Consultation on GHA project – your help appreciated

As previously posted Inkling are part of the team that won the recent Good Homes Alliance tender to provide better support for local authorities and project teams in the evaluation of overheating risk in new residential planning applications, and to raise awareness of possible design solutions. The support is intended for use at the pre-planning and […]

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Posted in Overheating, Research
Nov, 26, 2018
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Inkling win GHA tender for overheating research!

The tender panel were impressed by the winning bid team’s pertinent experience, well thought-through methodology and enthusiasm for the project. Contract awarded for GHA overheating research project We are very excited to be part of this project with the Good Homes Alliance and our excellent bid team (Julie Godefroy Sustainability and Mandarin Research). A key part […]

Posted by Susie Diamond
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Oct, 17, 2018
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Acoustics vs overheating risk – resolving the tension

Best practice members met on 17th January 2018 to discuss the conundrum of balancing the need to mitigate overheating risk in homes with the competing requirement to maintain a comfortable internal acoustic environment. Bluntly – opening windows to cool an apartment risks increasing the external noise audible inside to unsatisfactory levels. Poor external air quality will also […]

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Posted by Susie Diamond
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Jan, 26, 2018
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BB101 – what’s happening?

We wanted to do some digging to understand what’s happening with the new version of BB101 and what impact it may have on modelling for schools. We thought we’d share what we found in case it is useful to others in the modelling community. Please share and let us know if you have any experience […]

Posted by Susie Diamond
Posted in Overheating, Research
Oct, 11, 2017
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Inkling and TM59

Inkling are very proud to have been involved in the writing of the new CIBSE TM59 Design methodology for the assessment of overheating risk in homes. Susie was part of the team right from the beginning, participating in the early Zero Carbon Hub workshops and collaborating all the way through to publication with CIBSE, UCL, Arup […]

Posted by Susie Diamond
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May, 22, 2017
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Weather files and modelling overheating risk

This blog offers our thoughts on the impact of weather file selection on modelling domestic overheating risk. This is part of an ongoing discussion currently taking place regarding defining a complete methodology for predicting domestic overheating risk which factors in weather file selection, occupancy and gain profiles and setting the pass/fail thresholds. The weather […]

Posted by Claire Das Bhaumik
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Mar, 31, 2016
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Overheating – the hot topic in housing (pun intended)

Inkling recently co-authored a Zero Carbon Hub publication on assessing overheating in dwellings. This document describes the methodologies and tools currently available for the prediction of overheating risk in dwellings in England and Wales, and poses a challenge to improve on them. The key points highlighted in the report are: – The results obtained […]

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Jul, 27, 2015
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Overheating in Homes – The Big Picture

Inkling have contributed to this report recently published by the Zero Carbon Hub. Why does overheating happen? How can the construction and energy efficiency sector prevent the issue getting worse? What can local and national governments do to support the housing sector? And why does it matter? The report can be downloaded here.