Training workshop on implementing the CIBSE TM54 Methodology to avoid “The Performance Gap”

Inkling are running a series of training workshops on implementing the CIBSE TM54 Methodology to avoid “The Performance Gap”. The workshops will be run in collaboration with Colin Lillicrap Associates, CIBSE and The Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings (CEREB) the unique teaching, research and demonstration resource at London South Bank University.

Next course takes place in London on 7th May 2014.

Please see the Colin Lillicrap Associates website for more details and booking.

Mind the Gap!

At the design stage in-use energy targets are often set for the design team and clients expect the design estimates to be achieved when the building is operational. Unfortunately, in many cases the operational energy use turns out to be substantially higher than design estimates.

The CIBSE publication “TM54 – Evaluating operational energy performance of buildings at the design stage” was published in August 2013 in response to the growing interest by developers, owner-occupiers and building mangers in more accurate prediction of operational energy use. It provides a methodology for more reliable prediction of the operational energy performance at the design stage.

By considering low, medium and high scenarios when quantifying each energy use, a range of output results are produced which indicate the degree of uncertainty in the predicted operational energy.

Attending the workshop will provide delegates with:

–  An understanding of use of the TM54 methodology to more accurately predict operational energy use

–  An understanding of the likely degree of uncertainty in the predicted operational energy and how this can be positively communicated to the client

–  A better understanding of how to specify a building and what information is required

–  An examination of the risk factors affecting ultimate energy performance and how to quantify them for a client

–  An appreciation of how simulation can provide an effective way of comparing and presenting energy scenarios and operating strategies to fulfill the client’s brief in the most cost effective manner.