Building Performance

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has given a cautious welcome to the government’s strategy for spending up to £2.5 billion on improving the energy efficiency of homes and public sector buildings. The Association said the investment “could be an ...

Thousands of commercial landlords could end up with costly ‘stranded assets’ once new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation for buildings comes into effect next month. From 1 April 2023, it will no longer be legal to let a property ...

Data from the Building Controls Industry Association’s (BCIA) latest Market Information Service (MIS) report has estimated that the Building Energy Management System (BEMS) sector is now worth around £835.8 million to the UK economy. This represents an increase of eight ...

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has announced the winners of the 2023 Building Performance Awards which recognise the people, practices and products that are pioneering a safer, more sustainable, and healthier built environment. According to CIBSE, this ...

The UK government is currently missing one of its core Net Zero commitments to reduce CO2 emissions by 101 years, according to the Public Building Energy Efficiency Report. CO2 emissions from public buildings need to be reduced five times faster ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has praised the government for launching an energy efficiency taskforce charged with driving investment in improving the performance of buildings. Co-chaired by the Chief Executive of Nat West, Alison Rose, and Energy Security and Net ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is calling for the government to accelerate its financial investment in building energy efficiency and heat pumps. According to the Association which represents hundreds of companies involved in building improvement work, funding earmarked for ...

Driven by the shared desire of organisations, governments, companies and professionals to build a genuinely global language for measurement the new harmonised International Property Measurement standard has been launched. Published by a Coalition of more than 80 property organisations representing ...

Newcastle-based tech firm, SPG (Solution Performance Group), has acquired Axon Systems in a major development for North East tech and the energy and carbon performance of buildings. The two North East firms have joined together to provide a unique solution ...

More than two fifths of councils have warned they will be unable to pay their energy bills unless work is carried out on many of their buildings to make them more energy efficient. This is according to a new poll ...