The tragic death of Awaab Ishak should be a very clear reminder to us all of the fundamental importance of the Building Regulations’ requirement to provide adequate ventilation in any habitable building, and not just in a pandemic, says Hywel Davies
Tag: Ventilation
Calculating indoor infection risk
To understand how ventilation reduces Covid transmission it is important to look at the level of risk as the number of building occupants increases, says Chris Iddon, who introduces a methodology that addresses the difference in personal and population risk
Case study: Edge Suedkreuz offices in Berlin
The striking Edge Suedkreuz office development in Berlin required a space-defying chilled beam system design that met the building’s exacting ventilation, cooling and heating demands. Andy Pearson reports
Case study: Houlton School retrofit
Turning a radio transmitter station into a sustainable new school for Rugby involved vastly improving the historic fabric of the building while designing new teaching blocks to a high thermal performance to ensure top marks for low energy use. Andy Pearson reports
Riding high: Dubai’s indoor rollercoaster
An effective air condition system was essential to making the Storm indoor rollercoaster viable in Dubai’s desert environment. Andy Pearson explains how Cundall minimised cooling loads by creating a temperature gradient using a tower of air handling units
Bloom Clerkenwell: the peak of health
To tempt workers back to the office, developers have to deliver healthy workplaces that score highly on sustainability and smart technology. Andy Pearson looks at post-pandemic office design at Bloom Clerkenwell
Life enhancing: improving IAQ with smart systems
Exposure to indoor particulate pollution can significantly affect health over a lifetime. Research by Dr Elizabeth Cooper and Dr Yan Wang suggests that the smart integration of automated windows and home air purifiers could improve average life expectancy by six months
Keeping it clean: award-winning UV-C lighting
The germicidal effects of UV light were discovered in 1877. Now, in the shadow of Covid-19, an application of UV-C is winning plaudits and a CIBSE Building Performance Award. Phil Lattimore reports
Clear evidence: applying cleanroom technology to commercial buildings
Cleanroom ventilation systems are used to ensure pathogen-free indoor spaces in life science buildings, but can the technology be used in commercial offices? Clean Air Technologies’ Brendon McManus MCIBSE, Richard Fagg and Steve Robinson put the theory to the test by measuring the clean-up rate in a mock-up of a boardroom
Optimising ventilation in the post-Covid classroom
To optimise classroom indoor air quality, schools need to take a holistic approach to natural ventilation and air cleaning technology, argues CIBSE’s Chris Iddon