CIBSE Technical Symposium 2026
March 2026 at Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
Opening Address by Hannah Gray - CIBSE ASHRAE Graduate of the Year Winner
Designing Buildings Fit for 2050: A Next Generation Perspective
This opening address reflects on what it means for buildings to be “fit for 2050”, moving beyond compliance towards real performance, resilience, and inclusive design. It highlights the role of research, data, and collaboration in delivering buildings that support both people and the planet.
Hannah Gray is a mechanical engineer at Foster + Partners and the current CIBSE ASHRAE Graduate of the Year. She is a graduate from the University of Edinburgh with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering. Alongside her professional practice, Hannah is actively involved in mentoring and graduate development, supporting early-career engineers through a range of industry engagement initiatives. Her work focuses on integrating technical design decisions with measurable sustainability outcomes, with a particular interest in how engineering strategies can support high-performance, environmentally responsible buildings.
Benchmarking operational energy performance of higher educational institutions in England and Wales and analysing energy use characteristics
Investigating Categorisation of Hospitals for Energy Performance Evaluation Purposes in the UK Using Data-driven Approach
Comparing energy use calculations from SBEM and a DSM
Adapting the UK Building Stock to Future Heat Stress: Typology-Based Overheating Risk and Mitigation Modelling
Robustness of Part O overheating mitigation guidelines to future UK climate scenarios
Reliable overheating modelling in modern apartments: empirical validation
Mitigating future summertime overheating in houses: influence of ventilation strategies
Plant or Plants? A Cross-disciplinary Investigation of Green Infrastructure's (GI) integration in Low Carbon Healthy Design
Yoghurt on windows as an emergency, low-cost heatwave preparation intervention
Bridging the Gap Between Steady-State and Dynamic Load Modelling: A Sizing Methodology for Net-Zero HVAC Design in Office Buildings
Rethinking Thermal Comfort in the Middle East: Localised CLO Inputs and Sustainable HVAC Design for Open Bowl Stadia
Early design sizing solutions for building services system under different uncertainties.
Closing Remarks by Anastasia Mylona, CIBSE Technical Director, followed by Awards and closing drinks reception.
The impact of Level of Detail on the interoperability between Building Information Modelling and Building Energy Modelling. A validated approach using real-world data
Demonstration of an Active Control Methodology in a Rehabilitation Building in Estonia using Optimisation Techniques and Physics-Based Simulations
Making the sensors make sense
Towards Net-Zero: A Comprehensive Cost Estimation Model for Building Connections to District Heating Systems
Decarbonising Heat in Social Housing: A Retrofit Pilot Integrating Low-Temperature Heat Networks
Optimising Anchor load buildings on District Heat Networks
Decarbonisation of UK Leisure Centre Using District Heat Networks: Understanding Existing Occupancy Heating Demand
Optimising the Integration of PV in CHP-Operated Hospitals: Overcoming Conflicts on the Road to Net Zero
Data Centres, Heat Recovery and the Route to Net Zero
Advantages of vacuum drainage is water-scarce areas and healthcare environment
From Transparency to Trust: Why Complex Tariffs Create ‘Sustainability Fatigue’ and Undermine Occupant-Driven Decarbonisation
From Controlled Experiments to Real-World Insights: A “Test bed Building” framework for Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Building Envelope Systems
Leveraging High-Granularity Operational Data to Inform Building Control Strategies, Indoor Air Quality and Performance Gap Considerations
From Compliance to Performance: Embedding Indoor Air Quality in Sustainable Workplaces for Occupant Wellbeing within a B Corp Framework
Bridging the Performance Gap: A Whole Life Carbon Optioneering Tool for Early-Stage Housing Design
Investigating the Efficacy of Building Standards in Reflecting the Benefits of Low-Carbon Building Materials
Domestic Carbon Capture as a Transitional Technology in the Path to Net Zero
Indoor air quality and ventilation – the challenge of controlling indoor NO2 in modern office buildings
LARGE SCALE EXPERIMENTS ON THE IMPACT OF GREEN LIVING WALLS ON INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF OFFICE BUILDINGS
Quantifying Formaldehyde Purification Efficiency by Moss (Physcomitrella patens) under Controlled Environment
Occupancy in office buildings: insights from 13 meeting rooms in central London
Clean Air, Cloudy Evidence: Reassessing Ventilation, IAQ, and Learning Outcomes in Schools
Non-Visual Lighting Strategies for Circadian Well-being in Educational Spaces: An Integrative Case Study
In the race to achieve Net Zero, have we forgot to M.E.G.A. Make Environments Great Again. Does designing for people performance in an Air Traffic Control Tower increase energy use.
Indoor Air Quality in Homes retrofitted with Heat Pumps and Electric Cooking
A Collaborative Framework for Developing a Net Zero Pathway Across England’s School Estate
A Prioritised Net Zero Carbon Pathway for the DfE Schools Estate: Outputs and Strategic Insights
Towards Net-Zero Operational Carbon: Strategic Retrofitting and Energy Optimisation of Middlesex University College Building