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Shaping energy efficiency: Nemetschek Group brand Spacewell helps tackle the energy crisis

The Nemetschek Group, a leading global provider of software for the digital transformation in the construction and media industries, is driving a more sustainable building management. It is responding to the energy crisis with the solution Spacewell Energy (Dexma), enabling ...

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Survey reveals dramatic increase in sustainability initiatives in buildings

Greater energy efficiency, better indoor air quality (IAQ) and meeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) guidelines are three objectives currently prioritised by multinational organisations as they face increasing pressure to incorporate their building operations into their sustainability plans. These are ...

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CUBE competition has already saved enough energy to power over 3,000 homes

The UK’s first competition launched by CUBE to tackle the dual challenges of energy efficiency in commercial buildings has already saved 15GWh in energy, that’s enough to power over 3,000 homes for a year. The competition’s innovative approach brings landlords, ...

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Shortlist announced for the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2023

The CIBSE has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Building Performance Awards which recognise the people, practices and products that are pioneering a safer, more sustainable, and healthier built environment. For the first time, CIBSE have introduced the Engineer of ...

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€108K annual energy savings identified by office building performance review

Consultants from climate tech firm, IES, have helped Savills achieve projected annual energy costs savings of up to €108,000 and carbon savings of up to 302 tonnes of CO2 per year, after optimising the operational performance of a 14,000m2 office building in ...

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Thermal comfort

Richard Tibenham, Building Performance Specialist at IES on keeping workplaces safe and productive in extreme weather It has recently become clear that the UK is somewhat unequipped for maintaining ideal working conditions under extreme hot weather events. There is no ...

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World Ventil8 Day launches

Today (8 November) marks the first annual World Ventil8 Day, an international awareness campaign to promote the importance of better building ventilation in supporting health, wellbeing, and productivity. Spearheaded by healthy building champion Professor Cath Noakes OBE, Professor of Environmental ...

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Bouygues E&S introduces Orbiter

Bouygues Energies & Services (Bouygues E&S)  has launched Orbiter™, a 360 online self-assessment tool which helps building owners assess their building’s performance and see the bigger picture. Building Management is at the heart of a successful business operation and buildings ...

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Entries open for the CIBSE Building Performance Awards

Entries are now open for the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2023, with new categories supporting a focus on actual, measured performance outcomes. The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Awards recognise the teams, products, innovations, initiatives and ...

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Office landlords could be set to spend up to £63 billion to achieve proposed EPC targets

New research by global real estate advisor, Savills, has revealed that UK landlords could be spending upwards of £40 per sq ft to make high cost improvements if they are to achieve the proposed legislative energy targets set to come into ...

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