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Contents: Issue 13, February 2010
News
News
Top stories include: construction skills crisis threatens carbon target; DECs fail to give true energy consumption picture; Part L changes only partly understood by business.
Putting the private sector in the frame
Government is to consult on proposals to widen the scope of DECs to include commercial buildings.
CIBSE News
Engaging young minds through eco-school status; conference to tackle future challenges in services sector; YEN Champions Awards 2010.
Opinion
Letters
Sustainable energy is a local community issue too; make fuller use of our green solutions.
Down but not out
There are still plenty of pressures left to force major carbon cuts, despite the failure of Copenhagen. (Richard John, pictured right)
Complementary skill
Commercial buildings need an army of ‘operational engineers’ to ensure they run effectively.
Legal column
A new European directive has implications for building control and energy certification.
Features
Winning ways
This year’s winners of the CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards.
Making it pay
How a government department gave its headquarters an eco-makeover.
Down to Zero
Is zero carbon new housing financially possible by 2016?
Glowing reference?
An examination of whether LEDs really are all they’re cracked up to be.
Back to basics
How energy efficiency and insulation in buildings have implications for flow rates and heat emissions.
Hot topic
CIBSE’s new guide to non-domestic hot water systems.
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Schools supplement
With only six years to go before one of the most gruelling targets for building services engineers comes into force in the UK – the requirement for zero-carbon new schools in 2016 – how will the education sector fare amid a squeeze on public sector spending?
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