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NEWS 7 News
DECC doubles renewable heat payments; new mindset needed for BIM; two M&E giants quit the UK market; MP raps industry’s ‘geeky’ language; and heat pump vision is ‘fl awed’
12 CIBSE News
Marking 80 years of support; CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2014: call for judges
14 Adaptation of cities key to energy effi ciency
New CIBSE president George Adams spells out his vision for the future
OPINION 16 Letters
Europe is not your enemy; learning our lessons
17 The real game changer Why we need to consider the cold, hard facts about energy generation
18 Regulations
Now is the prime time to create a set of national technical guidelines for industry
20 Lost in translation We need to communicate more clearly – or lose business to less qualifi ed non-engineers
Features 22 Fantasy vs reality
How designers and clients are embracing the online CarbonBuzz project, which publicises actual energy consumption data, compared to design intent
26 Zero opportunity?
Why it’s easier to design ‘zero carbon’ mansions than one-bed fl ats
54 Making waves
The US Navy has ranked water-cooled magnetic bearing compressors among its top 20 technologies. We explain why
Cover story: BIM takes off
Grimshaw and Balfour Beatty reveal
how they used building information modelling at Heathrow Terminal 2B in our BIM special, which starts on page 33. Read other Journal supplements at
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‘CarbonBuzz will help the design community and property industry understand why the gap between predicted and operational energy use exists’
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LEARNING 59 CPD
Application of small-scale combined heat and power
CLASSIFIED 63 Products
A round-up of gadgets and services for the industry
67 Directory A guide to suppliers PEOPLE AND JOBS
68 Appointments Jobs at
jobs.cibsejournal.com
70 Looking ahead Crystal Clear BIM Conference, plus industry-based conferences and training
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BIM DECONSTRUCTED
MODEL MAYHEM Why the software must work for engineers
BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING SPECIAL
COME FLY WITH ME The BIM journey at Heathrow Terminal 2B
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