Successful design of biomass boilers requires a systems approach, says David Palmer, who considers how factors such as oversizing, lack of thermal stores and poor flue-system design can cause boilers to underperform
Author: Alex Lamb
Digitisation will force industry to standardise
Design tools will have to speak the same language for services to benefit from automated building engineering, says Atkins’ Isabelle Smith
National Gallery of Ireland’s hidden services
Refurbishment of the National Gallery of Ireland required tight environmental control in the galleries, but there was minimal space to make this happen, writes Chris Croly
The challenge of creating a BIM model for an imperfect Victorian home
The BRE’s Dan Rossiter summarises the difficulties of creating a digital record of a 19th century home
Building the infrastructure for a zero carbon future
The UK must plan its infrastructure now if it is to decarbonise its energy, and engineers have the chance to tell ministers what is required, says David Fisk
What the Clean Growth Strategy means for building services engineers
The Clean Growth Strategy commits the UK to binding emissions targets until 2050. Hywel Davies looks at the details
The winning formula of CIBSE award-winner EndoTherm
In 2016, heating additive EndoTherm won Energy Saving Product of the Year at the Building Performance Awards. Industry has since been won over with impressive real-life results, says Endo Enterprises’ Dale Edginton
District cooling at King’s Cross
A sliver of land between a rail line and offices was the only site available for a cooling centre at London’s King’s Cross. Metropolitan Infrastructure’s John Marsh, tells how it overcame space constraints to supply up to 12MW of cooling