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Breathing Buildings’ NVHRe Wins at Energy Saving Awards
Breathing Buildings, a leading provider of controlled natural and hybrid ventilation systems, has scooped the Commercial Ventilation Product of the Year Award at this year’s prestigious Energy Savings
Breathing Buildings Supports World Ventil8 Day!
Breathing Buildings, a leading provider of controlled natural and hybrid ventilation systems is celebrating World Ventilation Day (#WorldVentil8Day).
Exciting Times at Breathing Buildings as Company Strides Ahead in Indoor Air Quality
Breathing Buildings, a leading provider of controlled natural and hybrid ventilation systems, is striding ahead in indoor air quality (IAQ) with three exciting developments.
Breathing Buildings Helps Make Use of Free Heat Gains with Expansion of Award-Winning NVHR Range
Breathing Buildings Helps Make Use of Free Heat Gains with Expansion of Award-Winning NVHR Range
Breathing Buildings COVID19 customer communication
Breathing Buildings are taking every precaution to protect the health and safety of our workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic whilst ensuring our goods and services can be available to our customers,
MAGIC Partners Meeting
Breathing Buildings were delighted once again to attend the bi-annual MAGIC Partners Meeting
Breathing Buildings’ NVHR® Wins Prestigious Energy Award
Breathing Buildings is delighted to announce that it has won a prestigious Energy Award.
Breathing Buildings Set To Take The Stage At CIBSE Build2perform Live 2018
27th & 28th November 2018, Olympia, London
Breathing Buildings’ Shortlisting Recognises the Importance of Healthy Learning Environments
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.
Breathing Buildings’ NVHR® Wins at HVR Awards
Breathing Buildings is delighted to have won the ‘Commercial/Industrial Ventilation Product of the Year’ category at the HVR Awards 2018
Breathing Buildings Welcomes updated BB101 guidelines
Breathing Buildings, has welcomed the 2018 edition of BB101: Guidelines on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools.
Breathing Buildings Launches New Education Brochure
Breathing Buildings, UK’s leading provider of controlled hybrid ventilation systems, has launched a new sector-specific brochure aimed at ventilation applications in education.
The Noise Issue: Acoustics and Ventilation in Schools
Breathing Buildings has released a new, easy-to-grasp guide to BB93, titled ‘The Noise Issue: Acoustics and Ventilation in Schools’.
Educating the Engineers of the Future
Dr Owen Connick to lead a workshop on applications of fluid mechanics in the built environment at Imperial College London.
Natural Ventilation behind the scenes
Breathing Buildings natural ventilation system design helps to improve indoor environment at YMCA East Anton Nursery and Community Centre.
Breathing Buildings Head To Glasgow With CIBSE Scotland
Natural And Hybrid Ventilation seminar delivered for CIBSE Scotland by Breathing Buildings.
Breathing Buildings Supporting Engineers of Tomorrow
Breathing Buildings Supporting Engineers of Tomorrow
Breathing Buildings Showcased At Cleantech Growth Event
17th January 2018, Taylor Wessing, Cambridge
Breathing Buildings’ takes centre stage at CIBSE Build2perform Live 2017
Breathing Buildings to present a seminar at the CIBSE Build2Perform Live
Breathing Buildings’ ventilation design helps Bloomberg HQ beat BREEAM record
Bloomberg European Headquarters
Getting to grips with new Ventilation Guidelines
The 2017 September edition of the CIBSE Journal articles includes helpful information on the new BB101 Guidance of Ventilation in Schools.
Weather Data
In 2016, the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) released new weather data sets to be used in the UK construction and building services industry.
Comparing Weather Files
Breathing Buildings use weather files provided by CIBSE in order to model overheating in buildings throughout the year.
New Summer Placement Students
Breathing Buildings to support Cambridge University by taking on two undergraduate students to join us for 10 weeks summer placement.
Cambridge Civil Engineering Event
Breathing Buildings supports the Cambridge Civils Event on 7 June 2017
CABE 2017
Breathing Buildings gave a talk at the Chartered Association of Building Engineers South West Regional Conference.
Build2Perform Live
We will be co-hosting the CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group Programme for the Build2Perform Live in November 2017
New IES Component Released for our Low Energy Hybrid Ventilation System
Breathing Buildings have teamed up with IES to release a new performance component in IESVE for our popular NVHR systems.
