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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.
CIBSE Technical Symposium 2022
Here is Susie’s write-up featuring the tweets sent during the event (embedded below) and her thoughts on the key talking points and themes.
Part O – the Inkling appraisal – Part 2
Susie has been working with the Future Homes Hub and others to better understand the implications of AD-O.
Here are some of her (constantly evolving) personal opinions on the subject.
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 included the introduction of AD-O. Here’s our take.
NABERS UK
Does everybody need good NABERS?
The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) has proved itself effective at significantly improving in-use energy performance in (initially mostly office) buildings in the Australian market, and is now being introduced to the UK.
Susie co-authors Building Performance Evaluation Guide
Susie has collaborated once again with Julie Godefroy on behalf of the GHA for Woodknowledge Wales to write guidance on the use of BPE to help deliver high quality new homes.
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.
Inkling awarded CIBSE Carter Bronze Medal
Inkling have been awarded the prestigious CIBSE Carter Bronze medal for research into summertime overheating prediction in UK homes.
Inkling presenting at CIBSE Technical Symposium 2020
Susie and Claire will be attending the 2020 CIBSE Technical Symposium, which takes place on 16-17th April in Glasgow. This is always a very interesting and well attended event with some thought-provoking papers and great networking. CIBSE are keen to stress that the symposium is not just for academics, but also industry practitioners such as
Inkling co-author new GHA overheating tool
Inkling were very excited to win the tender to produce a new Good Homes Alliance tool to assess overheating risk in new homes at the early design stage, back in October 2018: https://inklingllp.com/2018/10/17/inkling-win-gha-tender-for-overheating-research/ Susie has worked closely with Julie Godefroy (Julie Godefroy Sustainability) and Nicola O’Connor (Mandarin Research) with support and feedback from an expert
Inkling co-author BSERT paper
Exciting news! Our paper, “Predictions of summertime overheating: Comparison of dynamic thermal models and measurements in synthetically occupied test houses”, co-authored w/ Loughborough University and Hilson Moran is now available online and will be published in BSERT in July 2019. The paper can be viewed at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0143624419847349