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
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Designing for change: Building Performance Reimagined
A diverse range of voices discussed the future of building design at the Building Performance Reimagined conference. Molly Tooher-Rudd reports
Moving with the times: CIBSE’s new HQ
CIBSE is leaving Balham and relocating to a new head office in Farringdon. CEO Ruth Carter tells Alex Smith the flexible new space embodies CIBSE’s forward-thinking vision and will serve as a dynamic hub for members and staff
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 market buildings into a state-of-the-art cultural destination. Andy Pearson looks at how Arup’s smart services strategy will ensure energy use is 70% lower than Building Regulations
Visualising whole life carbon: HVAC performance assessment tool
Hoare Lea’s early-stage selection tool calculates whole life carbon for HVAC systems, while providing 3D visualisations for each specification. Esam Elsarrag demonstrates the software by assessing the performance of seven different systems
Staying in the loop: identifying performance gaps
Feedback loops identify what is going routinely wrong in buildings and give valuable insight into how future building performance can be improved. Susie Diamond and William Box explain the concept, and discuss how it could be applied to ventilation
Taking up the President’s challenge
Anastasia Mylona looks at what CIBSE President Fiona Cousins’ groundbreaking white paper might mean for building services engineers
Bridging the gap: the 2024 CIBSE Building Performance Champion
SGA Consulting was crowned CIBSE’s Building Performance Champion following the retrofit of the historic York Guildhall. Andy Pearson explains how the project team exploited the nearby River Ouse while protecting the listed site
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 were retrofitted. The study highlights successes and uncovers crucial lessons for the future of housing retrofits
Twin cities: harnessing gaming technology for immersive digital twins
Buro Happold has collaborated with video games developer Epic Games to add another dimension to its digital twins. Andy Pearson speaks to Buro Happold’s Miraj Patel about the latest developments in digital engineering and the potential of the Unreal Engine