Rate of climate change accelerating, warns IPCC
The current rate of global climate change is unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of years according to…
2 September 2021
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Schools trial air purifiers and UV
2 September 2021
All schools to get CO2 monitors
Schools in England will receive up to 300,000 carbon dioxide monitors to help them check air quality and ventilation effectiveness…
2 September 2021
New government strategy backs hydrogen for heat
Hydrogen will have a key role to play in the UK’s attempts to decarbonise heating, according to a new government…
2 September 2021
Commercial buildings could be ‘stranded’ by new MEES
Some commercial buildings could fail to meet legal minimum energy standards and become ‘stranded assets’, according to real estate management…
2 September 2021
Alliance plans overheating tool for homes
The Good Homes Alliance is to develop a tool for tackling overheating in existing homes. This project is in response…
2 September 2021
Government offers breathing space for product testing
The industry has responded positively to the government’s decision to postpone the introduction of new post-Brexit construction product marking rules.…
2 September 2021
Safety Bill will deliver biggest reform ‘in living memory’
CIBSE has welcomed the introduction into parliament of the long-awaited Building Safety Bill, which it said would deliver the biggest…
29 July 2021
Vallance report highlights importance of ventilation
A report commissioned by the government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, has highlighted the importance of building ventilation in…
29 July 2021
CIBSE publishes Covid-19 air cleaning technology guidance
New guidance on air cleaning technologies has been published by CIBSE. Covid-19: air cleaning technologies allows users to assess the…
29 July 2021
Safety golden thread to become law in 2023
Legislation to make the collection of ‘golden thread’ building performance information mandatory will come into effect as early as spring…
29 July 2021
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