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Great discussion today by BAM's Nick Neill at Soft Landings User Group meeting on how to procure Soft Landings & engage during procurement. Also enjoyed Lucy Pedler of The Green Register on how to close the performance gap through collaboration between &

James Warne comments on the in Building Design:

Profession reacts to Hammond’s budget Housing, planning and infrastructure announcements 'don't go far enough'

Once past the headlines of tax on plastic and commitment to electric cars, it’s a disappointing budget for those looking for progress on green initiatives.

Providing tax freezes for fossil fuels whilst low carbon technology has to wait until 2025 before the possibility of a helping hand sends a clear message. This principally sets out the Chancellors views on our current needs; cut costs today and let future generations fend for themselves.

Too little has been said on improving air quality, decarbonising the national grid, tax breaks for refurbishment, reducing waste energy either domestically or commercially and other initiatives that are much needed. Was our government not listening when they attended Bonn CP21 earlier this month?

Opening day 1 of CIBSE with a debate on skills needed to improve Building Performance, with Robin Nicholson of Cullinan Studio, Ryan Kirkwood of Remeha UK, Helen Taylor of Scott Brownrigg and James Warne of BOOM Collective!
Image: James Warne presents "we need to focus on performance early in, as that is where we’ll make the savings"

Excellent day at the BSRIA Briefing today: Kath Fontana ISS gave a good insight in the shift from scheduled to responsive FM

BSRIA Briefing & Luncheon 2017 - Tomorrow's Challenges in Today's Buildings BSRIA Briefing & Luncheon 2017 - Tomorrow's Challenges in Today's Buildings

Congratulations Denizen Works and Arrant Land Limited on this truly striking project!

Denizen Works pairs black bricks with pointy panels for Whitstable housing Denizen Works references traditional fishing huts with this apartment building in the English seaside town of Whitstable, which features black brick walls

Full house at the GERMANY SWITZERLAND connecting ideas across borders at RIBA. BOOM Collective are looking forward to working with Christ & Gantenbein alongside tp bennett on UK House

Enjoying the sites during a brief tour of Scotland, promoting better performance in buildings and Soft Landings. Today Edinburgh, tomorrow Stirling & Dunblain!

Great presentation on the implementation of Soft Landings by Gary Clark from WilkinsonEyre, including an explanation on the Transparency of Outcomes and how it may be integrated into RIBA Plan of Works.

Currently at Government Soft Landings conference at Digital Catapult hearing how government projects are gearing up to focus on Operational Performance not just CapEx costs.

Visiting Cambridge's Laboratory of Molecular Biology as part of the Soft Landings User Group to discover how POE has helped improve performance.
Medical Research Council

An excellent evening at the Darc Awards last night, organised by Light Collective and Mondo*arc Magazine

Looking forward to attending the Darc Awards this evening Mondo*arc Magazine Light Collective

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this week is The Wallace Collection, where we worked to identify a long term strategy for plant replacement and de-Carbonisation of the over the next 30 years

Very pleased to see the façade of our current in making good progress, and getting ready for the 1st fix for MEP...

Very pleased to read our contribution to the CIBSE Journal published today on Soft Landings and closing the performance gap. James Warne talks about focusing on key elements affecting the success of the project in the initial workshops, issues such as overheating or fire safety can be tackled by the whole team – not in silos, but holistically.

How industry is using Soft Landings to help close the performance gap How industry is using Soft Landings to help close the performance gap Soft Landings enables clients to check performance against design goals. Alex Smith looks at how it can be used beyond energy, and speaks to an engineer, contractor and architect who are embracing the initiative Posted in July 201...

Congratulations Building Design Partnership and Tim Leach! An exciting and incredibly challenging project

BDP Selected to Restore London's Iconic Palace of Westminster Following a two year-long bidding process, British-based international practice BDP (Building Design Partnership) have been chosen to restore and...

Thank you to Elco Heating Solutions for an enjoyable evening at The Gherkin last night looking at the latest heating & commitments

‘LUMA CONCEPT HOTEL’ OPENS IN WEST LONDON

LUMA Concept hotel London is inspired by the grand Osram lightbulb factory that once dominated this neighbourhood in Hammersmith; one of the earliest lamp factories in Britain. In the similar spirit of innovation and endeavour, LUMA Concept Hotel has been conceived, which opened its doors in May.

Heeton Holdings Ltd commissioned BOOM Collective to provide the engineering development and performance specification for Glenthorne Road Hotel, an 89 bed Hotel constructed utilising modular construction technology.

Heeton purchased the original buildings with planning permission dating back to 2010; on appointment BOOM Collective reviewed the original energy and sustainability strategy that included combined heat and power; photovoltaic arrays and air source heat pumps with little engineering validation or space planning. Consequently, BOOM Collective’s initial work involved the development of an alternative energy strategy that complied with the planning conditions in terms of carbon reduction; gave the Client best value and ‘fitted’ within the geometrical constraints of the planning permission.

