As an Irish engineer who spent over six years living in Australia and became a dual citizen, I have an appreciation of what both nations do well and areas where we could improve collaboration. For example, as a Waterford native, I strongly believe that the “Waterford Blaa” would be an excellent addition to an Australian...Read More

CIBSE and the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) have joined forces to introduce an innovative product verification scheme aimed at promoting circular economy practices within the lighting industry. This scheme, known as the TM66 Assured, will provide independent verification of lighting manufacturers’ circularity claims, ensuring accuracy and credibility The TM66 Assured product verification scheme, developed by...Read More

DIALux evo is the world’s leading software lighting design software. More than 750,000 professional users worldwide – including engineers, electricians and lighting designers – plan, calculate and visualise light for indoor and outdoor areas with DIALux evo. DIAlux evo training is essential for the worldwide standard in lighting design software and the forthcoming Lighting Association...Read More

In the first three articles of this series we looked at the tools that the construction sector could avail of to build a pathway to digitalisation success. The fourth detailed the need for upskilling in the industry, and this article will outline some of the benefits that the sector can secure if it continues to...Read More

The recent and unexpected death of Ted Bourke marks the passing of one of the industry’s founding forefathers. Ted was an industry legend and something of an enigma … highly respected and widely known, yet somehow very private and retiring.Read More

As a now grey-haired senior building services engineer, it has been intriguing to see how the industry has developed over the last 40 years. I was at lunch recently with some fellow senior engineers – most of whom are still involved in the industry – and we started reminiscing and talking about the impact of...Read More

Welcome to the Golden Anniversary issue of Building Services News, marking 50 years of continuous publication. Over the last half-century the journal has evolved in tandem with developments and innovations in the industry, not just reflecting those changes but also helping to promote them and spearhead their acceptance.Read More

Gerard Hosford currently works as Senior Mechanical Engineer with Patrick Parsons Consulting Engineers in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is also the current Chairman of CIBSE North East Region in England and has lived there for almost 10 years.Read More

CIBSE AND ASHRAE have received the largest ever number of abstracts for the annual Technical Symposium that will be held on 3/4 April 2014 at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin St.Read More

Recognising that system and plant performance is a global issue, “Moving to a New World of Building Systems Performance” is the theme of the forthcoming joint CIBSE and ASHRAE technical symposium to be held in DIT Kevin St, Dublin on 3/4 April 2014.Read More