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Suite savings: harnessing waste heat in hotels

Hotels ask guests to reuse towels to save energy, but installing waste-water heat pumps to reuse heat would…

September 2024

The museum of tomorrow: The London Museum transformation

The London Museum’s relocation to Smithfield Market is an ambitious £437m project to transform a series of abandoned…

September 2024

The bigger picture: non-domestic heat pump retrofits

Retrofitting heat pumps in non-domestic buildings will be key if the UK is to meet its net zero…

May 2024

Revisiting retrofits 10 years on: key lessons for the future of retrofit

CIBSE, Studio PDP and 10 Design have investigated how 10 housing projects are performing 10 years after they…

March 2024

High hopes: overcoming challenges with high-temperature heat pump integration

Retrofitting with high-temperature heat pumps can pose significant challenges if buildings are not properly investigated first. Baxi’s Ryan…

February 2024

Taking the heat out of decarbonisation: insights from CIBSE’s roundtable

Eight industry experts came together to discuss the challenges of decarbonising heating in CIBSE Journal’s latest roundtable. Amanda…

November 2023

What’s in store? Innovation in thermal storage

Researchers at the universities of Bath and Swansea claim to have made a breakthrough in thermal storage using…

August 2023

Beauty in standardisation: Travis Perkins’ digital plan to decarbonise housebuilding

Travis Perkins’ WholeHouse digital design platform allows housebuilders to deliver efficient, repeatable housing to the latest sustainability standards,…

July 2023

Taking the waters: recovering heat from the Roman Baths

Heat from Bath’s hot springs is being used to warm surrounding buildings including the new Clore Learning Centre.…

April 2023

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…

December 2022

The impact of thermal bypasses on building performance

Often slipping under the radar in building design, thermal bypass can result in major energy performance gaps. Leap's…

October 2022

Bundles of energy: the platform approach to decarbonising schools

The Department for Education is exploring how it can apply platform construction principles to create an innovative retrofit…

September 2022

Digging for Britain: Swaffham Prior’s heat network

Escalating energy prices and the urgent need to decarbonise means communities are looking to move away from fossil fuel as…

February 2022

Next generation: Arup’s net zero office at 80 Charlotte Street

Arup’s all-electric office at 80 Charlotte Street London is developer Derwent London’s first net zero office scheme. Andy…

February 2022

Made to measure: using digital twins to calculate heating demand in a Sussex village

A digital twin of an East Sussex village is being created by Buro Happold to assess how demand…

January 2022
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