An illustrated guide to help building owners, developers and operators, as well as facilities managers and architects, to understand building services engineering has been published by CIBSE and BSRIA (The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and Building Services Research and Information Association.

The world of building services engineering is becoming ever more complicated as more and increasingly sophisticated technologies are made to work within a building’s envelope.

The Illustrated Guide addresses each of the main disciplines within building services – heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting and controls and gives step-by-step explanations of the principles, typical equipment used, key benefits and limitations. The Guide will help a non-specialist to:

• assess whether existing equipment is functioning properly
• understand the capabilities of current technology
• make preliminary planning provision for the installation of building services technology
• have an informed conversation with a building services professional

The guide is available from BSRIA, tel: 01344 426 511.

Anna Lagerkvist