Case Studies
Outstanding projects highlighting services design and operation
May 2017
Academy reward – heating London’s Royal Academy
London’s Royal Academy has a masterplan to transform its historic estate. Andrew Brister reveals how new rooftop heating plant ensures services are fit for the…
May 2017
Heating
Secure connection – Zig Zag and Kings Gate development
With linked energy centres that allow the transfer of both heating and cooling, two new buildings in Victoria Street have been designed with the future…
May 2017
Cooling
High art, low energy – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greece
Arup’s design of Athens' remarkable new cultural centre put sustainability on the agenda from the start, and the commitment and vision of the client and…
March 2017
Chemical equilibrium – carbon neutral laboratory
The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Nottingham aims to be carbon neutral over its 25-year lifetime. Rebuilt after a…
March 2017
Ventilation
Double first – University of Bradford’s winning energy reduction programme
The University of Bradford won the ultimate CIBSE Building Performance Awards accolade for the second time last month. Andy Pearson finds out how the facilities…
March 2017
IT & Controls
The new Design Museum – engineering by stealth
The minimalist architecture of the Design Museum’s new London home meant its building services had to be silent and hidden from view. Andy Pearson explains how…
February 2017
Lighting
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