The 9th annual CIBSE Technical Symposium, “Transforming Built Environments - driving change with engineering” took place at the University of Sheffield from 25-26 April 2019.
The 2019 symposium provided an opportunity to examine and share research, development and applications that will drive change in the regulation, creation and maintenance of the built environment as well as evidence where there are still clear opportunities to benefit from established practices.
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Day One
Session 1
Chair – Stephen Lisk – CIBSE President
1.1 Stuart Shell – BranchPattern
Engineering the occupant experience
Session 2 - The future of performance assessment
Chair – Abigail Hathway – University of Sheffield
2.1 Christina Birch – University of Manchester
The development of a methodology for assessing unregulated power consumption on a university campus -
pilot study
2.2 Nishesh Jain – University College London
Moving beyond energy, integrating it with indoor environment quality: UK school building case study
2.3 Ant Wilson – AECOM
Understanding the numbers behind the NABERS energy rating system
2.4 Robert Cohen – Verco
Design for performance: development of a national UK scheme
Session 3 - Delivering and assessing performance in building lighting
Chair – Tony Sung – Consultant
3.1 Steve Shackleton – Fagerhult Lighting
Workplace Lighting: The potential for LEDs to help improve lighting quality in offices
3.2 Eleonora Brembilla – Loughborough University
3.3 Seda Kaçel – Istanbul Technical University
3.4 Siti Norzaini Zainal Abidin – First City University College
Daylight under tropics: process, performance and post occupancy factors in commercial case studies
Session 4 - Assessing and improving heat networks
Chair – Ewan Jones – AECOM
4.1 Jon Greaves – Hydro-X Water Treatment Limited
Water quality assessment in UK district heating systems
4.2 Sam Paine – University of Southampton
Impacts of fixed-rate charges on heating and controls use in communal network social housing
4.3 Rachel Bell and Duncan Josh – Atkins
4.4 Phil Jones – Building Energy Solutions
5th generation heat networks - a major step forward for decarbonising heat in the UK
Session 5 – Chair – Mike Smith – BSRIA
Special address 1
Compendiary presentations 1
Session 6 – Chair – Mike Smith – BSRIA
6.1 Heloisa Fonseca – Public Health England
Radon and newly built properties – information from builders to buyers
6.2 Mohataz Hossain – University of Nottingham
Improving workspace environment through changing design strategies in clothing factories
6.3 Jake Piner – University of Portsmouth
Improving the operation of the ground source heat pump at Chichester Festival Theatre
6.4 Steven Peet – Frese Ltd
Achieving design delta-T for overall system efficiency and plant room performance
6.5 Kate Paxton – Hodkinson Consultancy
Simulated vs measured summertime thermal comfort performance of new build dwellings
6.6 Zaki Iqbal – Loughborough University and American University of Ras Al Khaimah
Use of innovative building materials to transform the built environment in the United Arab Emirates
6.7 Steve Munn – Hevasure Ltd
Development of a low-cost optical corrosion sensor for use in commercial heating and chilled water systems
Session 7 – Water utilisation and treatment for building success
Chair – Jonathan Gaunt – SoPHE – Cundall
7.1 Achala Wickramasinghe – CIBSE
A new method of estimating design flow rates for water supply systems in residential buildings
7.2 Stanislava Boskovic – Imperial College London
Blue green infrastructure empowers urban patterns
7.3 Phil Henry – Polypipe
Evaporation from Blue Green roofs
Session 8 – Making existing buildings perform – Facilities management group
Chair – Geoff Prudence – CIBSE FM Group – Consultant
8.1 Rachel Dick – CIBSE FM Group
Smart sensors as a method to improve the performance of buildings and barriers to their uptake
8.2 Ravi Kumar Shukla – Arcadis UK Limited
Water conservation and gravity drainage system – zero wastewater discharge policy
8.3 Antony Corbett – Geberit
The case for retrofit sprinkler installations in UK domestic building stock
Session 9 – The realities of building IAQ
Chair – David Fitzpatrick – CIBSE Patrons – Colt International
9.1 Samantha Carlsson – Hoare Lea LLP
Exemplar approach to indoor air quality for a new office fit-out
9.2 Edward Murphy – Ollio The Building Performance Consultancy
9.3 Peter Walsh – WSP UK Limited
Intrusion of street sourced nitrogen dioxide into a building lobby
9.4 Curtis Gubb – University of Birmingham
Plants as a building service: Improving indoor air quality and reducing energy consumption – a critical review
Session 10 – Innovative green energy sources
Chair – Julie Godefroy – CIBSE Technical Manager
10.1 Henrique Lagoeiro – London South Bank University
Heat from underground energy London
10.2 Gareth Davies – London South Bank University
Electrical cable tunnel cooling combined with heat recovery in cities
10.3 Gianluigi Lo Basso – Sapienza University of Rome
Session 11 – Information tools and techniques for construction and operation
Vanessa Friedberg – ASHRAE YEA – Siemens
11.1 Ashley Bateson - Hoare Lea
The digital, automated future for the built environment
11.2 Colin Pearson – BSRIA
Building performance compliance checking with a virtual construction management programme
11.3 Sara Ibrahem – Al Amar Consulting Group
Obstacles facing BIM implementation
Session 12 – The future of building power
Chair – Eleonora Brembilla – Loughborough University
12.1 Andreas Georgakarakos – University of Sheffield
Transforming buildings into energy vectors using battery storage
12.2 Geetha Sathi – Arcadis UK Limited
Control of STATCOM with supercapacitors as energy storage system for improved power quality
12.3 Tony Sung – Consultant
Technical update on BS7671 - 18th Edition IET Wiring Regulations
Session 13 – Debate – Designers do not focus on the needs of occupier
Chair – Sara Kassam – CIBSE Head of Sustainability Development
Day Two
Session 14 – Smarter building operation
Chair – Tony Day – CIBSE HVAC Group – International Energy Research Centre
14.1 Kat Kelly – Atlas Controls
Putting some sense into smart homes: proving the case for automated domestic heating and ventilation
14.2 James Milton – University of Sheffield
Visually displaying past and present smart building data through virtual reality
14.3 Dan Cash – University of the West of England
When is a building smart?
