CIBSE AM11: Building Performance Modelling – what’s it all about?

The much anticipated update to the 1998 version of the AM11 CIBSE application manual on Building Performance Modelling was published in November 2015. The manual has been extensively updated reflecting the many changes in the building modelling landscape since the initial release, including advances in computing power and software, changes in legislation and increased industry […]

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Jan, 11, 2016
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Susie’s opinion in The October CIBSE Journal

In her role as vice-chair of the new CIBSE Resilient cities group Susie was asked to contribute an opinion piece for the October issue of the CIBSE journal. You can read it here.

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Oct, 14, 2015
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We have a new Inkling!

Inkling are proud to announce the arrival of Claire’s new baby. Sara Das Bhaumik arrived safely on Friday (25/9/2015). Yay!! Claire will be on maternity leave for the next few months. She will check emails from time to time, but please direct anything urgent to Susie.

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Sep, 30, 2015
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Overheating – the hot topic in housing (pun intended)

Inkling recently co-authored a Zero Carbon Hub publication on assessing overheating in dwellings. This document describes the methodologies and tools currently available for the prediction of overheating risk in dwellings in England and Wales, and poses a challenge to improve on them. The key points highlighted in the report are: – The results obtained […]

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Jul, 27, 2015
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Susie vice-chair of new CIBSE Resilient Cities group

Susie is vice-chair of the new CIBSE Resilient cities group. The groups first initiative has been to set up a blog stream giving voice to opinions across the industry on what it means to equip our cities for the late 20th and early 2st centuries. Susie has written the first post for the blog, setting […]

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Jul, 08, 2015
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What has #BuildingPhysics ever done for us?

last month we travelled to Leeds to give a presentation to CIBSE Yorkshire entitled ‘What has Building Physics ever done for us?’. We had a marvellous time, and Simon Owen kindly created a Storify for the event. https://storify.com/CalibreSimon/what-has-building-physics-ever-done-for-us?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=email&utm_medium=email You can see our presentation (the first one we’ve done in Prezi) here: https://prezi.com/i5eoyhuoyul8/what-has-building-physics-ever-done-for-us/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

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Jul, 08, 2015
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Overheating in Homes – The Big Picture

Inkling have contributed to this report recently published by the Zero Carbon Hub. Why does overheating happen? How can the construction and energy efficiency sector prevent the issue getting worse? What can local and national governments do to support the housing sector? And why does it matter? The report can be downloaded here.

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Jun, 25, 2015
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Inkling carrying out modelling to assess window film performance

Inkling have been doing some work with Eastman to explore the properties of some of their glazing films and how well the dynamic thermal modelling tools (TAS and IES) can pick up their benefits. It has been an interesting exercise and we thought we’d share some of what we’ve learned in this blog post. […]

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May, 18, 2015
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New CIBSE publication on Integrated School Design

CIBSE have recently published TM57 Integrated School Design. This document covers various design aspects for schools such as thermal comfort, acoustics, daylighting, air quality and ventilation. It states: “Teaching and learning spaces pose a great challenge to designers and engineers as the environmental needs are more complex than with most rooms. The challenge […]

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Apr, 27, 2015
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Inkling @ #CIBSESymposium 2015

At Inkling both Susie and Claire made contributions to the organising of the CIBSE Technical Symposium 2015. We were keen to attend the two-day event event at UCL, and have taken this opportunity to write up and share our experience of it. Sergio Fox (Architecture without Engineers) opened the event with an interesting and entertaining […]

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