Alex Smith

Tweeting mostly about the built environment – editor of CIBSE Journal

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This lady has been lying with a badly injured shoulder on an isolated footpath for an hour in Fen Ditton. Can she be prioritised? @EastAngilaAmb The Good Samaritans with her have already rung 999.

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Talking heat policy and hybrid heat pumps on a cold day with @Baxiboilers Jeff House, and @energygovuk Laura Brassell (hybrid heat pump policy lead at DEZNS)

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Why certifying design rather than actual performance good for energy efficiency in buildings. As demonstrated by BBP’s Rob MacWhannell - the slide shows similar energy performance whatever the building's EPC rating #NABERSUK #Build2Perform

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Since study there are more low GWP refrigerants available but system efficiency must be taken into account. Summary - minimise refrigerant volume, reduce leakage rates, gather data, specify low GWP.
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Claire Brierley shares @hoarelea comparison study on whole life carbon of MEP systems in offices. Refrigerant has big impact on embodied carbon. Original study here
https://t.co/ZUje55TWrl
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Standing room only at embodied energy session #Build2perform chaired by Dr Joe Jack Williams. Signed copies of TM65 available! @CIBSE

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In the opening keynote at CIBSE #Build2Perform President-elect Vince Arnold says building services engineers have a unique opportunity to shape buildings and communities, and the urban enviroments in which they exist. @CIBSE

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@CambridgeUtdFC This is the picture making Diggers smile.

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@British_Airways @lilyallen Tbf they have replied to others who aren’t celebrities (as far as I know)

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5 years after signing net zero into law @CSkidmoreUK says Conservative approach is hugely damaging because of move to new oil/gas licences and jettisoning of world leading position on net zero. ‘It makes me angry this has been thrown away as part of a culture war’ @InstallerSHOW

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Heat network policy session first up at @FutureBuildNow John Allison (left) DESNZ: ‘Heat Network Zoning provides confidence that heat networks are the right solution for selected urban areas. It doesn’t mean heat networks won’t be most effective solution outside heat zones’

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.@FutureBuildNow as busy as ever. Managed to get in a quick game of golf on @CIBSE stand before first session on heat networks. All balls with 19 seconds left if anyone is competing.

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Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation states that fossil-fuel boilers won't be allowed in new homes including hybrid boilers and hydrogen-ready boilers. https://t.co/12X1DWrKXC

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Podcast: tackling whole-life carbon in air conditioning: This @CIBSEJournal podcast sponsored by Daikin, discusses the challenges of decarbonising cooling across a building’s lifetime with 4 experts discussing how to reduce operational and embodied carbon https://t.co/Nk1HDDUBQR

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Creating tiny pockets of air inside wood makes it three times as good at insulating heat and 10 times better at blocking sound https://t.co/FmUqhOZqSX

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Packed room for @NABERS_UK breakfast briefing this morning. Slide from @CarlosFloresLen @NABERS_AUS illustrates financial benefits of having a #NABERS rating for a commercial building @bbpuk

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@SamyDjavidnia @cpr_fc @AndrewsoArcadia @SimonWEv @dannyrogers2001 @logsie_lover @KenCowdery @j0nmurray @Paul_ABCDM @pietropi Sorry to miss @cpr_fc reunion - looking forward to the 25th anniversary. Five more years…

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Perfecting #Passivhaus - in @CIBSEJournal's recent article, our Passivhaus Leader @GwilymStill chronicles the development of the challenging #energy & comfort standard at our Practice, and explains why it's integral to our #netzero #carbon strategy:

https://t.co/GsVGWSEql6

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@CatBoonan @BenRothenberg I

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You would have had got pretty long odds on the first snow of winter being in Cambridge CB1 6/10 #uksnow