Engineering the next decade of Healthcare Estates
Healthcare Estates takes place on 13–14 October, at Manchester Central
August 2026
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Schools face heating decarbonisation challenge as policy and funding landscape shifts
New Baxi report maps the regulations, grants and practical considerations shaping the move to low-carbon heating across…
August 2026
Water misting demystified
A new European standard on the design and testing of water misting gives specifiers the confidence to assess the suitability of the fire-protection system across…
July 2026
Optimising heat network design
Optimising heat pumps and electric boilers to minimise capital costs and customer bills will be essential to realising the government’s ambitious plans for heat networks.…
July 2026
The hidden damper danger: fire safety guidance
One of the key pieces of legislation relating to UK fire safety post-Grenfell is DW145, the BESA standard on fire damper installation, maintenance and testing.…
July 2026
Cooling the suburbs: air-to-air heat pumps
John Greengrass MCIBSE specified reversible air-to-air heat pumps for his 1930s semi-detached house, to supplement his solar heating – but the cooling function is now…
July 2026
HEM unlocked: modelling ventilation under the Future Homes Standard
With the Future Home Standard requiring more airtight, better insulated buildings, mechanical ventilation will become standard from 2027. Xinyi Zhang and Richard Fitton examine how…
June 2026
Joined up heating: integrated design
The fragmented nature of heat pump design and delivery can greatly undermine performance in commercial schemes, says Lochinvar’s Liam Elmore, who argues that an integrated…
May 2026
TM39: Building metering and monitoring guide
The new TM39: Building metering and monitoring guide lays out the framework for developing a successful metering strategy. As well as case studies and analysis…
May 2026
View from the summit: key lessons from decarbonisation and heat pump conferences
The CIBSE Heat Pump Summit provided insight and lessons learned at the Manly Trust Skills Hub. Alex Smith and Cathy King report
May 2026
Roundtable: Liquid cooling in data centres
As demand for AI pushes data centre rack power from 20kW to 130kW, the industry is hitting the physical limits of air cooling. Experts at…
May 2026
Heat Pump Research Symposium: From performance to practice
What is really limiting heat pump deployment? Tim Dwyer looks at barriers and opportunities after considering research and evidence presented at the government’s recent heat…
April 2026
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