Regal Homes – Queens Road, Hendon 10 high quality residential units with underfloor heating, comfort cooling and centralised boiler plant. Sustainability issues offset with a gas fired CHP, whole... read more
Government is seeking input from the building industry to help develop and support future policies for heat in non-domestic buildings in the Future of Heat consultation. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)... read more
Light shines into the heart of most human experience. Our moods are light or dark or dull. It is no coincidence that in the Genesis account of the beginnings of the world, light appears on the ‘first day’, before land or sea. ... read more
The thermal comfort of an occupant can affect his or her wellbeing in a number of ways and I will go through some of them here; however first I will describe thermal comfort and how to quantify it. The thermal comfort of a person is... read more
Smart Connected HVAC is one of the latest trends that is revolutionising the world of commercial buildings in the US and has the potential to do the same elsewhere. Driven by the need to improve HVAC performance and reliability, cutting downtime... read more
BSRIA says it is well documented that humidity plays an important role in assuring the wellbeing of building occupants. In the U.K. we spend over 80 per cent of our time indoors and with approximately 90 per cent of the associated costs of a... read more
Define, identify and prevent: an overviewIntroductionNew homes of today need to meet high quality standards, provide a healthy and safe environment for the occupants, be energy efficient and... read more
How to control and manage buildings efficiently and sustainably while providing the occupants with the necessary level of safety, health, and comfort they need is a question which appears large for many building owners/operators. This fundamental... read more
BSRIA says culture change needed: Dame Judith Hackitt's Review of Building Regulations & Fire Safety - GrenfellBSRIA welcomes Thursday’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety –... read more
Improving the energy performance of commercial buildings has been seen as a “significant goal” for many organisations at least since the “energy crisis” of the 1970s, which was when building automation control... read more
Design for Performance (DfP) is referenced by the 2018 update of the Soft Landings... read more
Europe is seeing a rapid growth in the market for Smart Connected HVAC, which refers to a heating, cooling or air conditioning system which is connected to a network – usually the internet – enabling its... read more
AECOM workplace strategy and design specialist Nicola Gillen looks at how strengthening the relationship between people and place through workplace transformation can influence employee and organisational... read more
Recent completion of 2 Storey New Build Arboretum HQ at Royal Botanical Gardens KEW “SpencerMayes have been extremely easy and a pleasure to work with and have addressed all the M&E areas in detail that have been raised... read more