Sponsored roundtable: Delivering smart homes using offsite methods

Early engagement with the project team, collaboration, and standardisation of  products are crucial if we are to improve offsite manufacturing for housing, according to participants at a CIBSE Journal roundtable sponsored by Hager. Amanda Birch reports

Be open and supportive in post-Brexit Britain

As the UK formally leaves the EU, Dorte Rich Jørgensen MCIBSE reflects on her difficulty in applying for British citizenship and calls on industry to sign the #ConstructionisOpen pledge in support of EU nationals in the UK

What is the most efficient system for heating zero carbon homes?

What is the most effective way of heating our future zero carbon homes? Chris Twinn has been researching the issue for five years and has found that standalone ‘autonomous’ heat recovery systems offer the most benefits when considering high-density homes

CIBSE Award winner: Armstrong Tango pumping solution

Armstrong left its mark on the judges with its commitment to the reduction of carbon emissions over the life-cycle of its Tango Parallel pumping solution, the independently verified performance of which also impressed

Book review: Housing Fit for Purpose by Fionn Stevenson

Housing would be vastly improved if more was done to feed back lessons learned from building performance, says Fionn Stevenson, in a new book based on years of her own pioneering research. Julie Godefroy finds lots of practical advice for raising standards

Servicing the circular economy

How can engineers accelerate the transition to a circular economy? Arup’s Harry Popplewell and Richard Boyd, UCL’s Ben Stubbs and CIBSE FM Group’s David Stevens, set the scene