Mind the ‘Performance Gap’ – Inkling offering CIBSE TM54 predicted in-use energy modelling

The “Performance Gap” – the difference between design predictions and operational energy use – is a serious issue for our industry. The CarbonBuzz web site shows that many buildings consume between 1.5 and 2.5 times the predicted design energy. In order to address this, the industry needs both better energy-use predictions and a greater […]

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Posted by Claire Das Bhaumik
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May, 27, 2014
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Isabel working on Land Art Generator competition entry

Isabel has been working with Sarah Wigglesworth Architects on an entry for the Land Art Generator competition. This is the third year of the competition which invites interdisciplinary teams from around the world to submit their ideas for public art that provides utility-scale clean energy to the grid. This year the competition site is in […]

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May, 20, 2014
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Susie confirmed as CIBSE awards judge 2015

Susie has been confirmed as a member of the judging panel for the CIBSE Building Performance awards 2015. This will be the 3rd year running that she has been a judge. The launch event for the awards takes place at M&S on the 18th June. More info here: http://www.cibse.org/bpalaunch More information about the awards and how […]

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May, 13, 2014
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Inkling to offer more training sessions

Following on from our first (sell-out) training day on predicting in-use energy performance (in association with Colin Lillicrap): http://www.colinlillicrapassociates.co.uk/8.html which took place on 7th May (the next date with places still available is 4th June – follow the link to book); we are now working with Sarah Davis at Skills4Stem to develop further #BuildingPhysics related training sessions […]

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May, 07, 2014
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Claire to present at CIBSE ASHRAE Technical symposium 2014

Claire is to present research at the CIBSE ASHRAE Technical symposium 2014 in Dublin next month on ‘A comparison of the CIBSE Guide A and TM52 overheating criteria for a range of building types’ The aim of the research was to investigate how the same building performs with different compliance criteria. Three different building […]

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Mar, 20, 2014
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Part L2A 2013 – “How to pass” – Part 2

The Notional Building To assess carbon compliance with the Part L 2013 building regulations, the building as designed is entered into modelling software and compared to a baseline building known as the ‘Notional’ building. The Notional building is defined by the rules in the NCM modelling guide (for buildings other than dwellings). The following […]

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Mar, 20, 2014
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Part L2A 2013 – “How to pass” – Part 1

Part L2A 2013 The Building Regulations Approved Document Part L2A 2013 for non-domestic buildings have recently been released. These regulations come into force in England on 6th April 2014. Separate rules apply to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Transitional arrangements will apply and these are the same as for the 2010 regulations update […]

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Posted by Claire Das Bhaumik
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Mar, 20, 2014
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Susie and Claire attend the ‘Building the future – Women in Construction’ report launch & debate in parliament.

Susie and Claire attended the ‘Building the future – Women in Construction’ report launch & debate in parliament. The report was published by the Smith Institute and edited by Meg Munn MP. Support was given by Wates Giving, Construction Youth Trust and the Construction Industry Training Board. The report can be found here.

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Mar, 12, 2014
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Susie @inklingllp makes #Ecobuild100 list of top tweeters 2014

The #Ecobuild100 aims to provide a comprehensive list of the most useful and insightful sustainable construction, design and built environment oriented Twitter accounts. The list is comprised of public nominations, from which the Ecobuild team has carefully selected the final 100 based on relevant content, engagement and Klout score.

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Mar, 06, 2014
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Claire peer reviews CIBSE’s new AM11

Claire is a long-standing technical peer reviewer for CIBSE (The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) and has recently reviewed CIBSE’s updated Applications Manual 11 on Building Performance Modelling. This update is a complete revision of the previously published Manual AM11 and covers topics such as – thermal and energy modelling – ventilation modelling […]