Designing adequately sized windows for natural ventilation while ensuring occupants’ safety is a challenge. Benjamin Jones, Patrick Sharpe and Chris Iddon offer guidance ahead of CIBSE’s Applications Manual 10 update
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Servicing the circular economy
How can engineers accelerate the transition to a circular economy? Arup’s Harry Popplewell and Richard Boyd, UCL’s Ben Stubbs and CIBSE FM Group’s David Stevens, set the scene
Role models: The benefits and limitations of modelling
The CIBSE HVAC Systems and Building Simulation groups explored advanced building systems modelling during a discussion at Hoare Lea. Aecom’s Mary-Ann Clarke reports from the event
A pressing issue for refurbishment projects
There are numerous benefits of press connection technology for repair, refurbishment and retrofit including reducing downtime, improving cleanliness and minimising risk to the building and installer. Viega director Scott James explains
How audio visualisation can drive the natural ventilation of buildings
Acoustics and ventilation should be designed in tandem to ensure optimal performance in naturally ventilated buildings, says Mach’s Ze Nunes, who shares research on software that visualises noise to give designers a sound basis for their decision-making
The meaning of life: Comparing whole life carbon for gas and electric heating
As electricity generation reduces its carbon intensity, embodied carbon represents a higher proportion of whole-life carbon. Clara Bagenal George’s study, summarised at last month’s CIBSE Technical Symposium, considers the implications for building services
Simplifying building services installation
Using a single pipework installation method across an entire project has a number of benefits. Scott James, director at Viega, explains how press connection systems can provide the solution and the benefits of a single source of supply for copper, steel, stainless steel and multi-layer pipework
Carbon’s X factor
The mass uptake of heat pumps and widespread comfort cooling could be the consequence of lower carbon factors, says WSP’s Mark Grace
Thinking outside the box
Last year’s winner of the CIBSE Graduate of the Year Award, Ryan Rodrigues, talks about his win, his career goals, and inspiring the new generation of engineers