Voices

Expert views on the built environment

Hywel Davies

Don’t get MEES wrong – but guidance is not top-rated

In February, the government published official guidance on the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for non-domestic properties. Hywel Davies gives an…

March 2017
Joanne Merry

Inferior submetering is destroying performance

Poor design, specification and commissioning of submeters is costly, says Joanne Merry

March 2017
Hywel Davies

Digital modelling: from Level 2 BIM and beyond…

Building information modelling has been a hot topic in the built environment since the adoption of the 2011 BIM Task…

March 2017
Hywel Davies

Breaking up is hard – and there’s no standard formula

Hywel Davies looks at what Brexit means for European Standards and the Eurocodes

February 2017
More opinions

A fresh approach to helping everyone breathe more easily

A healthier new year, one and all

Lack of knowledge about safe storage may cost lives

Breaking BIM – the next generation

A tight call – what you need to know about airtightness testing

Why the London Plan is targeting zero carbon

The decade with a flair for innovation

Building on Brexit

We need leaders with tenacity to direct this transformation

We should not sit idly by when the thermodynamics of the planet are being disrupted by uninformed attitudes

The major roles of the designer will be the strategic parts that cannot be automated

Emerging cities and districts won’t be hampered by the need to redevelop legacy buildings and infrastructure

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