Technical
Andel CPD seminars: Leak detection for safer, smarter buildings
Two free CIBSE-approved CPD seminars focused on system design, risk management and sustainability
October 2025
Keep Warm control: balancing user comfort and heat network efficiency
This technical article will explain the role of keep warm control in HIUs, identifying risks of poor…
October 2025
Hello darkness, my old friend: award-winning lighting
How three award winners used discreet lighting to highlight heritage structures
November 2024
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%.…
November 2024
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…
November 2024
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
October 2024
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…
October 2024
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
October 2024
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…
October 2024
Laying the ground for heat networks in Leeds
The rapidly growing Leeds Pipes heat network connects to diverse building types and is an industry exemplar, says Vital Energi Utilities’ Lee Moran
October 2024
From gas to green: heat pump installation at Greenpeace
By swapping a boiler for an air source heat pump at its North London HQ, Greenpeace UK is leading by example in saying no to…
October 2024
Smart thinking: AI-driven energy savings
Leveraging AI and data analysis, MTR Corporation has slashed energy use in two large Hong Kong properties. The MTR Corporation's Ethan Poon describes how the digitisation…
September 2024
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