NEWS
Tories back energy efficiency, but ignore issues of air quality
Manifesto fails to set timetable for the delayed Clean Growth Plan
Hive of activity – agile working design
Agile workplaces that allow staff to choose where they work are making inroads in offices. Liza Young finds out how such spaces will work alongside wellbeing principles
Health & wellbeing
From first to last – BIM at Birmingham City University
BIM data has been used at Birmingham City University, from concept design to operation. Hoare Lea’s Sadie Adams, Sabrina Gill and Alec Mabbott explain how they extracted full value from the project data
BIM
Emergency lighting standards
Revised emergency lighting standards now include sections on emergency safety and standby lighting. Atkins’ David Mooney highlights what this means for designers
Lighting
COMMERCIAL HEATING SPECIAL
Royal Academy refurb; heat networks best practice; water treatment guide
CASE STUDIES
Groundbreaking services design in the best buildings of today
Making the case for evaporative cooling
Evaporative cooling can save energy when used in the right climate. AEI’s James Falconer looks at the technology in Hong Kong, Las Vegas and London, and explains why the cooling method is making a comeback
Cooling
Women making a landmark contribution
Exemplar projects with key roles for females help improve engineering’s gender bias. Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day, Andrew Brister talks to three women who are helping deliver a new ‘statement’ building for the London School of Economics
careers