Making some noise!
Susie was invited to speak at an event organised by the Association of Noise Consultants (ANC) on 27th November where they launched their new Approved Document O Noise Guide. “The guide sets out a method to demonstrate compliance to the Building Control Body of the noise constraints in Approved Document O. It provides clarity for […]
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- Dec, 04, 2024
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Visit to Energy House 2.0
I was excited to be invited to visit the Energy House 2.0 facility at the University of Salford at the end of September. https://energyhouselabs.salford.ac.uk/ This is one of the largest building test facilities in the world, with 2 large open spaces, big enough to incorporate 4 full sized family homes for testing and monitoring purposes. […]
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- Oct, 08, 2024
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Site visit to Cambridge Mosque
Last week I (Susie) had the opportunity to visit the very beautiful and RIBA award-winning Cambridge Central Mosque, which was completed in 2019. I visited with the design team appointed to work on a new mosque in Havering, East London that is drawing inspiration from Cambridge, albeit on a more modest budget. We were lucky […]
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- Sep, 18, 2024
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An issue with g-values
Inkling have recently become aware of a growing trend for specifying the g-value (solar transmittance) of glazing for windows as whole window values, which include the shading effect of the frame, rather than centre pane values where the solar control is purely a property of the glazing. We don’t think it is well understood within […]
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- Sep, 02, 2024
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CIBSE Technical Symposium 2024
We love the CIBSE Symposium and make an effort to attend every year – see previous write-ups. This year it took place at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff 11-12th April. Claire and Susie attended and both presented papers. This blog includes a brief summary of our papers and some notes on our highlights […]
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- Apr, 25, 2024
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Winners!!
We are thrilled to have won Consultancy of the year (up to 50 employees) at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2024 last month. <CR> This recognition means the world to us. We are very fortunate to work with some amazing clients and collaborators (you know who you are), and we are grateful to the CIBSE […]
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- Mar, 21, 2024
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Inkling team photos
We took the opportunity of all being in the same place at the same time for our 2023 Christmas get-together to have some pictures taken of the whole Inkling team. We booked the kind and helpful Joscha Mayer to do the honours in the Granary square area behind Kings Cross, and we are really pleased […]
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- Jan, 22, 2024
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Inkling Shortlisted!
Inkling have been shortlisted for CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR (up to 50 employees) at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2024. We are thrilled that our recently-expanded-to-3 people operation can compete for such a prestigious industry award, and we look forward to attending the awards dinner in February to find out the winners. #Eeek #GetUs More information about […]
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- Nov, 14, 2023
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Introducing Marcus!
We are thrilled to announce that Marcus Haydon has joined the Inkling team as an Associate. Marcus will be a familiar face/voice for many Inkling clients as we have been collaborating on projects together since 2015. Our working relationship has become gradually closer and more comprehensive with time, so this feels like a natural, but […]
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- Nov, 01, 2023
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Delivering Net Zero
This blog post is a hymn to collaboration. Late last year Inkling were delighted to be invited to collaborate with four other consultancies on a piece of work commissioned by a consortium of 18 London Boroughs. In light of a revision to Part L, the boroughs worked together to procure this research to help inform […]
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- Jul, 12, 2023
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