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February 2011
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News Work begins this year on Part L 2013; call to speed up plans to trial off-site solutions; task group seeks reform of energy certificates.
14 CIBSE News
Report on visits to the Middle East and Asia; new book on electrical services engineering; BSRIA Soft Landings launched Down Under.
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CIBSE national conference This year’s event focuses on the refurbishment challenge.
Opinion 19 20 Letters
Including: carbon guzzling isn’t the answer; no complacency over peak oil.
Opinion
As engineers we must make low carbon solutions a daily reality, says David Frise.
22 Legal column
A focus on changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme.
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Features 24 28 Fit for purpose?
Does the sector have the skills to achieve the green agenda?
Getting on the air
BSkyB’s new base has the world’s first naturally ventilated studios.
Measuring change The refurbishment of a 1930s fire station has proved a success.
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Power drive We examine the uses and limitations of combined heat and power.
47 Commercial cooling
An innovative approach to providing instore chilling at a supermarket.
Learning
Design masterclass Avoiding overdesign using statistics.
55 CPD
Applying micro-hydro power generation.
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Classified 61 Products
A range of products and services currently available in the industry, across five pages.
Directory
Building services suppliers from around the sector.
People & Jobs 66 Looking ahead
Ecobuild, the event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, this year settles into a new home. CIBSE will once again have a seminar stream at the event.
Appointments
Find your next job here and online at
jobs.cibsejournal.com
People
Graham Goymour, an urban designer at AECOM, works on a local and a global scale; he says he’s also used to switching between micro and macro levels. Plus: a line-up of job changes across the industry.
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