Building Regulations update: building control for Higher Risk Buildings

The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023 come into force on 1 October. They set out the…

August 2023

Building Regulations update: role of Accountable Persons

New regulations come into force on 1 October for management of higher risk buildings under Part 4 of…

August 2023

Building Regulations update: duties and competence

The Building Regulations (Amendments etc) (England) Regulations 2023 insert a new Part 2A into the Building Regulations 2010.…

August 2023

Building Regulations updates: competence and compliance

The Building Safety Act paved the way for new regulations on buildings and the duties and competence of…

August 2023

Building Regulations update: inspections and information

Dame Judith Hackitt’s review of building regulations and fire safety exposed almost total failure to provide fire safety…

August 2023

A well-mixed cocktail? Air contaminant levels

A paper on the mixing of air in a contaminated space examined the difference between modelling and real-world…

August 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

TM65.2: shining a light on embodied energy

Calculating embodied energy in lighting equipment can now be done more accurately thanks to the new CIBSE TM65.2…

August 2023

Clear decisions: whole life carbon for façades

By applying the CWCT embodied carbon calculation methodology to a Croydon office, Patrick Ryan Associates estimated whether selecting…

August 2023

What the awards data reveals

The quality of data submitted alongside project entries for CIBSE’s Building Performance Awards improves each year. Julie Godefroy…

August 2023

Building Regulations update: single sex toilets

In response to a growing trend towards ‘gender neutral’ toilets, Government is consulting a new Part T of…

August 2023

Formula for success: Sizing heat pumps in hybrid energy centres

Reducing the size of heat pumps in hybrid energy centres can cut carbon and capital costs dramatically –…

July 2023

Lighting’s critical role in healthcare

As well as minimising infection risk, the big trend in healthcare lighting is circadian lighting. HDR’s Karen Murphy looks…

July 2023

Phased approach: optimising heat networks

The government’s new Heat Network Optimisation Guide aims to improve the performance of existing networks by rigorously analysing performance…

July 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