6 CONTENTS News Features 7 News 18 COVER FEATURE Threads of responsibility Building safety reforms; skills shortages may raise tender prices; UK to be zero carbon by 2050; hydrogen energy storage 12 CIBSE news SLL president s quality call; Graham Manly remembered; Regions welcome expert speakers; AGM minutes Voices 16 Building a saferfuture Hywel Davies looks at the government s proposals for multi-occupancy buildings 61 Q&A Peter Caplehorn explains how manufacturers are responding to the government s building safetyproposals 41 Alex Smith looks at how industry is responding to government proposals to improve building safety 41Rewriting the rulebook 26Force of nature Heat pumps v boilers and chillers in a large office block 34In plane sight Nasa technology is helping researchers map urban temperatures in much more detail, writes James Richards SPECIAL FEATURES Fire engineering: fire and smoke design and management; airconditioning Martin Kealy introduces the new and updated CIBSE guide to fire-safety engineering Anastasia Mylona looks at the latest research on assessing andmitigating overheating 32Cost model 37Life safety support 22Hot off the press Andy Pearson discovers how earth, wind and fire theory became fact for an 11-storey Amsterdam hotel Technical 61 Tougher sanctions for smokecontrol and fire-safety failings are key to driving change inthebuilding industry, says IanDoncaster 45Cooling news A round-up of air conditioning and chiller products news 47Making a difference Metkel Yebiyo and Professor Andy Ford on the challenges of bringing electrocaloric cooling to market 4 July 2019 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE July19 pp04-05 Contents.indd 4 21/06/2019 17:13