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
Avoiding the trap: embodied carbon and low-GWP heat pumps
Research by Max Fordham shows that air source heat pumps with low global warming potential refrigerant risk being penalised under current calculation methods for embodied…
December 2025
The application of heat pumps in non-domestic buildings
A packed CIBSE briefing looked at how heat pumps can be applied effectively in commercial buildings. Speakers explored design quality, retrofit challenges and the policy…
October 2025
Could waste heat hold the key to decarbonisation?
Seven heat networks based around waste-heat sources could supply up to 6% of London’s heat needs, according to a Waste Heat Study for the GLA…
October 2025
Optimising a new nature-first hotel through digital design
Parametric optimisation and real-time modelling guided early design choices at a new luxury hotel in Spain, cutting embodied and operational carbon. Aecom’s Inés Idzikowski Pérez on…
October 2025
Removing the blind spots: hybridised pipework
Hybridised construction products, such as polyethylene pre-insulated MLCP pipes, are slipping through the regulatory gaps. Chris Ridge, from the Thermal Insulation Contractors Association, believes informed specification…
October 2025
Down the plughole: heat recovery from shower wastewater
Wastewater heat recovery systems can reclaim up to 60% of shower energy. With showers using 20–30% of hot water, a new Rehva guide – summarised…
August 2025
Pushing the cooling limit: CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group
The limits of passive cooling, healthy learning environments and mitigating overheating were the core subjects of a topical summer event hosted by the CIBSE Natural Ventilation…
August 2025
Net zero’s mission possible? testing the UK-NZCBS pilot
Max Fordham has been testing the pilot version of the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard to see if its projects would hit the carbon limits.…
August 2025
Getting it right: simulation tool for integrating environmental design
A new integrated simulation tool aims to close the gap between architectural form-making and environmental performance at the earliest stages of design. Joel Callow, founding…
July 2025
Making compliance work smarter: AI tools for building regulations
A new AI Platform aims to solve the 'information crisis' in building services engineering. Dr Carl-Magnus von Behr explains how sector-specific AI tools can help…
July 2025
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