Our last Blog identified a number of ‘Performance Gaps’ caused by a wide spectrum of conceptual and quality issues ranging from a lack of clarity in the industry regarding building performance criteria to poor build quality on site. So, what can we do to close these gaps? As engineers, modellers and designers we […]
Susie features on the CIBSE blog: ‘A day in the life of a Building Performance Awards Judge‘ – http://www.cibseblog.co.uk/2014/09/day-in-life-of-building-performance.html The Awards shortlist has been announced and can be viewed here: http://www.cibse.org/Building-Performance-Awards/Awards-Shortlist The awards dinner takes place on 10th February 2015 when the winners will be announced.
Overheating in buildings has historically been quantified by the number of occupied hours per year that the indoor temperature exceeds a particular temperature, irrespective of external temperatures. However, recent research has shown that comfortable room temperature changes with the external air temperature meaning that occupants are comfortable with higher room temperatures during warm weather. This
Claire Das Bhaumik is proud to be a CIBSE Fellow (‘FCIBSE’). Fellowship is the most senior grade of CIBSE membership. The work of an FCIBSE is characterised by the ability to develop appropriate solutions to engineering problems using new or existing technologies, through innovation, creativity and change. Claire is a Chartered Engineer and
The “Performance Gap” – the difference between design predictions and operational energy use – is a serious issue for our industry. The CarbonBuzz web site shows that many buildings consume between 1.5 and 2.5 times the predicted design energy. In order to address this, the industry needs both better energy-use predictions and a greater
Claire is to present research at the CIBSE ASHRAE Technical symposium 2014 in Dublin next month on ‘A comparison of the CIBSE Guide A and TM52 overheating criteria for a range of building types’ The aim of the research was to investigate how the same building performs with different compliance criteria. Three different building
The Notional Building To assess carbon compliance with the Part L 2013 building regulations, the building as designed is entered into modelling software and compared to a baseline building known as the ‘Notional’ building. The Notional building is defined by the rules in the NCM modelling guide (for buildings other than dwellings). The following
Part L2A 2013 The Building Regulations Approved Document Part L2A 2013 for non-domestic buildings have recently been released. These regulations come into force in England on 6th April 2014. Separate rules apply to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Transitional arrangements will apply and these are the same as for the 2010 regulations update
Susie and Claire attended the ‘Building the future – Women in Construction’ report launch & debate in parliament. The report was published by the Smith Institute and edited by Meg Munn MP. Support was given by Wates Giving, Construction Youth Trust and the Construction Industry Training Board. The report can be found here.
The #Ecobuild100 aims to provide a comprehensive list of the most useful and insightful sustainable construction, design and built environment oriented Twitter accounts. The list is comprised of public nominations, from which the Ecobuild team has carefully selected the final 100 based on relevant content, engagement and Klout score.
Claire is a long-standing technical peer reviewer for CIBSE (The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) and has recently reviewed CIBSE’s updated Applications Manual 11 on Building Performance Modelling. This update is a complete revision of the previously published Manual AM11 and covers topics such as – thermal and energy modelling – ventilation modelling
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
