Susie: 07972 263 676Making 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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UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard Pilot
The much anticipated Pilot Version of the UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard was published on 24th September 2024. The Standard and associated documents can be downloaded here. This document has been long in the making and has been developed thanks to a vast collaboration between a wide range of stakeholders in the UK built […]
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- Nov, 08, 2024
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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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LETI Operational Modelling Guide #OMG
Inkling have played a pivotal role in creating the LETI Operational Modelling Guide that was published this week. The guide is free to download from the LETI website here: https://www.leti.uk/omg I (Susie) was a lead author (together with Tom Gwilliam from Etude) and both Claire and Marcus were involved with the workstream and helped with […]
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- Apr, 18, 2023
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Part O – the Inkling appraisal – Part 3
Part O of the Building Regulations (England) came into force in June 2022. Susie Diamond shares her thoughts on the subject with a 3rd instalment. A lot of my concerns regarding the complexity of the Approved Document including the ‘simplified method’ and ensuring that all the fiddly requirements are met pre-planning to avoid costly redesign […]
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- Jul, 25, 2022
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TM54 gets a refresh
Inkling are proud to have been on the working group delivering the newly published 2022 update to CIBSE TM54. The original version was published in 2013, and has become the central protocol for evaluating the operational energy performance of buildings at the design stage. I have always liked its flexible approach, allowing modellers to exercise […]
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- Mar, 16, 2022
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New Building Regulation: Part O – the Inkling appraisal
In December 2021 the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (formally known as MHCLG) published updates to the building regulations which will come into force in June this year. Changes to Part F and Part L have pulled most of the focus in the press and on social media, but this post is about […]
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- Feb, 15, 2022
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Susie co-authors Building Performance Evaluation Guide
Susie has collaborated once again with Julie Godefroy (see also https://inklingllp.com/2019/09/30/inkling-co-author-new-gha-overheating-tool/) on behalf of The Good Homes Alliance for Woodknowledge Wales to write some guidance on the use of BPE to help deliver high quality new homes. The guidance is aimed at housing clients, and anyone interested in Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) who want to […]
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- Jan, 28, 2021
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Inkling research featured in CIBSE journal
Our collaborative Carter Bronze medal-winning research paper ‘Predictions of summertime overheating: comparison of dynamic thermal models and measurements in synthetically occupied test houses’ features in the September 2020 CIBSE Journal Claire and Susie worked alongside partners from Hilson Moran and Loughborough University to produce the joint research paper.
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- Aug, 28, 2020
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Inkling awarded CIBSE Carter Bronze Medal for overheating research paper
Inkling have been awarded the prestigious CIBSE Carter Bronze medal for research into summertime overheating prediction in UK homes. Claire and Susie worked alongside partners from Hilson Moran and Loughborough University to produce the joint research paper ‘Predictions of summertime overheating: Comparison of dynamic thermal models and measurements in synthetically occupied test houses’. The research […]
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- Aug, 13, 2020
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