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This month's content:

- Do DECs add up?
- Soft Landings for schools case studies
- BREEAM Data Centres 2010
- 57% say contracts don't work for BIM
- New underfloor heating and cooling guide
- Retrofit for the future’ monitoring
- New Kimo Class 2 sound level meters
- Energy efficient lighting systems in the US
- New to near to market technologies competition
- Improving management of building services design
- Pre-commissioning cleaning of pipework systems
- Visit BSRIA at Ecobuild 2011

Do DECs add up?
BSRIA has been looking at statistics behind almost 30,000 Display Energy Certificates (DECs) to see how well the system is working and answer: What are we learning? Can we tell if building energy efficiency is improving? What needs to be done next?
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Soft Landings for schools case studies

These case studies tested the applicability of the Soft Landings Framework on school projects in progress, and on schools that had recently been completed and occupied. The results are encouraging.

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BREEAM Data Centres 2010

Data centres are hungry consumers of electrical energy. Will a new BREEAM scheme give design engineers the guidance they need for energy issues?

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57% say contracts don't work for BIM

Most delegates at BIM 2010 said that contracts are not easily translatable for BIM. 42% said that the client should own the Building Information Model, though clients themselves were evenly split as to whether it should be the architect, client or some other body.

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New underfloor heating and cooling guide

Due in the New Year, our revised guide will reflect the advances in technology, design methods and applications of underfloor systems, including the growth in cooling applications and the integration of renewable energy.

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‘Retrofit for the future’ monitoring

TSB’s ‘Retrofit for the future’ project aims to retrofit occupied dwellings with the latest energy saving systems and monitor the results. What monitoring is needed to accurately measure energy saving?

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New Kimo Class 2 sound level meters

Available for purchase from BSRIA Instrument Solutions, these sound level meters are ideal for taking noise measurements such as those during the testing of fire and emergency alarms.

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Energy efficient lighting systems in the US

In the US, energy efficient lighting has been rather neglected in favour of saving energy from HVAC systems, but in the last five years the balance has been restored.

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New to near to market technologies competition

The TSB, MBEKTN and EPSRC are inviting competition entries for new or near to market technologies. Winning entries will be showcased and judged by visitors at Ecobuild 2011.

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Training and events

Improving management of building services design

This new training course has been developed from BSRIA’s Design Framework Guide and will help everyone involved with the management of building services design.

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Pre-commissioning cleaning of pipework systems

The emphasis on this course will be on the aims, procedures and obstacles to successful dynamic flushing of pipework systems and will combine lectures, practical demonstrations and worked examples.

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Visit BSRIA at Ecobuild 2011

Ecobuild is the biggest event in the world for sustainable design, construction and the built environment. BSRIA will be exhibiting its Building Performance Evaluation services on stand S2234.

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