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IESVE and Pollination join forces to streamline BIM-to-BEM interoperability
The partnership is a game-changer for modellers that use Revit or Rhino to more easily integrate IESVE’s…
May 2025
Ecobat battery grows its ESS business
Ecobat Battery expands into the energy storage system (ESS) sector
May 2025
Tall order: fire safety guidance for façades
Following the ban on the use of combustible materials in some building façades, two industry bodies have come together to produce guidance on these legislative…
October 2020
Safety with numbers: using data to make workplaces Covid-secure
Data monitoring can help identify poorly ventilated office spaces at risk from Covid-19, as well as highlight poorly performing HVAC systems during lockdowns, says Carbon…
October 2020
Understanding Hepa filters
An appropriately specified Hepa filter can be used in mechanically ventilated spaces and recirculating systems to practically remove small airborne particulates. CIBSE Journal technical editor…
August 2020
Clear guidance: TR40 Best practice for exhaust ventilation
The risk of death and illness because of exposure to hazardous substances in the workplace can be cut by following the best practice guidance in…
August 2020
Measuring overheating
To minimise overheating in homes it is important to produce accurate models to understand where risks might lie. To test the accuracy of modellers’ predictions,…
August 2020
Calculating Covid-19 risk according to activity and indoor space
A group of UK researchers has attempted to quantify the transmission risk of airborne Covid-19 infection according to activity and type of indoor space. Chris…
August 2020
Safe return: making school air conditioning Covid-secure
As children across the UK return to the classroom, schools have had to devise Covid-secure services strategies to safeguard pupils and staff. Chris Baker details…
August 2020
How thermal storage will free up roofspace at Millennium Bridge House
By using thermal storage in buildings with cooling and heating requirements, designers can cut energy use, reduce HVAC plant and potentially free up space for…
August 2020
Quality assured: regulating the heat network industry
With investment in heat networks expected to rise exponentially, the government is proposing mandatory testing to ensure the new wave of low carbon district heating…
July 2020
Are smart home technologies too clever for the industry?
Dan Cash summarises – and responds to – key questions raised in July's article on smart home technologies
July 2020
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