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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…
Ecobat battery grows its ESS business
Ecobat Battery expands into the energy storage system (ESS) sector
Using weather data to make buildings climate proof
Climate change means CIBSE’s updated weather files are imperative for building energy and overheating risk analysis. Liza Young explains the new data sets and finds…
Monumental feat: BIM Level 2 on The Monument Building
As the built industry moves towards digital delivery, Liza Young finds out how Skanska used BIM Level 2 in the design and construction of The…
On a mission: using data to optimise heat networks
Gareth Jones and Casey Cole are using big data to expose the real performance of domestic heat networks. Alex Smith finds out how their disrupter…
Fitness fanatics – Arboreal Architecture’s Clapham retrofit
Arboreal Architecture was awarded Residential Project of the Year at the CIBSE Awards for its forensic approach to a domestic retrofit in Clapham. Andy Pearson…
Brains storm – Digital Catapult’s Hackathon
To mark the launch of a database containing information from the Building Performance Evaluation programme, digital, construction and property experts teamed up to discuss how…
Savings bank – cooling at the Bank of England
A new cooling system has reduced the Bank of England’s carbon emissions by 717 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, saving it £150,000 on…
Fan European – what the ErP means for ventilation
All new residential and non-residential ventilation units are now subject to the requirements of the Ecodesign Directive. Chris Jones, of Fläkt Woods, considers the implications…
Max Fordham takes on Britain’s biggest Passivhaus
Camden’s Agar Grove estate is to become the UK’s biggest residential Passivhaus project. Max Fordham’s Bertie Dixon describes the challenges of building an 18-storey tower…
Roundtable: What’s next for heating, cooling and ventilation?
How does our approach to services need to adapt to tackle issues such as climate change? A CIBSE Journal roundtable, sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric, examined…
Thermal expansion and grooved pipe-joining systems
A grooved pipe-joining system is one method of accommodating thermal expansion and contraction in HVAC systems. Victaulic’s Larry Thau explains the technique’s design benefits and…