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March 2026
New CIBSE-certified CPD explains the potential of wireless lighting controls for retrofit
The CPD is designed to support the growing demand for smarter, more sustainable commercial building retrofits.
February 2026
Reality gap: Modelling with CIBSE TM63 to identify performance gaps
CIBSE’s TM63 helps identify a building’s performance gap by evaluating its in-use performance to provide a benchmark that reflects real-life operating conditions. Authors Esfand Burman and…
February 2021
Ambient Lighting Manifesto: the response
In December, CIBSE Journal published an ‘ambient lighting manifesto’, written by four highly respected lighting academics who are calling for a paradigm shift in lighting practice. Here,…
February 2021
Ten big changes in CP1 Heat Network Code of Practice
A big update to the CP1 (2020) Heat networks: Code of Practice aims to improve performance and provide the foundations for a quality assurance scheme.…
January 2021
Watershed moment: closed-loop pre-treatment cleaning of pipework
A method of pre-commission pipework cleaning that could save millions of litres of water has been accepted by BSRIA in its BG29/209 guidance. Alex Smith…
January 2021
Refrigerant rethink: measuring the environmental impact of HVAC
Specifiers need to start assessing a refrigerant’s embodied carbon as well as its global warming potential, says Klima-Therm’s Tim Mitchell, who is working with bodies…
January 2021
LETI’s plan for retrofit energy targets
The energy demand of our homes must be reduced significantly to make a net-zero future viable, but for a high proportion of existing buildings this…
January 2021
Heart of the matter: calculating embodied carbon using TM65
Embodied carbon in MEP equipment makes up a large proportion of building emissions, but is hard to measure. Elementa Consulting’s Louise Hamot and Clara Bagenal…
January 2021
Business studies: adapting commercial offices for universities
With office occupation in central London not expected to return to pre-Covid levels, Andy Pearson finds out how space has been repurposed for university students…
December 2020
Research on indoor air quality for homeworkers
Millions of people now work from home because of Covid-19 restrictions, but are they working in a healthy environment? Researchers have assessed the impact on…
December 2020
The ambient lighting manifesto
Leading lighting academics Peter Boyce, Kit Cuttle, Kevin Kelly and Peter Raynham are calling for a fundamental change to lighting practice
December 2020
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