how to incorporate weather and climate data into building design – without losing sleep.

Standard bearer

New energy labels for buildings could be making their way across the Atlantic, reports Tim Dwyer.

Feeling at home with the code

The Good Homes Alliance reveals the valuable lessons learned when developers undertook building projects to meet the stringent targets set out in the Code for Sustainable Homes.

Healthier chill

An outcry has broken out in the UK refrigeration and aircon industry over Europe's aim to ban certain greenhouse gases from cooling equipment. Ewen Rose reports.

Illuminating design

Paul Haddlesey examines the future of lighting.

Keeping the legions at bay

Ian Vallely explores the potential dangers posed by Legionnaires' disease in certain renewable systems.