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 […]
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
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.
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.
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
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
Claire and Susie have recently co-authored a new Zero Carbon Hub publication ‘Assessing Overheating Risk – Evidence Review’, which was launched at EcoBuild 2015. This Evidence Review forms part of a wider evidence gathering exercise being conducted by the Zero Carbon Hub for the ‘Tackling Overheating in Homes’ project. It provides a summary of
I’m quoted in this piece for the small business network on female entrepreneurs working in male-dominated industries: Diamond, who left her job to co-found the building physics firm Inkling says that she and her female business partner bring a more approachable, client-focused touch to their business: “Building physics is quite a nerdy part of engineering, which
Claire is to participate in the next Edge Debate on tall buildings entitled “Skyscrapers vs the Planet – Can Tall Buildings be a Sustainable Solution for our Cities?” “There has been much debate recently about the impact of tall buildings in London since the AJ and the Observer newspaper launched their Skyline campaign in
Inkling is working with a number of partners, including lead assessors, designers and installers, in order to provide a full package of ESOS compliance services. Our team has the depth of experience, skills and knowledge to ensure your ESOS audit will be carried out efficiently while meeting the complex compliance requirements laid down by
Inkling are proud to support the Crash Cares campaign again this Christmas. We’ve given our Christmas card fund to Crash in return for this e-card. They can make better use of the cash building a better future for homeless men and women. http://www.crashcares.com/inkling-2/
Our last Blog identified a number of ‘Performance Gaps’ caused by a wide spectrum of conceptual and quality issues ranging from a lack of clarity in the industry regarding building performance criteria to poor build quality on site. So, what can we do to close these gaps? As engineers, modellers and designers we
