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Contents NEWS


6 News Ministers seek Supreme Court ruling over tariff cut; Davey sets out stall on energy efficiency; top official insists Part L change is ‘not backsliding’; new role for MVHR in new homes.


7 30


March 2012


12 CIBSE news Transatlantic ties; seeing the light over street lamps; Part L 2013 talks begin.


16 CIBSE awards winners The top performers are honoured in the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2012.


20 Knowledge Portal Brian Moss gives an insider’s view on the Institute’s new online Knowledge Portal tool.


OPINION


22 Difficult delivery Knowing how to construct energy efficient homes is one thing, but delivering them remains a challenge.


23 Letters Including: Getting solar right.


24 Regulations The implications of the Lofstedt Report on the construction sector.


LEARNING


60 Learning tool Making building physics more accessible to generalists and students.


65 CPD


Basic acoustic terminology for building services.


Features


27 Wind of change Ewen Rose reports from America’s ‘windy city’ for this year’s ASHRAE Winter Meeting.


47 Clean sweep?


How to cut air pollution from your ventilation system, and how to make air movement via louvers more effective.


55 Power brokers


The benefits of district energy networks are being overstated because many building services engineers are using the wrong calculations, argues James Thonger.


‘Forcing developers to deliver renewables when they aren’t required to leads to some serious unintended consequences’ p22


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CLASSIFIED 70 Products


A round-up of products and services within the building services sector.


77 Directory A guide to building services suppliers in the industry.


PEOPLE AND JOBS 79 Appointments


Find your next job here and online at jobs.cibsejournal.com


82 Looking ahead


Heating services explained, plus national conferences, seminars and training events.


March 2012 CIBSE Journal 3


BUILDING PERFORMANCE SPECIAL


30 Test of time


A team of experts investigates how a university building is faring a decade after it was first revealed to be an excellent energy performer.


39 Work in progress Do new schools perform as intended by their designers? We unveil new research.


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