Technical
Introducing the Amicus Altus 112
The Amicus Altus 112 delivers outstanding performance, flexibility, and sustainability for projects where reliability and efficiency are…
Redefining performance and efficiency with Lochinvar’s Imperium™ Solution
An all-new complete heat pump solution designed to maximise DHW delivery, providing full tank temperature hot water…
Light2Perform: treading a circular path
As the lighting industry increasingly focuses on circularity and repair, an expert panel at Light2Perform discussed opportunities and challenges
Renewing tradition: installing PVs on King’s College Chapel
Grade I-listed King’s College Chapel, in Cambridge, is one of the UK’s most revered buildings, so a new photovoltaic array on the roof had to…
Doing more with less: interview with SLL president Dan Lister
Lighting design should prioritise people-orientated lighting solutions while reducing embodied and operational carbon, according to SLL president Dan Lister, who tells Molly Tooher-Rudd that lighters…
Hello darkness, my old friend: award-winning lighting
How three award winners used discreet lighting to highlight heritage structures
Cutting carbon: Whitecroft Lighting’s C2C approach
Whitecroft Lighting won a CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award by adopting lean manufacturing and design to cut life-cycle carbon from its products by up to 46%.…
A guide to trustworthy heat pump design
A new Passivhaus Trust guide to air-to-water heat pumps aims to highlight some of the complex aspects of design that are sometimes missed by experienced…
Kilowatts to Kernow: Decarbonising Cornish housing
In developing a decarbonisation strategy for housing in Cornwall, Etude is recommending a heat pump-first approach for the majority of properties, as Chris Worboys, Naomi Grint and Kate Millen explain
From Covid to Cave: UCL’s living lab
Research into airborne transmission risks during Covid-19 played a pivotal role in re-opening the UK safely and led to the creation of a living lab…
A healthy balance: tackling net zero and IAQ
There is growing awareness of the synergies and conflicts between IAQ and zero carbon. Foster + Partners’ Jiannan Luo looks at optimal strategies
Controlling infectious aerosols
In response to Covid-19, ASHRAE produced a standard aimed at reducing airborne disease transmission. Tim Dwyer looks at minimum requirements and recommendations in Standard 241…













