Case Studies
Outstanding projects highlighting services design and operation
Out of reach – South Bank Tower retrofit
September 2016
Refurbishment
In control – thermal comfort and productivity
Architect AHMM has used its office as a testbed for thermal strategies in a building with no cooling. AHMM’s Craig Robertson and Ines Idzikowski Perez,…
September 2016
Cooling
Heat stress – addressing overheating at Addenbrooke’s Rosie maternity unit
Mothers, babies and staff at the Rosie maternity unit in Cambridge can endure summer temperatures of over 30°C. Alan Short, Renganathan Giridharan, and Kevin Lomas…
July 2016
Overheating
Cambridge first – exemplary retrofit of Grade I listed halls of residence at Trinity College
A Grade I listed hall of residence at Trinity College, Cambridge has undergone a highly sensitive upgrade that sets the standard for the green retrofitting…
June 2016
Refurbishment
Hoare Lea and Herzog & De Meuron’s Blavatnik School of Government
Herzog & De Meuron’s sleek, minimal design for University of Oxford's school of government meant Hoare Lea’s mixed-mode ventilation system had to be discreet, as…
May 2016
Cooling
Monumental feat: BIM Level 2 on The Monument Building
As the built industry moves towards digital delivery, Liza Young finds out how Skanska used BIM Level 2 in the design and construction of The…
May 2016
BIM
The UK’s largest Passivhaus: University of Leicester’s Centre for Medicine
The University of Leicester’s Centre for Medicine is the largest project in the UK to gain Passivhaus certification. Andy Pearson looks at how outstanding teamwork…
April 2016
Passivhaus
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