Technical
Clothes-drying solutions – no matter the weather
Traditional clothes-drying methods are often slow, costly, and energy-intensive. Munters’ advanced desiccant dehumidification technology offers a fast,…
Smart water management with BlueEdge™
Badger Meter is a water technology innovator with more than a century of experience serving municipal, commercial…
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 solution that can decarbonise schools and colleges,…
Sensible cooling: avoiding overcooling in buildings
When spaces are cooled to uncomfortable temperatures, negative impacts are seen on people’s health and the environment. Tim Dwyer looks at a new paper that…
The value chain: blockchain in the built environment
Blockchain is fuelling the digitisation of the built environment by providing a secure method of data exchange. IN2 Engineering’s Samreet Singh explores how it could…
Keeping it clean: award-winning UV-C lighting
The germicidal effects of UV light were discovered in 1877. Now, in the shadow of Covid-19, an application of UV-C is winning plaudits and a CIBSE…
Lessons from Nabers: how advanced modelling is transforming services design
Key to attaining a Nabers operational rating for a commercial building is the creation of a dynamic energy simulation model that closely predicts actual operational…
Facing up to embodied carbon in façades
Façades account for up to 30% of a building’s embodied carbon, which is why the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology is working to produce…
CIBSE awards data: fuller disclosure
CIBSE pioneered the disclosure of building performance data in its awards, giving the industry a unique opportunity to compare and share. Julie Godefroy analyses figures…
Technical knockout: the 2022 CIBSE Technical Symposium
The CIBSE Technical Symposium returned as an in-person event for the first time since the Covid pandemic, with delegates given plenty to think about over the two days of…
How desalination affects chiller energy use in the Middle East
When comparing the energy use of air-chilled and water-cooled chillers, power used in desalination plants must be taken into account in places such as the…
Clear evidence: applying cleanroom technology to commercial buildings
Cleanroom ventilation systems are used to ensure pathogen-free indoor spaces in life science buildings, but can the technology be used in commercial offices? Clean Air…