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
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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
Case study: the challenge of reusing central plant at the £60m retrofit of 1 Finsbury Avenue
Arup reused as much MEP plant as possible when transforming a 1980s City office into a stripped-back space aimed at London’s dynamic tech sector. Andy Pearson looks at how embodied energy use at 1 Finsbury Avenue was minimised in a major £60m retrofit
Product information code that aims to clear a path to safer buildings
Following recommendations in the Hackitt Review to improve product marketing information, the Construction Products Association has developed a code to drive up standards, as Peter Caplehorn explains
Gree’s award-winning net zero carbon cooling solution
Air conditioning giant Gree has been recognised as joint winner of the 2021 Global Cooling Prize for creating an air conditioning prototype with five times less climate impact than a standard product. Gree UK’s Tim Boxall reveals the innovations behind its winning solution
Repeat performance: componentisation in offsite manufacturing
For adoption of offsite manufacturing to succeed, products should be combined to form components that can be replicated from project to project. Ramboll’s Chris Soley explains the value of componentisation
Why space volume matters in Covid-19 transmission
It’s not just ventilation that removes viable virus from indoor air. To understand the risk of transmission of Covid-19, the University of Nottingham’s Benjamin Jones and Chris Iddon say other mechanisms that are dependent on the volume of a space have to be considered
CIBSE Building Performance Award winner: Amorepacific headquarters, Seoul
To reduce energy demand and enhance occupant comfort and wellbeing, passive systems for daylighting, shading and natural ventilation were maximised at the HQ of Seoul’s largest cosmetics company, Amorepacific, as Andy Pearson reports