Buro Happold wins Belfast arts-centre appointment

14 November, 2005

Buro Happold has been appointed environmental and building-services engineers for the Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast. This project aims to become the premier multi-disciplinary centre for community arts in Northern Ireland. The environmental aspects will consist of a major upgrade to the building fabric, the energy systems and the technical systems for the performing arts centre. Proposals include the extensive use of natural ventilation and daylighting in the proposed new dance studios and workshops and innovative natural-displacement solutions in the multi-use performance spaces. BREEAM will act as a driver for the design process.

Industry leaders gather at CIBSE’s Measuring Performance and Facilities Management conference

CIBSE’s Measuring Performance and Facilities Management conference recently brought together leading voices from across the built environment to explore the evolving landscape of building performance and operational excellence.

Independent testing crucial to bridge retrofit confidence gap, BSRIA study reveals

New research from the Building Services Research and Intelligence Association (BSRIA) highlights a significant confidence gap between construction professionals and the general public regarding the effectiveness of building retrofits.

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