A new integrated simulation tool aims to close the gap between architectural form-making and environmental performance at the earliest stages of design. Joel Callow, founding director at Beyond Carbon, explains how it works
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Making compliance work smarter: AI tools for building regulations
A new AI Platform aims to solve the ‘information crisis’ in building services engineering. Dr Carl-Magnus von Behr explains how sector-specific AI tools can help building services professionals manage rising compliance pressures, fragmented guidance and growing documentation demands.
Making the future of the lighting industry brighter
The use of artificial intelligence in lighting is changing the industry rapidly. Darren Smith, specification leader at Signify UKI, explores how the technology is enhancing consumer experiences and professional workflows
Hot-water boost to heat network efficiency
Jacobs has designed a Generation 4.5 heat network that uses an innovative boost electrode to deliver domestic hot water, allowing the system to operate efficiently at a 45°C flow temperature for 80% of the year. The company’s Adam Selvey FCIBSE explains how it works
Building on spending: investing in net zero
The government’s Spending Review committed £80bn to decarbonisation, but policy gaps remain around embodied carbon and skills, says CIBSE’S Anastasia Mylona
Gateway to failure: building safety flaws uncovered
The Building Safety Regulator has published a case study that demonstrates some of the failures that are causing 70% of all designs to be rejected at Gateway 2 of the building control regime for higher-risk buildings
‘Walking the talk’: building performance at 20 Fenchurch Street
At 20 Fenchurch Street, collaborative, data-led interventions have improved building performance dramatically. Andy Pearson looks at how proactive facilities management and occupier engagement have reaped huge energy savings
Forward thinker: Vince Arnold’s Vision as CIBSE President
‘Paying it forward’ not only equips the next generation of engineers with the skills and knowledge to deliver high-performance buildings, but it also provides some of the most rewarding experiences of a building professional’s career, says new CIBSE President Vince Arnold
Departure from the norm: digital optimisation at Sydney Airport
By harnessing advanced analytics and machine learning, A.G. Coombs Group and Exergenics delivered major energy savings in the chiller systems at Sydney Airport, at minimum cost. Molly Tooher-Rudd finds out how
CIBSE Ireland’s role in sustainable engineering and decarbonisation
As Ireland accelerates its drive towards net zero, CIBSE Ireland chair Laura McMahon discusses key priorities, sector challenges, and her vision for a more inclusive and sustainable engineering future
