Susie: 07972 263 676Delivering 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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Our experience of NABERS UK so far – Part 2
In April 2021 I joined the NABERS UK Independent Design Review (IDR) panel. The panel members are responsible for carrying out formal reviews of NABERS Design for Performance (DfP) projects to assess whether the building is likely to achieve its target rating in practice. We, at Inkling, have seen a lot of interest in this […]
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- Jun, 26, 2023
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Susie wins a CIBSE medal
Susie was delighted to receive a CIBSE bronze medal during the proceedings at the Technical Symposium in Glasgow last month. The nomination was for a range of contributions she has made to CIBSE and industry over the last 20 years.
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- May, 15, 2023
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CIBSE Technical Symposium 2023
This year’s technical symposium took place at Strathclyde University, Glasgow last week (20-21st April). Claire and I both made the journey up from London (by train #VirtueSignalling) as it’s our favourite CIBSE event of the year. For me, the theme that emerged from this years event can be summed up with these three quotes: 💬 […]
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- Apr, 25, 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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Our experience of NABERS UK so far
In April 2021 I joined the NABERS UK Independent Design Review (IDR) panel. The panel members are responsible for carrying out formal reviews of NABERS projects to assess whether the building is likely to achieve its target rating in practice. We at Inkling have seen a lot of interest in this new service. I have […]
- Posted by Claire Das Bhaumik
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- Mar, 08, 2023
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Nerd alert! Do the automation
Automation opens up huge potential to make modelling software work harder so that I can focus my attention on the tasks that need a human brain – getting the initial model creation right, and interpreting the results.
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- Feb, 10, 2023
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Part O – the Inkling appraisal – Part 4 (modelling advice)
Susie recently collaborated with Ben Abel and Jack Harvie-Clark for a recent CIBSE Building Simulation Group event for modellers tackling Part O assessments using the Dynamic Thermal Modelling approach. We wanted to put our heads together and give advice on what we think are the trickiest and/or most confusing parts of the analysis as we […]
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- Nov, 18, 2022
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#EndGasNow
We thought hard before signing this pledge as we recognise the challenge that this presents, especially on refurbishment projects, but as part of the building services community we have been convinced that it is our responsibility to lead the charge away from fossil fuels and towards electricity which can be generated renewably. Alongside this shift […]
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- Sep, 14, 2022
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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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