CIBSE’s Building Performance Awards for 2015 now has a category for building-control systems. This new award recognises the importance of integrated and automated control systems in managing and maintaining optimum building performance.
Entries can be made online at the link below and close on 11 September 2014. The awards dinner will be held at Grosvenor House in London on 10 February 2015.
Siderise Innovation Centre achieves UKAS accreditation
Siderise has announced its Innovation Centre has achieved UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation, validating that it operates with the highest technical competency and generates reliable results.
One in five building service engineers unfamiliar with overheating regulations
New research has revealed that 20% of building service engineers are unfamiliar with the UK Building Regulations’ Approved Document O, which addresses overheating in buildings – and almost half (46%) claim to understand the theory behind it but are unsure how to put it into practice.
