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Our second event in the Energy Conversations series, Electric Blues

London is leading the charge towards low carbon energy with the Mayor’s Energy and Carbon Mitigation Strategy. The strategy aims to deliver a truly significant 25% of the capital’s energy from decentralised sources by 2031, and we were commissioned to thoroughly investigate the best possible options to help achieve this milestone in the fight against climate change.

At the May NYC Revit User Group gathering Erleen Hatfield and Gustav Fagerström demonstrated current and recently completed work from our New York office, showing the specific benefits derived from the integration of technologies...

The International Building Exhibition in Hamburg opened its doors to the public. The Soft House, one of the model homes, looks to provide an answer to this question

The recent decision to grant planning permission for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C in...

Buro Happold and Chadwick International eliminate the need for air-conditioning in the work place by creating a low cost, low carbon space for Xchanging plc in the academic city of Shimoga, 280kms north west of Bangalore, an energy breakthrough for India.

The Gulf region faces a massive challenge in balancing economic and resource consumption growth against the threat of climate change and finite global resource availability. It can be said that living in the Gulf is living on...

Buro Happold is honored to have been involved in the recent renovation of the California Institute of Technology, Earle M. Jorgensen Laboratory, designed by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects.

A new season of Buro Happold’s Energy Conversations started at the Building Centre. These are the brain child of the Sustainability Team Leader Alasdair Young

Buro Happold goes beyond engineering: we also have a dedicated team of designers and artists who use their creativity to bring our technical concepts to life. We recently produced a limited edition range of covers for our sector...

Working with CLM, Buro Happold led the site-wide energy and utilities infrastructure design and engineering for the Olympic Park from initial masterplanning, feasibility studies and procurement, and acted as client engineer during the Centre’s construction and operation phases.

‘.....can we save carbon, increase resilience and reduce operating costs at the same time?.....’(University Estates Manager, July 2012)The challenge Our universities face a range of...

This month’s CIBSE journal (June edition) contains a four page feature on the ‘Retrofit for the Future’ project. Buro Happold,...

Human nature is a fickle beast, difficult to predict and equally hard to influence...

Gideon Susman, who recently completed his engineering doctorate whilst working as a researcher at Buro Happold, debuted his inventive new PCM cooling system at the finals of this year’s Ecobuild Innovation Zone...

The UK government has redefined zero carbon and the new description is slightly Orwellian! Some commentators believe that the costs of zero carbon buildings make them impossible to justify whilst others believe that we’ll never...

Framed by Stuart Magruder, VP/ President-elect, AIA Los Angeles and moderated by David Abel - publisher and editor-in-chief of THE PLANNING REPORT, the discussion drew participants from across the Los Angeles architectural and...

Buro Happold’s Energy Director, Alasdair Young, will be chairing Energy Conversations on 9th November at The Building Centre in London. A series of talks, debates and discussions around the supply and use of energy,...

The Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Laboratory is the third project in the world to receive “Living” status under the Living Building Challenge, showcasing a cost-effective passive design approach that facilitates...

‘Retrofit for the Future’ is a government funded competition launched by the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) in March 2009. The aim of the competition is to develop a host of innovative, scalable whole house refurbishment...

The buildings of Westborough Primary School have evolved through a fragmented and piecemeal series of building additions and adaptations since the school was first opened in 1915. One of the most innovative projects has been the...

The University of Salford is committed to the Campus Plan 20-year vision that is contributing to the wider regeneration of the city of Salford. The plan aims to provide a sustainable, accessible place for students and staff to...

Lynn University is one of the most ambitious universities in North America. Independent, co-educational and innovative, the mainly residential 3,500 students at Lynn benefit from one of the finest 21st century learning...