The Latest News & Insights
Welcome to the Breathing Buildings news hub, your go-to source for the latest updates, technical insights, and industry developments in low-carbon natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation. Here, we share everything from company announcements and new product launches to expert commentary on evolving UK building regulations, Part F and Part L compliance, and sustainability standards. Whether you are a consultant looking for the latest engineering insights, a contractor tracking project updates, or a building owner exploring ways to improve indoor air quality and reduce carbon emissions, our articles are designed to keep you informed and inspired. Explore our latest posts below to see how we are continually shaping the future of energy-efficient building ventilation.
QEII Centre
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…
NVHR+ BIM Model
Our latest innovation is the NVHR+, it combines hybrid ventilation with automatic morning pre-heat, extreme weather heating and frost protection. The integrated LTHW heater coil is neatly integrated into the end of the NVHR unit adding just 500mm to the overall…
CABE 2017
Breathing Buildings were recently invited to give a talk at the CABE (Chartered Association of Building Engineers) South West Regional Conference. This years event was held at the striking Haynes International Motor Museum in Somerset. The event was attended by 150…
Build2Perform Live
Breathing Buildings are excited to announce that we will be co-chairing the CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group programme during Build2Perform Live, Nov 21-22 2017.The natural ventilation group programme includes sessions planned on: Assessment Methods (including…
New IES Component Released for our Low Energy Hybrid Ventilation System
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 sponsors Cambridge University Engineers Evening
Breathing Buildings was pleased to sponsor the annual presentation evening on 27 Jan 2017 for the Girton engineers. Three undergraduates in their final year at Cambridge University presented their project work in order to stimulate debate and show other undergraduates…
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. This is the first time in four years that Tim has used a new recording, and this recording was made in a…
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! This league table ranks Britain’s 100 private tech (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales over the past three years. It is compiled by Fast Track and published in…
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. This scheme is fundamentally aimed at helping students make a good start in engineering, as well as of course helping attract students into the…
The Asda Environmental Leadership Award 2016
Opinion piece in CIBSE Journal
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,…
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? We’ve emerged from a Cambridge University research project to a team of Chartered…
BCSC Gold Award for Sustainability 2015
Costa EcoPod for Hammerson Read More
Energy Awards 2015
Energy Partnership of the Year and Judge Supreme Award – Costa EcoPod for Hammerson Read More
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. The building is completely ventilated with Breathing Buildings equipment. The whole ventilation strategy of the building was…
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. Hybrid ventilation is the future according to Shaun Fitzgerald, CEO of Breathing Buildings. However, the optimum…
CIBSE Technical Symposium 2016
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…
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. We failed to consume any Haggis and didn’t wear a kilt the whole two-days,…
Learning in Comfort
In the latest edition of CIBSE Journal, Breathing Buildings discusses how the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) has invested more than £5bn into UK schools since its inception in 2011. Schools funded through the PSBP are required to adhere to building…
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. The Industry standard for weather testing of louvres in the UK was developed by BSRIA in collaboration with HEVAC (Heating, Ventilation…
BB sponsors Engineers event at Cambridge University
Engineers of tomorrow are being trained at various universities across the country. The Royal Academy of Engineering cites the challenge the UK faces with the forthcoming shortage of engineers, and hence it is vital that as many students as possible who read…
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 – in particular ventilation systems. These regulations officially came…
Using the New CIBSE Design Summer Years to Assess Overheating in London
This article was first published in the November issue of the CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group Newsletter. Using the new CIBSE design summer years to assess overheating in London Across the UK construction industry, the standard weather data used for…
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 (https://www.bcsc.org.uk/events_awards/gold_awards/gold_awards). The building…
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. The article addresses overheating in London and reviews a recent CIBSE report into new London DSY weather…
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. This one day conference and exhibition is designed to present the benefits of adopting…
RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 – Winner
Burntwood School, a large comprehensive girls’ school in Wandsworth, London by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has won the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 for the UK’s best new building. Breathing Buildings are proud to be associated with this project, for which…
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. The building is the first Costa Ecopod and is ventilated with Breathing Buildingse-stacks. The Emission Zero…
Breathing new life into building design
In the recent article published in Business Weekly Breathing Building discusses views on the key success factors to building a business which is high growth and funded by Venture Capitalists. The most important thing is ensuring that if you want to lead a business,…
Houghton-le-Spring Primary Care Centre showcased in CIBSE Journal
The landmark Breathing Buildings Houghton-le-Spring Primary Care Centre is profiled in the August 2015 edition of the CIBSE Journal. (http://portfolio.cpl.co.uk/CIBSE/201508/natural-ventilation/) The article describes how the building is performing and reveals the…
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. The afternoon comprised of a number of presentations designed to inspire and challenge the delegates. Prof Paul…
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). However, it is important to also understand the positive impacts of PSBP, especially in light of…
CIBSE Journal article on CIBSE Technical Symposium
Shaun Fitzgerald spoke about the Breathing Buildings pioneering Houghton-le-Spring Primary Care Centre as part of the Natural Ventilation session chaired by Martin Liddament. See the June 2015 edition of CIBSE Journal for an article on the CIBSE Technical Symposium…
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. The event is to be hosted at the Department of Engineering in the main lecture theatre LT0 on Tuesday 21…
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 with Emission Zero, design consultant and architect, and other members of the design and construction team to create the UK’s first zero energy retail building for Costa. The impressive new…
Breathing Buildings Patent News
Following consideration of European Patent number EP (UK) 1 882 129 entitled “Passive Ventilation Stack”, of which patent Breathing Buildings Limited is the exclusive licensee, GDL Air Systems has, without any admission of liability, decided to voluntarily withdraw…
New Energy Pioneers 2014 Bloomberg Finance
Winner
UK Private Business Awards 2014
Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2014
Shortlisted for the Eco Entrepreneur of the Year
Sustainia100
Breathing Buildings e-stack system
National Constructing Excellence Legacy Sustainability Award
Houghton Primary Care Centre (North East)
Ashden Green Energy Awards
Shortlisted Breathing Buildings
HAA Awards 2013- Winner
High Wood Bushey Academy
CIBSE North East Building Services – Best Practice
Houghton Primary Care Centre Houghton Case Study
IBSE North East Building Services – Best Practice
Houghton Primary Health Care Centre Houghton Case Study
BREEAM Awards 2012 Education
Ashmount Primary School and Bowler Nursery, Crouch Hill Park
BVCA Management Team Awards 2012 – Winners
Community and Environmental Action Award -Breathing Buildings
BREEAM Awards 2012 Healthcare
Houghton Primary Health Care Centre Houghton Case Study
Construction Excellent 2012, The Legacy Award Sustainability
Houghton Primary Care Centre Houghton Case Study
BCSE Best of British Schools Awards 2011
Monkseaton High School, Short Listed Monkseaton Case Study