Hywel Davies HonFCIBSE may have retired from CIBSE, but Alex Smith discovers he is still at the forefront of building safety reform and will continue to cajole industry and government to strive for safer buildings
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Winners of CIBSE’s 2024 Building Performance Awards
York Guildhall, the 2024 Building Performance Champion, is an exemplary restoration of a historic landmark, which also provides a sustainable cultural hub for the city’s future generations
Leading the charge: CIBSE’s STEM ambassadors
CIBSE President Adrian Catchpole speaks to three engineers who have responded to his call for more STEM Ambassadors and finds out what they are doing to promote building services in schools
Coming into bloom: implementing the new Biodiversity Net Gain Regulation
The new Biodiversity Net Gain Regulation gives engineers the opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of their designs. Molly Tooher-Rudd speaks to biodiversity experts about the potential for nature-led solutions
A model retrofit: the Building Simulation Award 2023 winner
The integrated modelling of an office retrofit in Weybridge won Yorgos Koronaios the Building Simulation Award 2023. Savills Earth’s Alexandros Chalkias MCIBSE looks at the work that gained Building 100 an impressive Nabers Design for Performance rating of 5.5
Engineering resilience: the 2024 Hays Salary Survey
While the construction sector faces economic headwinds, building services engineers are forging ahead as demand for skills related to decarbonisation grows. David Blackman reports on findings from the 2024 Hays Salary Survey
Insights into industry: a career in public health engineering
Outgoing SoPHE chair Peter White looks back at his career as a public health engineer, and at the challenges and innovations shaping the industry’s future
The X Factor: XCO2’s holistic approach to environmental consultancy
CIBSE Building Performance Award Winner XCO2 was set up to provide MEP and environmental engineering, which has enabled a holistic approach to building design, focusing on passive design and ‘barely there’ services. Andy Pearson speaks to co-founder Tom Kordel
Platform for change: insights from CIBSE Build2Perform Live 2023
CIBSE Build2Perform Live was a platform for industry professionals and academics to highlight the issues vital to the built environment tackling its net zero challenges while ensuring the safety and comfort of end users. Alex Smith, Molly Tooher-Rudd and Mike Sewell report
Net zero design: the Future Homes and Buildings Standard
Government net zero proposals for the Future Homes and Buildings Standards gave CIBSE Members plenty to digest over the Christmas period. Alex Smith looks at the proposed changes and how they will affect the specifying of low carbon technologies