F-gas flammable sign

Sounding the alarm – flammable refrigerant gas safety concerns

Air conditioning and refrigeration firms are becoming increasingly worried about the amount of flammable refrigerant gas being used by engineers without suitable training, writes Ewen…

November 2018
CIBSE Journal October 2018 Smoke control Roundtable

Roundtable – key issues around smoke control regulation after Grenfell

Fire safety issues flagged by Dame Judith Hackitt after Grenfell were tackled by smoke control experts at a recent roundtable sponsored by Colt. Liza Young…

September 2018

Fit for purpose – how best to keep cool in exercise spaces

Current design guidance for fitness spaces is not always optimised for comfort, according to Max Fordham’s Henry Pelly, who says people exercising keep cool more…

September 2018
CIBSE Journal October 2018 acoustic drainage

Acoustic session – eliminating drainage noise

Without appropriate acoustic drainage people living in close proximity can be disturbed by unwanted noise from neighbours, says Rehau’s Franz Huelle

September 2018
CIBSE Journal October 2018 Emmeti MLCP pipework

Smooth operator – multi-layer composite pipes

Piping made from multi-layer composite pipe is a viable alternative to copper because it offers flexibility, speed of installation and the elimination of hot works…

September 2018
CIBSE Journal October 2018 Blocked pipe Icom guide

Hard facts – new Icom guide to water quality

An estimated half of all commercial hot-water systems have operational problems because of limescale, says Sentinel Commercial’s Chris Shelton, who believes Icom’s new guide can…

September 2018
CIBSE Journal September 2018 Proline MVHR Salford Quays

Cool city living – tackling overheating risk in a glazed Salford tower

When excessive glazing caused a high-rise tower block in the centre of Manchester to overheat, contractor Proline developed a solution that plugged into a district…

August 2018

Heat recovery at the University Arms Hotel

Cambridge’s University Arms Hotel refurbishment had to accommodate a complex heat recovery system on a constrained site with strict planning restrictions. Nuaire’s Andrew Bott explains

August 2018
CIBSE Journal September 2018 Benjamin Jones PM2.5

What’s cooking – measuring PM2.5

To ensure indoor air quality measurements in homes are accurate and repeatable, we need standards that clearly define sensor types, calibration methods, sampling frequency, averaging…

August 2018
CIBSE Journal September 2018 dilapidations

Take despair out of disrepair – guidance on dilapidations

Guidance on dilapidations from building services engineers is a specialist area, argues TFT’s Marc Hill – so what should be considered before a lease starts,…

August 2018
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