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5 CONTENTS News 69 Q&A Samantha Nicol, head of innovation at Bristol Energy, on the council-owned company s agenda and ethos 9 News Government announces new Building Safety Regulator; Climate Emergency Design Guide published; rst buildings certied to UKGBC s standard 14 CIBSE news Workshare Exchange Programme success; SFE Faade of the Year revealed; nominations for new ofcers, board and council Features Hywel Davies considers the building standards questions facing the UK post-Brexit Andy Pearson reports on a North London scheme where new carbon-factor rules have resulted in a design switch from CHP to air source heat pump 20 Where we need change Julie Godefroy highlights the key policy decisions that must be made in 2020 43 COVER FEATURE Europe s hottest city Alex Smith nds out how netzero targets are encouraging Copenhagen to harness energy from renewables and industrial by-products 30 Upwardly mobile 32 Making the switch 36 Net gains 22 Be open and supportive in postBrexit Britain Dorte Rich Jrgensen calls for the industry to support the #ConstructionisOpen pledge Radwa Salem applies the nZEB standard to the retrot of two dwelling types to assess its suitability and predict the overheating risk of targeting net zero SPECIAL FEATURES Industrial and commercial heating and cooling A round-up of heating and cooling project and product news The 2020 Hays Salary Survey reveals a cautious services sector and sluggish salary growth Phil Lattimore looks at Aecom s lauded graduate programme, which aims to produce engineers with excellent technical and social skills Technical 41 News 25 A lingering fog Voices 18 The end of the beginning 22 69 49 Taking the temperature Phil Lattimore reports on a CIBSE roundtable looking at the potential to reduce carbon through low temperature DHW systems 53 Fuel for thought Phil Lattimore looks at hydrogen boiler technology, while Martyn Bridges discusses where hydrogen could replace gas 57 Testing the water Garry Broadbent explains how the eChiller system uses water as a refrigerant 6 February 2020 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Feb20 pp06-07 Contents.indd 6 24/01/2020 15:28