A pioneering energy network in London aims to use waste heat and integrated grid power to reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty in a series of connected buildings, as Andy Pearson finds out
Author: Alex Smith
Meeting the challenge of energy efficient ventilation
Maintaining good indoor air quality in buildings does not have to result in energy inefficient buildings, says Daikin
Innovation and solutions at the COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion
Max Fordham’s Katie Clemence-Jackson explains the aim of the COP26 Built Environment Virtual Pavilion
Podcast: how heat pumps are changing the future of heating and cooling
The design implications of specifying heat pumps for commercial projects
Bridging the procurement gap
The long-awaited Building Safety Bill will create a new regulator and make radical changes to the way we build. It will create a new safety regime for around 12,000 residential buildings – but is it enough to change the way we build, asks Hywel Davies
Food for thought: TM50 Energy efficiency in commercial kitchens
The new TM50 guide from CIBSE aims to help cut emissions and costs in kitchen services design says lead author Roz Burgess
Solar flair: how combined PV and solar thermal technology won a CIBSE product award
Naked Energy’s VirtuPVT technology was a clear winner in the CIBSE Building Performance Awards in the Product or Innovation of the Year – Thermal Comfort category. Phil Lattimore looks at how combining solar photovoltaic and thermal technology offers an alternative solution for low carbon heating and power
Cooling presentations at the 2021 CIBSE Technical Symposium
The CIBSE Technical Symposium taking place on 13-14 July is focusing on the new ‘normal’ after the global pandemic. Phil Lattimore previews four papers on cooling
Our time is now: interview with CIBSE CEO Ruth Carter
CIBSE’s new chief executive, Ruth Carter, says the Institution is on the cusp of an exciting new era, in which building services engineers will be integral to the creation of a new generation of net-zero buildings that will put occupants first
Evacuation lifts: an alternative escape route
Evacuation lifts have the potential to offer a safe route out of a building. Arup’s Eoin O’Loughlin and Harry Wiles, and Matthew Ryan of The Fire Surgery, look at the challenges and opportunities of incorporating them in fire strategies