COP29 offered the opportunity for CIBSE to advance net zero and climate-resilient practices. Anastasia Mylona shares her experience in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she spoke about the importance of passive cooling in a warming world
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Alive to opportunities: Build2Perform 2024
The two days of CIBSE Build2Perform Live showed that designing and maintaining sustainable buildings not only benefits the environment, but also has a significant positive impact on people’s lives, reports Alex Smith
Embodying best practice: Building Performance Awards shortlist
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
Kilowatts to Kernow: Decarbonising Cornish housing
In developing a decarbonisation strategy for housing in Cornwall, Etude is recommending a heat pump-first approach for the majority of properties, as Chris Worboys, Naomi Grint and Kate Millen explain
A healthy balance: tackling net zero and IAQ
There is growing awareness of the synergies and conflicts between IAQ and zero carbon. Foster + Partners’ Jiannan Luo looks at optimal strategies
The blueprint for net zero: launch of NZCBS pilot version
The UK’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard sets a performance benchmark for buildings that aligns with the country’s net zero goals. Julie Godefroy explains how cross-industry support for the standard will drive widespread adoption
Keeping on track for 2050 net zero: addressing the challenges
The 2050 vision for net zero will veer off track if the built environment fails to decarbonise. Our roundtable, sponsored by Whitecode Consulting, discussed the challenges facing engineers and what is needed to accelerate change
Platform for change: insights from CIBSE Build2Perform Live 2023
CIBSE Build2Perform Live was a platform for industry professionals and academics to highlight the issues vital to the built environment tackling its net zero challenges while ensuring the safety and comfort of end users. Alex Smith, Molly Tooher-Rudd and Mike Sewell report
Get ready for CIBSE Build2Perform Live 2023
The building services industry’s premier event includes, for the first time, the Light2Perform symposium and CABE’s Building Environment Live. Alex Smith picks out some highlights from the packed two days of discussions and learning
Greening the golden arches: net zero at McDonald’s
McDonald’s claims its operation at Walt Disney World in Florida is the first net zero energy fast-food restaurant in the world. Cyclone Energy Group’s Benjamin Skelton describes the services design