Breathing Buildings sponsors Cambridge University Engineers Evening
Breathing Buildings was pleased to sponsor the annual presentation evening on 27 Jan 2017 for the Girton engineers.
Breathing Buildings Liberty
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.
Breathing Buildings Makes Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100
Breathing Buildings is thrilled to announce that it is in The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100
Breathing Buildings Supports Engineers of Tomorrow
Breathing Buildings is pleased to announce that two new students are joining them as part of the Year In Industry Scheme.
Opinion piece in CIBSE Journal
Breathing Buildings discusses how engineers need to think strategically to understand how sub-systems interrelate.
Breathing Buildings celebrates 10 years of Changing the World
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?
Sir James Dyson opens the new Dyson Breathing Building at Cambridge University
The James Dyson Building and Centre at the Engineering Department of the University of Cambridge was officially opened on Monday 9th May 2016.
Optimising Hybrid Ventilation Systems
Breathing Buildings is pleased to announce that the next Cambridge University undergraduate research project we are supervising is on hybrid ventilation.
CIBSE Technical Symposium 2016
Breathing Buildings attended the 2016 CIBSE Technical Symposium at Heriot-Watt University.
CIBSE Technical Symposium 2016
Last week, three intrepid engineers from the Breathing Buildings ventured into the far north (Edinburgh) in search of Haggis, Kilts and the CIBSE Technical Symposium at Heriot Watt University.
Learning in Comfort
In the latest edition of CIBSE Journal is discussed how the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) has invested more than £5bn into UK schools since 2011.
Testing the Weather Performance of Louvres and Reviewing BS EN 13030
The purpose of an external louvre, often called a ‘weather louvre’, is to enable airflow whilst rejecting rain and other elements.
BB sponsors Engineers event at Cambridge University
On Friday 22 January 2016 Breathing Buildings sponsored the prizes for the 4th year presentations of Girton College engineers
Ecodesign Requirements for Ventilation Units
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.
Using the New CIBSE Design Summer Years to Assess Overheating in London
Across the UK construction industry, the standard weather data used for assessing thermal comfort is normally obtained from the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE).
More Accolades for the EcoPod
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.
Modelling Overheating in London
Breathing Buildings Consulting Engineer Dr Owen Connick has written an article for the latest edition of the CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group Newsletter.
Fabric First Event
Breathing Buildings' Consulting Engineer Owen Connick will be presenting at the Fabric First Event to be held at the Inmarsat Conference Centre, London on Wednesday 18th Nov 2015.
Awards News
Burntwood School, a large comprehensive girls' school in Wandsworth, London has won the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 for the UK's best new building.
Coffee with Breathing Buildings
The UK's first zero carbon retail building has been pioneered for Costa and showcased in the CIBSE Journal October 2015 supplement on Leisure and Retail.
Breathing new life into building design
Breathing Buildings discusses views on the key success factors to building a business which is high growth and funded by Venture Capitalists.
Houghton-le-Spring Primary Care Centre showcased in CIBSE Journal
The landmark Breathing Buildings Houghton-le-Spring Primary Care Centre s profiled in the August 2015 edition of the CIBSE Journal.
Building the World of Tomorrow
100 pioneers and leaders from the construction industry came to the University of Cambridge organised Building the World of Tomorrow event on 21 July 2015.
PSBP is Working
A recent opinion poll undertaken by Architects Journal and reported in TES magazine reveals there are many highly critical of the Priority Schools Building Program (PSBP).
CIBSE Journal article on CIBSE Technical Symposium
Breathing Buildings spoke about the pioneering Houghton-le-Spring Primary Care Centre as part of the Natural Ventilation session chaired by Martin Liddament.
Building the World of Tomorrow
Prof Cam Middleton from the University of Cambridge and Breathing Buildings are arranging an Industry-Academia research event on Building the World of Tomorrow.
Breathing Buildings’ natural ventilation technology plays key role in UK’s first zero energy retail building for Costa
Natural ventilation specialist Breathing Buildings has worked in collaboration to produce the UK's first zero energy building for Costa.
Breathing Buildings Patent News
Breath Buildings Limited is the exclusive licensee of 'Passive Ventilation Stack' patent