Recognising the vital importance of good indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort in schools, the Energy Awards have shortlisted Breathing Buildings in their 2018 awards. The Cambridge-based company’s new energy efficient NVHR® (Natural Ventilation with Heat...
QEII Relaunched! London conference venue gets a breath of fresh air. The QEII Centre, in the heart of London, is one of the UK’s premier conference and exhibition venues. The landmark building, opposite the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, is celebrating its 30th...
IES and Breathing Buildings have announced the release of a new performance component, now available in the IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) software. The release sees the addition of an easy-to-use ‘drag, drop & play’ component for our popular NVHR systems. With...
Breathing Buildings was delighted to hear the Prime Brass rendition of Souza’s Liberty Bell on Tim Lihoreau’s Classic FM Breakfast show on 14 October 2016. This is the first time in four years that Tim has used a new recording, and this recording was made in a...
In an article which first appeared in the CIBSE Journal August 2016, Breathing Buildings discusses how engineers need to think strategically to understand how sub-systems interrelate. It is right and proper that society demands higher quality buildings. By this,...
As Breathing Buildings celebrate their 10th anniversary, when better to pause, grab a brew and take stock of what’s happened! What have we done, who have we helped, and what’s next? We’ve emerged from a Cambridge University research project to a team of Chartered...
Breathing Buildings is pleased to announce that the next Cambridge University undergraduate research project we are supervising is on hybrid ventilation. Hybrid ventilation is the future according to Shaun Fitzgerald, CEO of Breathing Buildings. However, the optimum...
Breathing Buildings attended the 2016 CIBSE Technical Symposium at Heriot-Watt University. Dr Owen Connick highlighted the amazing impact engineers can have on a project if they are engaged at the start of a process. The case study on the net zero energy Costa Coffee...
Breathing Buildings has been following developments of Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament, which establishes a framework for the ecodesign requirements for energy-related products – in particular ventilation systems. These regulations officially came...
Breathing Buildings is delighted to announce that on 2 December 2015, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, the Costa EcoPod scooped the BCSC Gold Award for Sustainability (https://www.bcsc.org.uk/events_awards/gold_awards/gold_awards). The building...