Propane’s low GWP is making it an increasingly attractive alternative to refrigerants restricted by the F-gas Regulations. Tim Dwyer tracks the growth of propane and looks at the L150 initiative in Germany that is aiming to reduce the charge in a propane refrigerant circuit
Category: Technical
Healthy buildings standards: how to comply with them
What solutions you can deploy that are recommended by healthy building standards for improving indoor air quality.
A plan for all seasons: aquifer thermal energy storage
Seasonal thermal storage has the potential for significant carbon savings, but there are few examples in the UK. Alex Smith speaks to Belgium firm IFTech about how the technology can provide low carbon heating and cooling for energy networks
Lighting the way: TM66 and a manufacturer’s circular challenge
CIBSE’s TM66 CEAM-Make guides manufacturers through CE requirements for lighting equipment and helps specifiers understand what they need to look for. Dave Hollingsbee, of Stoane Lighting, outlines how his firm has adopted the guidance – and what it still has to do
Why buying a CO2 monitor for your workplace is not enough
If you don’t apply the correct monitor for your situation, you could be wasting money and impacting your occupants’ wellbeing.
How to select and install the right UVGI solution for your building
This guide will help you avoid the pitfalls so you have neither an under nor overpowered solution, and one that is in the right place to maximise its effect on the microorganisms in your indoor air
Reducing airborne particulates is for life, not just for covid
We cannot simply assume that bringing outdoor air into a building without air cleaning that same air will always improve the situation
The night-time blues: the impact of white LEDs on light pollution
Light pollution is about way more than too much light, as Iain Macrae FSLL MCIBSE explains
Generation gains: designing a 5th generation energy network in central London
Bankside Yards is set to become the UK’s first major mixed-use regeneration project with zero emissions in operation. Phil Lattimore looks at the fifth-generation ambient energy network at the heart of the design strategy
Lighting the way for low energy illumination
Despite the prevalence of LEDs, lighting still makes up a substantial proportion of energy use in buildings. Guests at the latest CIBSE Journal roundtable discussed how operational and embodied energy use could be further reduced by smarter design and a circular approach to components