The National Rehabilitation Centre near Loughborough is being designed to achieve the new NHS Net Zero Building Standard and be a template for a new generation of smart buildings in the NHS. Alex Smith reports
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A safer future for NHS estates
The complexity of hospital estates makes it particularly challenging for NHS Trusts to meet the requirements of the Building Safety Act. The NHS has issued guidance in response, and published key resources around competency and the golden thread
Bubbling to the surface: 2025 Hays Salary Survey
Frustrations around pay and career development are contributing to dissatisfaction among engineers, according to the latest Hays Salary Survey. Molly Tooher-Rudd talks to industry leaders about overcoming these challenges
Navigating net zero in booming India: a framework for success
Rapidly urbanising countries such as India face unique challenges in achieving net zero carbon emissions. Harley Haddow’s Shweta Salvankar proposes a framework to guide India’s built environment towards its environmental goals
Emergency lighting – UPS or static inverter/CBS? The tale of a penitent man
When disaster strikes, reliable emergency lighting is crucial for safety and evacuation. Therefore, it’s vital that the correct electrical back-up solution is in place.
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 should learn lessons from the past, when high costs meant luminaires were used sparingly
Advancing engineering: Colin Ashford on his career in building services
CIBSE Gold medal winner Colin Ashford has made a huge contribution to building services through his work around education and technical guidance
Alive to opportunities: Build2Perform 2024
The two days of CIBSE Build2Perform Live showed that designing and maintaining sustainable buildings not only benefits the environment, but also has a significant positive impact on people’s lives, reports Alex Smith
Embodying best practice: Building Performance Awards shortlist
The quality of submissions for the 2025 CIBSE Building Performance Awards is higher than ever. Alex Smith looks at the entries – including for the new Leadership and Client of the Year categories– and picks out this year’s trends
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%. Molly Tooher-Rudd speaks to the firm’s Tim Bowes about its circular approach
