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NBS sustainability report reveals under half of projects achieve sustainability goals
Latest survey shows barriers remain to achieving lower carbon construction
November 2024
Cycling to work and need to try your clothes? Munters Dehumidifiers have you covered
Munters desiccant dehumidifiers use desiccant rotor technology remove the excess moisture from the air, speeding up the…
November 2024
Renewing tradition: installing PVs on King’s College Chapel
Grade I-listed King’s College Chapel, in Cambridge, is one of the UK’s most revered buildings, so a new photovoltaic array on the roof had to…
November 2024
Doing more with less: interview with SLL president Dan Lister
Lighting design should prioritise people-orientated lighting solutions while reducing embodied and operational carbon, according to SLL president Dan Lister, who tells Molly Tooher-Rudd that lighters…
November 2024
Hello darkness, my old friend: award-winning lighting
How three award winners used discreet lighting to highlight heritage structures
November 2024
Cutting carbon: Whitecroft Lighting’s C2C approach
Whitecroft Lighting won a CIBSE Embodied Carbon Award by adopting lean manufacturing and design to cut life-cycle carbon from its products by up to 46%.…
November 2024
A guide to trustworthy heat pump design
A new Passivhaus Trust guide to air-to-water heat pumps aims to highlight some of the complex aspects of design that are sometimes missed by experienced…
November 2024
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
October 2024
From Covid to Cave: UCL’s living lab
Research into airborne transmission risks during Covid-19 played a pivotal role in re-opening the UK safely and led to the creation of a living lab…
October 2024
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
October 2024
Controlling infectious aerosols
In response to Covid-19, ASHRAE produced a standard aimed at reducing airborne disease transmission. Tim Dwyer looks at minimum requirements and recommendations in Standard 241…
October 2024
Laying the ground for heat networks in Leeds
The rapidly growing Leeds Pipes heat network connects to diverse building types and is an industry exemplar, says Vital Energi Utilities’ Lee Moran
October 2024
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