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Air of excitement: air quality award shortlist

Ahead of the 2025 CIBSE Building Performance Awards, we review the shortlist for the Product or Innovation –…

January 2025

Beware double standards: pressurisation design and expansion vessel sizing

There are two standards for pressurisation design and expansion vessel sizing, which is causing confusion that threatens performance,…

January 2025

British Land’s heat pump retrofit at York House

The adoption of energy management standards has been key to enabling British Land to target net zero carbon…

January 2025

A guide to trustworthy heat pump design

A new Passivhaus Trust guide to air-to-water heat pumps aims to highlight some of the complex aspects of…

November 2024

Kilowatts to Kernow: Decarbonising Cornish housing

In developing a decarbonisation strategy for housing in Cornwall, Etude is recommending a heat pump-first approach for the majority of properties, as Chris…

October 2024

Laying the ground for heat networks in Leeds

The rapidly growing Leeds Pipes heat network connects to diverse building types and is an industry exemplar, says…

October 2024

From gas to green: heat pump installation at Greenpeace

By swapping a boiler for an air source heat pump at its North London HQ, Greenpeace UK is…

October 2024

Suite savings: harnessing waste heat in hotels

Hotels ask guests to reuse towels to save energy, but installing waste-water heat pumps to reuse heat would…

September 2024

The museum of tomorrow: The London Museum transformation

The London Museum’s relocation to Smithfield Market is an ambitious £437m project to transform a series of abandoned…

September 2024

The bigger picture: non-domestic heat pump retrofits

Retrofitting heat pumps in non-domestic buildings will be key if the UK is to meet its net zero…

May 2024

Revisiting retrofits 10 years on: key lessons for the future of retrofit

CIBSE, Studio PDP and 10 Design have investigated how 10 housing projects are performing 10 years after they…

March 2024

High hopes: overcoming challenges with high-temperature heat pump integration

Retrofitting with high-temperature heat pumps can pose significant challenges if buildings are not properly investigated first. Baxi’s Ryan…

February 2024

Taking the heat out of decarbonisation: insights from CIBSE’s roundtable

Eight industry experts came together to discuss the challenges of decarbonising heating in CIBSE Journal’s latest roundtable. Amanda…

November 2023

What’s in store? Innovation in thermal storage

Researchers at the universities of Bath and Swansea claim to have made a breakthrough in thermal storage using…

August 2023

Beauty in standardisation: Travis Perkins’ digital plan to decarbonise housebuilding

Travis Perkins’ WholeHouse digital design platform allows housebuilders to deliver efficient, repeatable housing to the latest sustainability standards,…

July 2023
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