Decarbonisation of the Grid suggests a move from fossil fuels for heating, but Huw Blackwell says we are not ready to switch en masse
Category: Opinion
Going off track
As protestors caused chaos in Westminster, Committee on Climate Change witnesses claimed we were way behind with our energy-efficiency policies to meet current carbon dioxide emissions targets. Hywel Davies explain
Lessons from history
Bill Bordass warns about the ‘forgetting curve’ and looks again at the benefits of the 2+1 window
Method acting
After 15 years of mixed results, the Greater London Authority must take steps to ensure the methodology behind its new London Plan cuts emissions without exacerbating fuel poverty, says Cundall’s Simon Wyatt
Building design: a whole-carbon approach
To promote further understanding of how carbon should be minimised during a building’s lifetime, CIBSE co-hosted sessions at Futurebuild on embodied and operational carbon. Julie Godefroy outlines key outcomes
Back to the future
In February, the CCC gave a detailed analysis of the unreadiness of UK homes to handle climate change, while the Chancellor subsequently announced a new Future Homes Standard. Hywel Davies reports
Shaping a low carbon future
Work by the government on Building Regulations and the future of heat offers opportunities to be involved with CIBSE activities, says Julie Godefroy
Global reform
Following reviews of construction in high-rise residential buildings, the construction sector is facing major change with calls for a significant update of regulations. Hywel Davies reports
Taking stock
As CIBSE Journal enters its 11th year, an unprecedented level of activity in legislation and policy is affecting building services engineers in the UK and worldwide. Hywel Davies looks at what is happening
Missing opportunities
Last year was a very busy one for government statements of intent, but what has actually been confirmed – and what can we expect in 2019? Julie Godefroy rounds up the latest policy developments