Winner of the 2021 CIBSE Building Performance Awards Product or Innovation of the Year – Wellbeing is a timely productivity mapping toolkit from Cundall that helps make the business case for interventions in workplaces to improve wellbeing. Phil Lattimore reports
Author: Alex Smith
Spinning the golden thread
With the Building Safety Bill due to be introduced into Parliament, one topic has been enthusiastically debated: the golden thread. Hywel Davies considers this fundamental component of the new regime
Global reach: Q&A with Adrian Gray
Hurley Palmer Flatt’s merger with American company HDR means Adrian Gray has global responsibilities
Making sense of air quality sensors
Air quality sensors are not fit and forget – they require maintenance and will drift over time. Arup’s James Hare explains how to specify accurate monitoring devices and ensure they remain accurate over time
Open to change: interview with CIBSE President Kevin Kelly
To rise to the challenge of delivering safe and healthy net zero carbon buildings, the building services engineering industry must embrace diversity and become more inclusive, says new CIBSE President Kevin Kelly. He talks to Alex Smith about plans for his year in office and how he’s already taken action to get more women on the CIBSE Board
Survey: Clients crucial to driving change in a climate emergency
Many clients are driving change towards net-zero buildings, but finance and resource constraints are holding back others, according to a survey of 49 firms signed up to Building Services Engineers Declare. Hoare Lea’s Ashley Bateson and Andy Cane report the main findings
Research benefits from Munters’ climate-control solution
Bespoke dry room opens up new opportunities for University of Birmingham
Meaning business: How CIBSE Award winner makes low carbon retrofits pay
When recession hit Ireland in 2008, Lawler Consulting turned to energy-performance contracting to engineer efficiency savings for its grateful clients. Since then, it has enjoyed growth in Ireland and the rest of the world, and this year retained its Consultant of the Year (0-50 employees) crown at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards. Andy Pearson reports
London’s hidden energy source: recovering heat from sewage
A new wastewater heat-recovery project announced by Thames Water and Kingston Council could provide a model for future schemes in London. Andy Pearson reports
Cooling’s pathway to net zero
For the UK to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the cooling industry must radically improve the efficiency of equipment and switch to ultra-low global warming potential refrigerants. Andy Pearson looks at a proposed timetable for action