Session 15 – Modelling the engineered environment
Chair – Tim Dwyer – Symposium Chair
15.1 David Hamlyn – RWDI
Modelling the impacts of building emissions on their local surroundings
15.2 Geoffrey Levermore – University of Manchester
Reshaping the understanding of building dynamics with time constants
15.3 Rebecca Ward – Cambridge University
Session 16 – Addressing the challenge of overheating homes
Chair – Anastasia Mylona – CIBSE Head of Research
16.1 Laurence Cockman and Abi Roberts –Colt International Ltd
16.2 Katherine Holden – Sweco
Limiting residential overheating in a noisy environment
16.3 Mich Swainson – BRE
Session 17 – Ensuring effective natural ventilation – Natural ventilation group
Chair – Martin Liddament – CIBSE Natural Ventilaton Group – Consultant
17.1 Ben Hughes – University of Nottingham
Novel integration of passive ventilation windcatcher and rotary heat recovery device
17.3 Ze Nunes – Mach Acoustics
Facade design for high performance, acoustically sensitive, natural ventilation
17.4 Benjamin Jones – University of Nottingham
Session 18 – Developing sustainable buildings and systems
Chair – George Adams – CIBSE Past President & CIBSE
Resilient Cities Group – SPIE UK
18.1 Melvin Mathew – Loughborough University
18.2 Carlos Ochoa – IERC
18.3 Clara Bagenal George – Elementa Consulting
Understanding the importance of Whole Life Carbon in the selection of heat-generation equipment
18.4 Rajat Gupta – Oxford Brookes University
Session 19 – Reducing building environmental impact
Chair – Munis Hameed – CIBSE YEN – Ramboll
19.1 Puteri Shireen Jahn Kassim – International Islamic University Malaysia
Reinventing the passive design framework in the tropics: The experience of green rating systems and passive strategies
19.2 Roy Sigalingging – University of Liverpool
19.3 Robin Curtis – GeoScience Ltd
19.4 George Bennett – UCL
Secret life of boilers
Session 20 – Chair – Charlotte Mercer – Cundall
Session 21 – Chair – Charlotte Mercer – Cundall
21.1 David Glossop – Elementa Consulting
21.2 Andrew Butterworth – EECO2
Energy efficiency in cleanrooms
21.3 Suzana Zekic – Imtech Engineering Services London and Luis Gomes-Agustina – London South Bank University
Towards the determination of acoustic characteristics of ventilation plastic ducts
21.4 Usama Asif – Raahim Associates
An analysis of HT/LT distributed and concentrated power supply in skyscrapers
21.5 Karl Cullen – chapmanbdsp
More than the sum of parts – a Part L case study of Battersea Power Station
Session 22 – Improving design practices
Chair – Ashley Bateson – CIBSE Vice President – Hoare Lea
22.1 Andy Lewry – BRE Global
22.2 Andrew Corney – Trimble
Applying lessons from software design to building services engineering
22.3 Craig Wootton – University of Sheffield
Evolving practice to enable and constrain technological impact
Session 23 – Effective commissioning and operation
Chair – Andrew Saville – CIBSE YEN Mentor – Consultant
23.1 Tsung-Hsien Wang – University of Sheffield
23.2 Darragh Gleeson – Integrated Environmental Solutions
Digital engineering, data analytics and model calibration – the future of building operation?
23.3 David Green – CDML
Building commissioning – Event or process?
Session 24 – Concluding technical session
Chair – Kevin Kelly – CIBSE Vice President
24.1 Chris Twinn – Consultant
Heat Autonomy – Life after district heating
24.2 Susie Diamond – Inkling
How do we recognise quality and professionalism in building simulation?