Security and innovation were two of the key themes at the CIBSE Building Performance Conference and Exhibition. Alex Smith and Liza Young report on the highlights of the 2015 event and pick out the issues and technologies most likely to transform the building services industry in the next few years
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Falling into place – what we have learned about ESOS ahead of December deadline
With only days until the deadline for the first phase of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme, Liza Young finds out the challenges for businesses on the road to certification
Giant strides – Cisco and Johnson Controls merge BMS and IT
Technology giants Johnson Controls and Cisco have merged the BMS and IT technologies at a Cisco HQ in the UK on a single platform, and are generating savings of £120,000 per building per year. Alex Smith reports
Building Performance Awards 2016 shortlists
Four new project categories in the 2016 Building Performance Awards have attracted a wide range of exemplar case studies, making the judges’ job even tougher this year. Alex Smith had a ringside seat at the shortlisting session to find out which entries made the final round
Hall of fame – Liverpool’s St George’s Hall
Neil Sturrock, from CIBSE Heritage Group, explains why Liverpool’s St George’s Hall was the first air-conditioned building
The right tool for the job? Testing the BIM Toolkit
The NBS BIM Toolkit is designed to help organisations reach Level 2 BIM, but how does it perform under test conditions? The CIBSE BIM Group used the beta version on a hypothetical junior school project and found issues that urgently need to be addressed. Tim Dwyer reports
Surviving the boom times: building services consultant survey
Business may be booming in the building services sector, but the pressures of frozen fees, skills shortages and rising construction costs mean industry’s top consultants cannot afford to be complacent. Roxane McMeeken reports on the findings from CIBSE Journal’s first consultant survey and speaks to industry leaders facing an overheating market
University challenge – optimising BMS at Oxford University
When the project team uncovered issues with a new ground source heat pump in a flagship building at the University of Oxford, it prompted a large-scale investigation of existing HVAC systems across the estate. Liza Young looks at how system optimisation is helping the university to cut its carbon emissions
Building by the book – UEL’s award-winning Stratford Library
Soft landings is instrumental in helping Aecom target tough energy requirements for the University of East London’s new library in Stratford. Andy Pearson found out how continual refinement of the building, once in operation, helped it win CIBSE’s New Build Project of the Year (up to £10m) award
Storm warnings – what are the threats to industry?
Hear the views of other key speakers from CIBSEs’s Building Performance Conference on the greatest threat to the design, construction and operation of buildings