Case Studies
Outstanding projects highlighting services design and operation
July 2018
Energiesprong – the Dutch system that could rescue Britain’s social housing
Energiesprong is a Dutch housing process that encourages developers to consider real-world performance. Alex Smith looks at the first UK pilot and Melius Homes’ strategy…
June 2018
Refurbishment
Using cloud-based BIM to design London’s Royal Wharf development
Online-based BIM collaboration is helping to deliver the Royal Wharf development in London’s Docklands, as Phil Lattimore reports
May 2018
BIM
Using Soft Landings to optimise the UK’s biggest Passivhaus
Soft Landings helped the George Davies Centre to a DEC A rating after completion. Willmott Dixon’s Khasha Mohammadian says Passivhaus resulted in significantly lower heat…
May 2018
Passivhaus
Case study: Killynure Green low energy housing
A low energy housing scheme in Northern Ireland impressed at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards, where it won Project of the Year – Residential. Andy…
March 2018
Passive design
Innovative ventilation at the Simon Sainsbury Centre
Arup’s innovative ventilation strategy not only preserved the aesthetic of the Simon Sainsbury Centre in Cambridge, but also exploited the building’s thermal mass. Arup’s Joshua…
March 2018
Ventilation
Case study: Optimising heat at Little Kelham housing scheme
LEDA had to come up with an innovative solution when it was asked to design the heating, hot-water and ventilation systems for a part-built housing…
March 2018
Housing
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