Withdrawn and superseded publications

- - Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist (Superseded) (BG80/2022)
  - by David Bleicher & Nick Blake (March 2022)
  - This guide has been superseded by BG 80/2023. BSRIA’s Statutory Compliance Inspection Checklist is a spreadsheet listing all the tests, checks and inspections that are required on building services systems required by legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and/or supporting guidance. In addition to the spreadsheet, the guide includes general information about legislation in the UK and guidance on how to use the spreadsheet. This guide is aimed at facilities managers.
- - BSRIA Blue Book 2022 (BBB) (Superseded)
  - by BSRIA (March 2022)
  - This has been superseded by the 2023 version of the BSRIA Blue Book. BSRIA's annual databook for 2022 is small, concise, and continues to provide you with hard-to-find facts about Building Services. It contains tables of useful technical data, annual building running costs, legislation and more.
- - Indoor Air Quality (Superseded) (TG 12/2021)
  - by Calum Maclean (April 2021)
  - This topic guide has been superseded by TG 12/2022. It gives a brief introduction to the topic of indoor air quality (IAQ). It describes the importance of indoor air quality, its effects on health, the most common contaminants and their exposure limits, how to measure them, the role of ventilation, and the law.
- - Pre-Commission Cleaning of Pipework Systems 6th edition (Superseded) (BG 29/2020)
  - by Martin Ronceray & Parsloe C (May 2020)
  - This guide has been superseded by BG 29/2021 Pre-Commission Cleaning of Pipework Systems amended 6th edition. Pre-commission cleaning is the process of bringing a closed heating or cooling system to a satisfactory state for commissioning and ongoing maintenance of water quality.
- - BSRIA Blue Book 2020 (Superseded)
  - by BSRIA (December 2019)
  - BSRIA's annual databook for 2020 is small but concise and continues to provide you with hard-to-find facts about Building Services. It contains tables of useful technical data, annual building running costs, legislation and more.
- - Green Building and Sustainability (superseded) (TG15/2018)
  - by BSRIA (September 2018)
  - This topic guide describes what 'green building' and building sustainably actually means.
- - Brexit Topic Guide (Withdrawn) (TG 13/2018)
  - by BSRIA (September 2017)
  - The aim of this guide is to help members get a quick overview and understanding of all things Brexit.
- - Trends towards wearables and wellbeing in buildings – a threat or opportunity for the HVAC industry? (withdrawn) (WP 6/2017)
  - by Henry Lawson (September 2017)
  - Wearables have the potential to help with traditional HVAC management systems and provide a personalised environment suited to the individual wearer. By tracking the wearer’s movements they can help ensure that heating and cooling is directed to where it is needed and take account of variable factor
- - Brexit white paper (Withdrawn) (WP 5/2017)
  - by BSRIA (March 2017)
  - BSRIA presents the results from a major engagement exercise with its members and the industry has undertaken to identify the key issues in the specific context of the built environment industry, covering both threats and opportunities.
- - Smart Technology (Withdrawn) (TG9/2016)
  - by BSRIA (December 2016)
  - This is a withdrawn publication.
- - Indoor Air Quality (Superseded) (TG 12/2016)
  - by BSRIA (December 2016)
  - The guide is aimed at those looking for introductory information about indoor air quality including definition, history and prevalence.
- - Retrofit, Refurbishment & the Growth of Connected HVAC Technology (Withdrawn) (WP 4/2016)
  - by Jeremy Towler (March 2016)
  - This white paper is the outcome of a BSRIA Diamond group discussion to look at what technologies will be used for refurbishment & retrofit in the future, what would be the roadblocks and will a building life cycle approach really work?
- - Future Building Trends – Impacts – Solutions (withdrawn) (WP 3/2015)
  - by Jeremy Towler (December 2015)
  - This paper examines: how buildings can improve productivity and wellbeing – touching on all aspects of building design, construction, use, and maintenance. Also, the relationship of buildings with their immediate environment as well as their connection to the wider world.
- - Product and Systems for Generation Z in Reduced Carbon Buildings (withdrawn) (WP 2/2015)
  - by Jeremy Towler (September 2015)
  - This paper looks at: ‘What will be the expectations of Generation Z – the ‘smart’ generation?; what does our industry need to do to deliver these expectations?
- - Achieving Carbon Targets and Bridging the Skills Gap (withdrawn) (WP 1/2015)
  - by Jeremy Towler (August 2015)
  - This paper looks at what our industry needs from the government to achieve carbon targets and to address the resourcing and skills issues we face.
- - Domestic Ventilation Systems - a guide to measuring airflow rates (Superseded) (BG 46/2015)
  - by Alan Gilbert & Chris Knights (January 2015)
  - This guide has been superseded by BG 46/2022 Domestic Ventilation Systems - A guide to measuring airflow rates. With improvements in dwelling airtightness and increased use of Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery Systems (MVHR), getting ventilation right in buildings has become critical. This BSRIA guide will address these issues.
- - Soft Landings Framework (Superseded) (BG 54/2014)
  - by Bunn R & Usable Building Trust (March 2014)
  - This edition was published in March 2014 and was superseded by Soft Landings Framework 2018 (BG 54/2018) in August 2018
- - Soft Landings Core Principles (Superseded) (BG 38/2014)
  - by Bunn R & Usable Building Trust (March 2014)
  - These Soft Landings Core Principles have been developed by BSRIA working with the BSRIA Soft Landings Network. They are written for construction clients and their professional teams as guidance to inform Soft Landings processes for both new build and refurbishment projects. A...
- - 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
- - How to procure Soft Landings 1st edition (Superseded) (BG 45/2013)
  - by Roderic Bunn (July 2013)
  - This publication was superseded by BG 45/2014
- - Domestic Ventilation Systems - a guide to measuring airflow rates (Superseded) (BG 46/2013)
  - by Hawkins G (May 2013)
  - This guide has been superseded by BG 46/2015 Domestic Ventilation Systems - A guide to measuring airflow rates. With improvements in dwelling airtightness and increased use of Mechanical Ventilation and Heat Recovery Systems (MVHR), getting ventilation right in buildings has become critical. This BSRIA guide will address these issues.
- - Embodied Carbon (TG 3/2012)
  - by BSRIA (December 2012)
  - This is a withdrawn publication.
- - Life Cycle Costing – an introduction (TG5/2012)
  - by BSRIA (November 2012)
  - This is a withdrawn publication
- - Life Cycle Assessment – Topic Guide (Withdrawn) (TG 6/2012)
  - by BSRIA (November 2012)
  - The purpose of this Topic Guide is to introduce the basics of LCA, while also giving a glimpse of the scale of that complexity.

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