The role of internal shading in reducing overheating risk is significant, even though regulatory compliance is not mandatory, says Anastasia Mylona
Author: Cathy King
Cooling for the vulnerable: mitigating overheating in care homes
Active cooling will be essential to avoid an overheating crisis in Britain’s care sector. HTA Design’s Serra Ardor presents a study evaluating a combination of passive and active strategies to find the most energy-efficient path to resident comfort
Water misting demystified
A new European standard on the design and testing of water misting gives specifiers the confidence to assess the suitability of the fire-protection system across a range of applications, says Hall & Kay’s Richard King
Optimising heat network design
Optimising heat pumps and electric boilers to minimise capital costs and customer bills will be essential to realising the government’s ambitious plans for heat networks. Max Fordham’s Adam Reeve looks at three routes to affordable heat, including storage, Grid balancing and hybrid heat sources
The hidden damper danger: fire safety guidance
One of the key pieces of legislation relating to UK fire safety post-Grenfell is DW145, the BESA standard on fire damper installation, maintenance and testing. Richard Crews, of Swift Fire Compliance, says the guide is long overdue
Higher standards: interview with CIBSE President Dave Cooper
Newly inaugurated CIBSE President Dave Cooper is using his extensive academic and practical experience in building services and vertical transportation to drive a new era of resilience in building design, he tells Alex Smith
30 under 30 2026: CIBSE’s brightest talent revealed
CIBSE Global YEN introduces its 30 under 30 for 2026, showcasing the the best and brightest young engineers
Cooling the suburbs: air-to-air heat pumps
John Greengrass MCIBSE specified reversible air-to-air heat pumps for his 1930s semi-detached house, to supplement his solar heating – but the cooling function is now proving its worth, writes Alex Smith
Roundtable: reducing the environmental impact of data centres
As ever more powerful chips push server rack densities to extreme heights, the data centre industry faces mounting pressure to minimise energy and water use. In part two of our data centre roundtable, industry experts discuss potential solutions
Joined up heating: integrated design
The fragmented nature of heat pump design and delivery can greatly undermine performance in commercial schemes, says Lochinvar’s Liam Elmore, who argues that an integrated approach is the best way to realise performance intent