The model set to replace SAP for home energy assessments is designed to work dynamically with new-era technologies such as energy storage, advanced control systems and dynamic tariffs. Sustenic’s John Henderson and Jose Ortiz FCIBSE highlight the potential of the Home Energy Model
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Contractor market grows, but cost and pay worries persist
Business growth in the building engineering sector was steady during the third quarter of2019, despite rises in material and labour costs, a trade association members’ survey has said. The latest Building Engineering Business Survey, which included data from the ECA,BESA, SELECT and SNIPEF, found that 79% of businesses reported their turnover had increased or stayed […]
Net Zero Council relaunched to accelerate transition from fossil fuels
Co-chaired by Ed Miliband the council will advise the government on the development of its net zero strategy
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Light2Perform: measuring embodied carbon with TM66
At Light2Perform, industry leaders debated TM66 and its transformative impact on sustainable lighting, as well as its influence on greener practices in the lighting sector
Making space: retrofit of Brutalist office Space House
Constrained by the rigid concrete frame of the Grade II-listed Space House, Atelier Ten had to work creatively to accommodate low carbon MEP systems in the iconic office’s recent refurbishment. Andy Pearson looks at the solutions
Labour pledges minimum energy standards for rental properties
Ed Miliband confirms that social housing as have to meet efficiency targets