Inkling Blog #2: What is the Building Performance Gap?

There has been a lot of discussion in recent months concerning ‘The Building Performance Gap’. However, on closer inspection it actually turns out that there are many different types of Building Performance Gap. These are caused by a wide spectrum of conceptual and quality issues ranging from a lack of clarity in the industry regarding […]

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Posted by Claire Das Bhaumik
Posted in Research, Training
Jan, 02, 2014
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Inkling won’t be sending Christmas cards this year

We were trying to source something fun to send as Christmas cards to the people we’ve worked with this year. Then we came across this site: http://www.crash.org.uk/event/crash-no-christmas-card-appeal-2013/ No brainer. We won’t be sending any cards. Instead we’ve given the money we would have spent to Crash who are a charity constructing a future for […]

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Dec, 04, 2013
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Inkling Blog #1: What is Building Physics?

We are often asked what Building Physics is so it seems like a good subject to kick off the Inkling blog. The short answer is that Building Physics is the science of analysing and optimising the metabolism of a building; how it keeps warm, stays cool, responds to daylight and breathes. This analogy […]

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Posted by Susie Diamond
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Dec, 03, 2013
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Susie judges CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2014

For the second year running Susie was asked to be a judge for the CIBSE Building Performance awards. The judging took place in November, but the winners won’t be announced until the awards ceremony in February. “I really enjoyed the judging process – it’s a privileged to be asked and to review such a range […]

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Nov, 25, 2013
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Claire writes WiBSE piece for CIBSE YEN newsletter

Claire wrote this piece introducing WiBSE (Women in Building Services Engineering) for the CIBSE YEN North-East newsletter. More about WiBSE can be found here.

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Nov, 04, 2013
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Inkling presenting at CIBSE Technical Symposium – Dublin 2014

Claire is presenting a poster at the CIBSE ASHRAE Technical Symposium at the Dublin Institute of Technology on the 3rd and 4th of April 2014. Our poster is entitled ‘A comparison of the CIBSE Guide A and TM52 overheating criteria for a range of building types’ http://www.cibse.org/index.cfm?go=events.view&item=4703

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Oct, 23, 2013
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Susie and Claire attending RAEng/IBPSA Performance Gap Symposium

Susie and Claire are heading to Plymouth for the RAEng / IBPSA-England Symposium on ‘Bridging the Energy Performance Gap’ on October 25th. The program looks good and it will be a nice excuse to catch up with our building physics friends! http://www.ibpsa-england.org/news/raeng-ibpsa-england-symposium-bridging-the-energy-performance-gap

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Oct, 23, 2013
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Inkling are now proud to offer TM54 compliant modelling

Following this weeks launch of the new CIBSE TM54, Inkling are keen to start offering this sensible methodology for predicting the operational energy performance of buildings. Contact us for details.

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Sep, 27, 2013
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Claire takes part in CIBSE HCNW panel discussion on Energy & Behavioural Change

The Question Time style event took place on 12th September and was wide ranging with a line-up of short presentations on Tradeable Energy Quotas, Community Energy, Consumer Engagement and Smart Meters preceding the audience’s enquiries. The write up is available here: http://www.cibse.org/content/hcnw/12th%20September%202013%20energy%20and%20behavioural%20change.pdf

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Sep, 27, 2013
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Susie speaks at CIBSE event introducing the new TM52

On 23rd September Susie spoke at a CIBSE organised event disseminating the new TM52 “The limits of thermal comfort: avoiding overheating in European buildings”. The event was well attended and the presentations given (including Susie’s) are available here: http://www.cibsetraining.co.uk/component/content/article/2973

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