INDUSTRY NEWS
BRIEFING TACKLES BUILDING SERVICES CHALLENGES
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omorrow’s challenges in today’s buildings is the theme of the BSRIA Briefing to be staged at the Brewery, London, on Friday, November 17, 2017. The issues industry is facing and the role it will play in providing solutions will be highlighted.
It is well known that 80% of the buildings needed for 2050 already exist, but what will be the requirements within these buildings to accommodate the changing and varied expectations of the occupants while not forgetting our energy and carbon targets? The latest opportunities emerging are focused on
health, wellness, independence, mobility and leisure. Products and services that address these needs will have a fast growing market to capture. Building services are at the heart of realising these opportunities and delivering the built environment of the future. This will not only provide challenges for the workplace but also for communities as a whole, including residential, leisure and retail. How will building services need to adapt to meet the needs of future generations and industries? Because the coming demographic shifts are foreseeable over the next few decades, governments are afforded the opportunity to adopt a proactive approach to align their policies to the evolving needs. This year’s briefing explores the options of how technology and research can enable us to prepare and
accommodate future needs, both in the residential and commercial buildings of the future. Julia Evans, BSRIA chief executive said: “The BSRIA Briefing this year explores how technology and research can help us prepare for future needs both in residential and commercial buildings. “These buildings already meet current regulations for
energy and carbon but what isn’t clear is what might be needed within these buildings to meet changing and varied expectations of the occupants. “So how are they going to handle issues such as health, wellness, independence, mobility, leisure and, indeed, age? “Building services are at the heart of delivering the built
environment of the future and we have a great line up of influential industry speakers that will inspire you with thinking on this crucial issue and break barriers. The agenda is jam-packed, with Sir Ranulph Fiennes Bt OBE as the after lunch speaker. Sir Fiennes is the first person to reach both North and
South Poles by foot. He also made it into the record books by completing seven marathons on seven continents (including Antarctica) in seven days – soon after receiving emergency heart surgery. Only then did he take up climbing, starting with the North Face of the Eiger. At the age of 65, at his third attempt, he became the oldest Briton to conquer Everest.
WEARABLES LEAD THE WAY
on ‘Trends towards wearables and wellbeing in buildings – a threat or opportunity for the HVAC industry?’. Wearables include everything
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from smart watches, which can record and transmit a huge range of different types of information about the wearer and his or her health to smart glasses, smart jewellery and even smart clothing. Krystyna Dawson, business manager of BSRIA’s world market intelligence division (pictured), says wearables have the potential to help with employee productivity and the bottom line. By tracking the wearer’s movements they can help ensure that heating and cooling is directed to where it is needed and take account of variable factors like body heat.
SRIA has launched its White Paper
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amazing control, stunning performance
www.heatingandventilating.net
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