{"id":1229,"date":"2012-01-20T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T15:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2012-01-20T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T15:40:01","slug":"engineers-in-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2012\/01\/20\/engineers-in-distress\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineers in distress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who's suffered in a too-warm, poorly-ventilated classroom lately and wondered why \u2013 given that it was a new build to a supposedly eco design, should look for some explanation\u00a0to a comment in a recent edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.building4change.com\/page.jsp?id=883\">Building4Change<\/a> published by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bre.co.uk\/\">BRE<\/a> Trust (and forwarded by Nick Jones of World Heritage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldheritagetrails.co.uk\/\">Trails<\/a>). \u00a0The article closes with this comment:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>... there does need to be a reality check here.\u00a0 Although on paper one might well be able to show that the space just about meets the comfort criteria, the reality can be very different once the building is constructed and in use, leading to significant occupier\u00a0 dissatisfaction. \u00a0As we find ourselves confronted with \u2018designing' out overheating problems which common sense indicates is going to be challenging we need to be firmer in our advice for higher thermal mass and suitable solar shading, which should preferably be external. \u00a0Also, we shouldn't be afraid to point out spaces that are basically not going to work well, rather than do the best we can with the situation we find ourselves in.<\/p>\n<p>We engineers must be at the forefront of debate on how to improve the classroom environment, questioning what does and doesn't work, and being in touch with new technologies that can provide solutions once they have been road-tested. \u00a0If this issue is not addressed with some vigour there will be a growing portfolio of overheating properties and dissatisfied building users.<\/p>\n<p>So, this year's end of term school report is, thankfully, an improvement on previous years. \u00a0More focus is being given to what needs to be done to improve comfort in the classroom and I therefore award a B+ for effort.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What was that about learning's being integral to sustainable development ... ? \u00a0For more detailed commentary see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.building4change.com\/page.jsp?id=1120\">this<\/a> in the same edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone who's suffered in a too-warm, poorly-ventilated classroom lately and wondered why \u2013 given that it was a new build to a supposedly eco design, should look for some explanation\u00a0to a comment in a recent edition of Building4Change published by...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comment","category-new-publications"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}