Making space: retrofit of Brutalist office Space House

Constrained by the rigid concrete frame of the Grade II-listed Space House, Atelier Ten had to work creatively to accommodate low carbon MEP systems in the iconic office’s recent refurbishment. Andy Pearson looks at the solutions

Alive to opportunities: Build2Perform 2024

The two days of CIBSE Build2Perform Live showed that designing and maintaining sustainable buildings not only benefits the environment, but also has a significant positive impact on people’s lives, reports Alex Smith

Doing more with less: interview with SLL President Dan Lister

Lighting design should prioritise people-orientated lighting solutions while reducing embodied and operational carbon, according to SLL president Dan Lister, who tells Molly Tooher-Rudd that lighters should learn lessons from the past, when high costs meant luminaires were used sparingly

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Renewing tradition: installing PVs on King’s College Chapel

Grade I-listed King’s College Chapel, in Cambridge, is one of the UK’s most revered buildings, so a new photovoltaic array on the roof had to be designed with utmost sensitivity. Alex Smith finds out how Max Fordham’s design satisfied the planners

Cutting carbon: Whitecroft Lighting’s C2C approach

Whitecroft Lighting won a CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award by adopting lean manufacturing and design to cut life-cycle carbon from its products by up to 46%. Molly Tooher-Rudd speaks to the firm’s Tim Bowes about its circular approach