CIBSE unveils Building Performance Reimagined project
CIBSE has launched a new initiative titled ‘Building Performance Reimagined’, a visionary project aimed at transforming the landscape of building engineering and sustainability.
Commissioned by CIBSE and researched by Arup, the Building Performance Reimagined project diverges from conventional engineering paradigms. Rather than focusing solely on system sizing, maintenance or controls, the initiative takes a holistic, future-oriented perspective on building performance.
At its core, Building Performance Reimagined seeks to redefine the parameters of traditional engineering practices and equip CIBSE members with the tools to meet future challenges
head-on. The project explores the dynamic and evolving nature of building performance, going beyond energy efficiency and carbon reduction to consider broader forms of value within the built environment.
The report introduces four pivotal performance metrics designed to guide the industry towards enhanced health and resilience:
- Variety: Optimising building services to promote space efficiency, adaptability and user diversity.
- Readiness: Enhancing building services to anticipate and mitigate risks, ensuring resilience against unforeseen threats.
- Connectedness: Integrating building services with local and wider systems, enhancing responsiveness to the environment and its contents.
- Emergence: Enabling building services to contribute positively over time, learning and adapting as structures age.
The Building Performance Reimagined report is available for free download at: https://www.cibse.org/policy-insight/key-policy-areas/building-performance-reimagined
