CIBSE Technical Symposium 2025

Susie and Claire attended the CIBSE/IBPSA technical symposium 2025 at UCL in London. Here are their highlights from the event and some constructive criticism for next time.

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Posted by Susie Diamond
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May, 08, 2025
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How should we model infiltration?

The concepts of infiltration and air tightness in buildings are well recognised, but not necessarily accurately accounted for in dynamic thermal models.

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Posted by Marcus Haydon
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May, 01, 2025
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NABERS UK for stepped office refurbishments

It is common for major office refurbishments to be coordinated with the expiry of tenant leases. In this case, the floors of the building with remaining tenants will not be refurbished, while central plant and equipment on the un-tenanted floors is replaced. It is possible, and encouraged, for NABERS UK to be used for such […]

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Posted by Claire Das Bhaumik
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Jan, 09, 2025
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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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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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Posted by Claire Das Bhaumik
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Nov, 08, 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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Marcus gains Chartered Engineer status

An important milestone in the career of any engineer is to achieve chartered status and we are therefore delighted to announce that Marcus has had his application for CIBSE Member (CEng MCIBSE) approved. In the words of CIBSE, this status is reserved for those “engaged in leadership roles with technical responsibility, developing solutions to complex […]

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Jul, 29, 2024
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Claire marks 10 years with Inkling

I became a partner at Inkling in September 2013. To celebrate my first 10 (and a half) years at Inkling I have been looking back at some of my achievements during that time, it turns out I have been quite busy! In 2014 I became a CIBSE Fellow (2014), the most senior grade of CIBSE […]