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

Inspiring action: highlights from COP28

After attending COP28, Hoare Lea’s Ashley Bateson FCIBSE is more acutely aware than ever of the need to avoid fossil fuels, embrace biodiversity and focus on performance

Get ready for CIBSE Build2Perform Live 2023

The building services industry’s premier event includes, for the first time, the Light2Perform symposium and CABE’s Building Environment Live. Alex Smith picks out some highlights from the packed two days of discussions and learning

Why a circular economy matters

The construction and HVAC industries have a central role to play in adopting a circular economy approach to ensure we meet our net zero obligations and manage F-gas refrigerant supply sustainably.