Adrian Barber looks at enhancing the function of Building Energy Management Systems by targeting the control of heating in student accommodation on a room-by-room basis with pin-point accuracy. Providers of large-scale multi-occupancy dwellings have had a rude...
We are proud to have been named as finalists in the Energy Saving Awards 2022. The Energy Saving Awards, organised by Plumbing, Heating & Air Movement News (PHAM News) and Energy in Buildings & Industry (EiBI) magazines, is a new event celebrating the very...
The refurbishment, redevelopment, and new-build extensions of three Manchester student properties provide a glimpse of new generation accommodation for 2030 and beyond. The projects, totalling more than £64M investment, are utilising the latest construction techniques...
Student accommodation has seen a dramatic evolution in the last 25 years. Pre-turn of the century, most rooms were owned and managed by universities, many of them more like hostels than hotels. Then big finance moved into the sector. Fast forward to 2022 and its...
It’s not just the recent heatwaves and announcements of drought across the UK that has caused water to become the hot topic in the realms of energy management. But it is broadening attention for the concerns that some have had for many years. Fear of water scarcity...
The Mount Oswald student accommodation site at Durham University serves John Snow College and the brand-new South College. The purpose-built facility provides rooms for 1000 students and offers accommodation, common rooms, welfare facilities and café bars. There is a...
The energy crisis is affecting everyone here in the UK, and although the magnitude of the rapidly rising costs is out of our control, there are ways to marginally reduce our personal liability. Multiply this by a communal factor such as the UKs student population and...
At the start of this year an argument was brewing across Europe with the European Commission proposing to label some gas and nuclear power as ‘green’. With a majority vote in favour, this could become law by 2023. This came just months after the COP26 Climate Summit...
I received an email the other day from a director of a newly opened student accommodation facility. The tone of the email was almost incredulous. Having installed electric panel heaters in around 200 rooms he was finding that the occupants were adjusting the room...
The Student accommodation sector Since the turn of the century the student accommodation sector has been revolutionised! Until around the time of the millennium, students had the choice of university-run halls of residence or converted homes for multiple occupation...
