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Driving us on to a low-energy future
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mid this summer’s sporting extravaganzas, we celebrate the Olympics in our own characteristic way. Almost a year ago the Journal featured the special district energy network devised for
the Olympic Park and neighbouring Stratford (August 2011, page 16). Low carbon innovation has also been involved in the design and build of the actual venues, notably the Aquatics Centre. In this edition we show how ventilation and air conditioning strategies have been used to make the centre’s enormous pool hall comfortable for both athletes and spectators, and in a low-energy way (pages 26-32). We also showcase other strategies for low-energy ventilation. The
Energy effi ciency is about the freedom to innovate as much as it is about ticking the right green boxes
CIBSE awarding-winning RACUS system involves a ceiling-tile technology that stores and releases latent heat gains, thereby reducing the energy demand of HVAC systems (page 39). A separate article explores the best low-energy strategies for ventilating car parks (page 42). We continue our series of articles on the role
and development of Building Information Modelling (BIM), which many see as key to ensuring the industry has a more joined-up and collaborative approach to low carbon initiatives in the built environment (page 35). Interestingly, on our Opinion pages, one engineer gets on
her soap box to denounce what she regards as a myopic approach to design modelling – not attacking BIM, as such, but reminding us all that energy effi ciency is about the freedom to innovate as much as it is about ticking the right green boxes (page 16).
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nd fi nally... this is the last edition of the Journal I shall edit, as I am off to pastures new. I wish the new editor, Alex Smith, and Carina Bailey, who has been promoted to deputy editor,
all the very best for the future. I hope Alex fi nds the job as stimulating and rewarding as I have. At risk of turning this into an Oscar speech, I could not leave without thanking CIBSE for all its help and input in the creation and development of the magazine since early 2009. But most thanks must go out to all those readers and contributors who have helped to make the Journal what it is. The road to a low carbon future in the built environment remains a long one, I feel, but I have no doubt CIBSE and the Journal will continue to drive us all in that direction. Enough of the clichés... and goodbye.
Bob Cervi, Editor
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