The proposed energy strategy for the Hotel incorporates Air Source Heat Pumps to provide space heating, cooling and domestic hot water. The strategy achieves a 38.0 % improvement over Building Regulations 2013, complying with the London Plan Policy 5.2.

The project was designed with off-site modular construction in mind and in late 2015 Elements Europe Ltd won the contract to construct the Hotel. The project was ‘assembled’ onsite from factory produced modules within a challenging programme.

BOOM collective were also Assessors and ‘emergency’ commissioning managers assisting the construction team.

Photo credits: Heeton Holdings Ltd.

LUMA Concept Hotel Osel Architecture Elements Europe Hammersmith, Hammersmith And Fulham, United Kingdom

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Hackney Road, E2

Friendly Environmental Engineers and Design Consultants looking to share their studio space with a similar practice.

On the first floor, our space is well lit and fairly quiet.

We are minutes from Cambridge Heath Station, close to Bethnal Green tube and Broadway Market.

If you are interested in working here, please do get in touch.

Contact: Mike/Clare on 0202 3637 2722

Boom Collective As Environmental Engineers and Design Consultants, we provide a multidisciplinary approach to designing the built environment and building services.

Thank you Haptic Architects for hosting a great evening yesterday as part of London Festival of Architecture, showcasing some wonderful artistic talent

Vision London is in full swing! James Warne is chairing sessions on and this afternoon at 2:05pm, Theatre 1. An excellent line up of speakers including Arup MBM Speciality Forest Products Ltd Studio Seilern Architects and VMZINC for architecture. Make sure you join us after lunch!

Vision London - Speakers 2017 The event for architects, specifiers, clients and suppliers.

Vision London starts tomorrow! James Warne will be chairing sessions on and across the two days, and speaking on 7th June at The Nudura Theatre: Theatre 1
10:45 - 13:30 on Technological Insights for Smart Buildings, alongside Tom Ravenscroft Kier H***e Lea + others.

The use of continues to evolve across the various disciplines connected to the built and . On the second day of Vision 2017, the Technological Insights for Smart Buildings stream will examine how smart and intelligent buildings use processes as well as Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to enhance and , to reduce costs, and to manage consumption. The sessions will look at the role that technology plays in perfecting our buildings and the benefits of this for those operating within them.

Vision London - Seminar Programme

Boom Collective agree: "Make our great again!" - Emmanuel Macron's admirable commitment to & denouncement of

'Make our planet great again': Macron rebukes Trump over Paris withdrawal – video ‘Make our planet great again’: France’s Macron rebukes Trump

James Warne will be chairing sessions on at Vision London on 6th & 7th June 2017.


A host of materials and systems is available to , , and their clients. This important part of the programme will stretch across both days of the event and focus on a wide range of materials and a range of innovative case studies where new systems have been adopted for great effect. It will also offer up the latest and in materials from academic and research institutions and how these can be incorporated into future projects.

Nudura Corp Jestico + Whiles The Bartlett School of Architecture VMZINC for architecture Arup

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Congratulations Stephen Marshall and team at Building Design Partnership for the Meadows in Sheffield picking up a RIBA Yorkshire last night - responding to the triple bottom line RIBA Yorkshire Awards 2017


Blackburn Meadows is a biomass power plant adjacent to the M1 in Sheffield. A shining example of its kind, it provides a clean and sustainable source of energy whilst creating local employment and a new landmark for the area. The plant increases E.ON’s mix of generation assets and helps to ensure future security of supply for the UK.

RIBA Yorkshire Awards 2017 shortlist

We are at 'Exploring as a Service' event this morning as part of week CIBSE

Looking forward to attending Healthcare and Net Zero event at CIBSE this evening

CIBSE - Training & Events CIBSE run hundreds of events, conferences, short CPD courses, online learning and other training for building services professionals and energy assessors as well as events organised by the CIBSE Regions, Groups and other networks.

BOOM COLLECTIVE WINS KINGS CROSS SCHOOL COMPETITION

BOOM Collective, as part of a Curl La Tourelle Head Architecture led design team, have won a competition to design a new ‘Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics’ (STEM) facility at Argyle Primary School, located in the Bloomsbury Conservation area.

Argyle Primary School is a two-form entry community primary school, teaching in the region of 420 children from the ages of three to 11.

Improving STEM facilities will help to deliver the Camden Plan which aims to make Camden a place where everyone has a chance to succeed and a place that works for all. The project will look at utilising the existing unused first floor of the school annexe to provide a STEM classroom.

BOOM Collective will be working closely with the client and the design team to help realise the project’s objectives and ensure a comfortable environment, where natural ventilation and daylight aids learning. Boom Collective will be adopting a fabric first approach to the development of environmental engineering solutions to provide best value for the School and Camden.

Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture Argyle Primary School