Good ventilation in trains is essential for passenger comfort, but how does it compare with air quality practice in the built environment. Ben Warren, of the Rail Safety and Standards Board, shares insights from a recent study
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Day One at the CIBSE- IBPSA-England Technical Symposium
Professor Tadj Oreszczyn opened the CIBSE IBPSA-England Technical Symposium at UCL last month. Molly Tooher-Rudd reports from day one
Dancing on air: designing Sadler’s Wells East
In contemporary dance performance, attention to detail is everything – nothing should break the connection between the dancer and the audience, including the background hum of heating and cooling systems. Andy Pearson looks at how Buro Happold met the exacting acoustic requirements at Sadler’s Wells East
Testing the limits: lowering operating temperatures
Lowering operating temperatures will be essential if existing buildings are to plug into the next generation of heat networks. FairHeat’s Simran Chaggar drops the boiler setpoints in two commercial buildings to see how they cope
The unintended consequences of fire safety reform
Changes to fire safety rules are having unintended consequences that are stifling design and stalling delivery of high-rise flats, according to a new report by fire engineers and developers, who offer their proposals for improving the system
Tapping into efficiency: Passivhaus school’s point-of-use water heaters
At the Passivhaus-accredited Riverside Primary School in Perth, Scotland, the selection of point-of-use water heaters played a key role in driving down energy use. Baxi’s Andy Green explains how the optimal solution was realised
Power struggle: data centre design in the age of AI
AI is driving an exponential demand for data centres, which is leading to surging energy requirements, rising cooling demand and grid limitations. Molly Tooher-Rudd finds out how engineers are responding to sustainability challenges in the sector
No-brainer: creating a competence framework for sustainability
Developed as part of CIC’s Climate Action Plan, the Competence Framework for Sustainability lays the foundation for industry-wide standards that embed sustainability into the roles of professionals. The Edge’s Simon Foxell explains
The ties that bind: CIBSE and ASHRAE’s special relationship
Uncertainty over America’s international relationships may have been the backdrop to the ASHRAE Winter Conference, but CIBSE and its US counterparts continue to work together on key decarbonisation projects
Turning waste into warmth: how data centres can heat tomorrow’s cities
Aecom has helped develop a vast energy centre in West London that will pipe waste heat from data centres into 10,000 new homes and existing businesses via a heat network. The company’s Asad Kwaja looks at the ‘architecture’ behind the design
