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- - Offsite Construction for Building Services (TG 17/2019)
  - by John Sands (January 2019)
  - Offsite construction is a general term for making parts of a building away from the construction site before transporting them and installing them in their final location.
- - BREEAM Topic Guide (TG 16/2018)
  - by BSRIA (December 2018)
  - This topic guide introduces BREEAM, which is a building sustainability assessment tool that has been used to measure building performance since 1991.
- - Illustrated Guide to Mechanical Building Services 3rd Edition (BG 31/2017)
  - by David Bleicher (May 2017)
  - This guide provides basic reference information on mechanical building services systems for construction clients and professionals in other areas of the construction industry. Key areas covered include heating, ventilation, air conditioning
- - Megatrends: Globalisation (WP 11/2019)
  - by Henry Lawson (September 2019)
  - This White Paper examines the concept of globalisation, looking at long-term and short-term trends.
- - Energy storage in buildings - a technology overview (BG 73/2018)
  - by John Piggott (February 2018)
  - This guide provides an illustrated overview of the many options available for energy storage in buildings, including thermal and electrical energy storage. It discusses the attributes of these systems and their suitability in different applications. It is aimed at designers, facilities managers and
- - Building Performance Evaluation in Domestic Buildings (BG 64/2016)
  - by BSRIA (November 2016)
  - This guide explains how to use Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) to address issues of inefficiency and poor comfort in domestic buildings. It is a general introduction to BPE, and explains why it is important and how it can be carried out.
- - Maintenance Contracts: A guide to best practice for procurement (BG 66/2016)
  - by Godfrey K & Groen (November 2016)
  - This guide is aimed at helping clients, facilities managers and their organisations to understand better the key success factors in procuring maintenance contracts
- - Test Method for Heat Interface Units (BTS 2/2015)
  - by Colin Judd (December 2015)
  - This test standard describes how to determine heat transfer capacity and other performance aspects of a heat interface unit (HIU) under standard conditions or application-specific conditions in a laboratory.
- - Life Cycle Costing (BG 67/2016)
  - by David Churcher & Peter Tse (March 2016)
  - This guide replaces BG5/2008, Whole Life Costing and presents a simple process for the calculation of life cycle costs. Life cycle costing complements the move towards use of information models to improve asset and project management.
- - Heat Interface Units (BG 62/2015)
  - by Reginald Brown (December 2015)
  - Covers the application and installation of both direct and indirect heat interface units for residential and small commercial applications within district or commercial heat networks
- - Thermal Imaging of Buildings - a pocket guide (BG 72/2017)
  - by Colin Pearson (December 2017)
  - This pocket-sized guide aims to help you get the best from thermal images. It explains what thermal images can and can’t show, what you can do with them and how infrared cameras work. It refers mainly to the use of handheld cameras although cameras on airborne drones are also mentioned.
- - Design Framework for Building Services 5th Edition (BG 6/2018)
  - by David Churcher, John Sands & Martin Ronceray (June 2018)
  - This guide helps building services consultants and contractors and their clients, clarify and define the extent of their design activity and deliverables. The 5th edition represent a significant update from the previous edition.
- - Legionnaires' Disease - Operation and Maintenance Log Book (BG 58/2015)
  - by Reginald Brown & Salim Deramchi (May 2015)
  - Legionnaires' Disease - Operation and Maintenance Log Book covers the recording of operation and maintenance data for risk systems. It includes a selection of editable forms for common risk systems that can be used to create the log book and covers the latest standards and guidance.
- - BIM Roadmap (BG 60/2015)
  - by John Sands (May 2015)
  - BG 60/2015 BIM Roadmap will help an organisation to chart or map their corporate BIM strategy (which meets the Level 2 requirement by UK Government) via a number of clear steps. It will put all the concepts such as PAS 1192-2 into a common framework to demonstrate how they relate to each other.
- - Building Performance Evaluation in Non-Domestic Buildings (BG 63/2015)
  - by Michelle Agha-Hossein, Sarah Birchall & Saryu Vatal (August 2015)
  - This guide explains how to use Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) to address issues of inefficiency and user dissatisfaction. It is a general introduction to BPE, and explains why it is important and how it can be carried out.
- - Illustrated Guide to Hot and Cold Water Services (BG 33/2014)
  - by Reginald Brown (November 2014)
  - explains the principles and technology used in hot and cold water services, also known as domestic water services, in all types of buildings. It also includes sections on drainage and installation and commissioning.
- - Legionnaires' Disease - Risk Assessment (BG 57/2015)
  - by Reginald Brown & Salim Deramchi (February 2015)
  - This guide provides a framework for a legionella risk assessment. It replaces AG20/2000 and has been updated to take account of later standards and guidance documents including the 2013 edition of the Approved Code of Practice and Guidance (ACOP) and associated guidance (HSG27)
- - Design Framework for Building Services 4th Edition (Superseded) (BG 6/2014)
  - by David Churcher & John Sands (February 2014)
  - This edition was published in February 2014 and was superseded by the 5th edition (BG 6/2018) in June 2018
- - HVAC Troubleshooting (BG 25/2014)
  - by Ralph Bell & Salim Deramchi (February 2014)
  - HVAC Troubleshooting guide replaces the previous edition AG 25/99 and provides step by step procedures to identify and solve problems found in typical HVAC systems. Covers refrigeration, ventilation, heating and common items.
- - Illustrated Guide to Electrical Building Services 3rd Edition (BG 32/2014)
  - by David Bleicher & Peter Tse (May 2014)
  - This illustrated guide provides reference information on electrical building services systems for construction clients and professionals in other areas of the construction industry.
- - Life Cycle Assessment - an introduction (BG 52/2013)
  - by David Churcher (November 2013)
  - Life Cycle Assessment is amethodology for compiling and evaluating the environmental impacts and the primary energy demand of a product system throughout its life cycle. The systems can be applied to a product or process, assemblies, HVAC systems or whole buildings.
- - Safety in Building Services Design (BG 55/2018)
  - by BSRIA (September 2018)
  - This second edition, published in 2018, provides information on updated legislation including CDM 2015. This publication provides guidance on designing for safety for both new build and refurbishment projects.
- - A Practical Guide to Building Thermal Modelling (BG 48/2013)
  - by Richard Tudor (August 2013)
  - A Practical Guide to Building Thermal Modelling provides advice on the delivery of thermal modelling and focuses on dynamic and compliance thermal modelling. Project teams are increasingly being asked to commit to future energy use and thermal modelling is used in order to accurately predict future
- - Life Cycle Assessment - an assessment of a building services system (BG 59/2014)
  - by David Churcher (November 2014)
  - This guide supplements BG 52/2013 Life Cycle Assessment - an introduction to explain in more details how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is applied to an entire HVAC building system.

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