Case Studies
Outstanding projects highlighting services design and operation
May 2017
High art, low energy – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greece
Arup’s design of Athens' remarkable new cultural centre put sustainability on the agenda from the start, and the commitment and vision of the client and…
March 2017
Chemical equilibrium – carbon neutral laboratory
The GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Nottingham aims to be carbon neutral over its 25-year lifetime. Rebuilt after a…
March 2017
Ventilation
Double first – University of Bradford’s winning energy reduction programme
The University of Bradford won the ultimate CIBSE Building Performance Awards accolade for the second time last month. Andy Pearson finds out how the facilities…
March 2017
IT & Controls
The new Design Museum – engineering by stealth
The minimalist architecture of the Design Museum’s new London home meant its building services had to be silent and hidden from view. Andy Pearson explains how…
February 2017
Lighting
Just the ticket – monitoring at The Hive
Good design, monitoring and control have ensured The Hive library in Worcester has comfortably beaten its energy targets. Afroditi-Maria Konidari and Ian P Knight, of…
February 2017
Monitoring
Creature comforts – David Attenborough Building
How do you turn a brutalist, uninsulated, concrete structure – housing the University of Cambridge’s zoology department – into a naturally ventilated showcase of sustainability…
December 2016
Ventilation
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