Magazine of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

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Modelling of Bellway net zero home by Dr Christopher Tsang, at @energyhouse2 University of Salford shows annual electricity consumption lower than PV generation #Techsymp @CIBSE
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Graeme Maidment’s keynote on Cooling in the UK launches 2024 @CIBSE #techsymp New government research reveals cooling is responsible for 15% of 2021 UK electricity consumption @maidmegg
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The HSE has given building control officers a 13 week extension until 6 July to complete the competence assessment required to become a registered building inspector under the Building Safety regime press.hse.gov.uk/2024/03/14/…

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Heat network policy session first up at @FutureBuildNow John Allison (left) DESNZ: ‘Heat Network Zoning provides confidence that heat networks are the right solution for selected urban areas. It doesn’t mean heat networks won’t be most effective solution outside heat zones’
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Mitsubishi Electric's Zero Carbon Design Manager Chris Newman discussed the topic of bivalent heat pump systems in a case study featured in the November edition of the @CIBSEJournal📖. Click here to read the article → bit.ly/475H1KC
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The CIBSE Graduate of the Year saw nearly 60 entries whittled down to nine finalists who presented tonight. The deserved winner is Francesca James - FairHeat. 2nd place is Lewis Turner from Arup and 3rd place is Hiba Talmoust - Waterman Group #CIBSEYEA
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CIBSE Undergraduate of the Year 2023 is Ruairi Devlin with Fraser Nicoll 2nd and Eric Cullen 3rd #CIBSEYEA
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Winner of the CIBSE Apprentice of the Year (Degree) Level 5-7 is Jess Sargent with James McLarnon in 2nd and Finley Bowdidge in 3rd. #CIBSEYEA
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Well done to Sidney Hargreaves - CIBSE Technical Apprentice of the Year level 3-4. 2nd place was Ryan Beary and 3rd Sean Jean.#CIBSEYEA
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Speaking at @CIBSE #GoldenThread event @CIBSE President Adrian Catchpole is clear on the importance of the new building safety regime. "This is the most significant regulatory change on how buildings are constructed in any of our lifetimes" #BuildingSafety
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Part 2A of the Building Regulations creates new roles and duties of the principal designer and contractor for every project and comes into force on October 1. Hywel Davies @CIBSE explains what this means for the life of the building cibsejournal.com/technical/b…
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Yesterday the government made new regulations for Higher Risk Buildings along with major changes to the Building Regulations. Hywel Davies @CIBSE summarises the main changes with a focus on competence and compliance. MTF #BuildingSafety cibsejournal.com/technical/b…

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Our latest podcast, sponsored by @grundfos looks at the growing influence of whole life carbon calculations on design and procurement and the importance of ‘upfurbishing’ existing buildings with energy efficient systems and designs soundcloud.com/build2perform…
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All-electric housing projects with heat pumps, EV charging and PVs are becoming the norm but what happens if you are connecting to a constrained electricity grid? Find out how @qodaconsulting are meeting the challenge at a large Passivhaus scheme in London cibsejournal.com/case-studie…
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.@TweetLighting is currently working on TM65 for lighting, which will look closely at the embodied energy in lighting components. #build2perform
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.@lighting_IA and @CIBSE launched a quality scheme earlier this year to ensure product circular claims in TM66 are valid. ’No greenwashing' cibse.org/policy-insight/new… #build2perform

Excellent & entertaining session on TM66 circular lighting with Kristina Allison @TweetLighting and Bob Bohannon. Circular Economy Assessment Method in TM66 scores product circularity in design/manufacturing/materials/ecosystem, allowing products to be compared #Build2Perform
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.@JulieG_Sust anticipates that the @NZCBStandard for buildings will need to be reverified on a regular basis. #Build2Perform