contents March 2015 News Fury at government plan to abolish dEcs Danger of public sector hiding wastefulness under proposal Make your voice heard, urges closet engineer Shuttleworth Building services industry told to stand up to architects Southampton MP attempts to close landlord loophole New regulations exclude up to a million multiple-occupation homes More features winning teams CIBSE honours industry in Building Performance Awards Flushhh Noise control on agenda at SoPHE drainage systems design conference warm reception Highlights from the ASHRAE Winter Conference daddy cool The life of Willis Carrier, the father of air conditioning garden city Heat pumps help cool Milans new green towers Taking the temperature Experts debate health and productivity Regulars Opinion: dermott Quinn The dangers of failing to maintain fire-dampers Opinion: hywel davies Regulations covering metering and billing cPd Installing direct-fired storage water heaters for hot water generation looking ahead Ecobuild, Technical Symposium plus CIBSE Groups and Regions Energy drive How Aviva Stadium adopted ISO 50001, saving 14 megawatts