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MODERN BUILDING SERVICES MARCH 2023 3 EDITOR’S COMMENT Managing Editor: Juliet Loiselle MInstR * J ulietl@warnersgroup.co.uk ✆ 01778 391067 Advertising: Victoria Liddington – Sales Manager * victoria.liddington @warnersgroup.co.uk ✆ 01778 395029 Production: Sue Ward * production@warnersgroup.co.uk ✆ 01778 392405 Circulation & Subscriptions: DavidWade * dwade@portico.uk.com ✆ 01438 759000 M B S MODERN BUILDING SERVICES Subs c ription rate for readers not meeting our terms of control. £40 per year UK £50 per year overseas £70 per year overseas, airmail £5 single issue UK S o pleased to be back in the hot seat as Editor of Modern Building Services (MBS). I am looking forward to communicating with you all again as readers, advertisers and contributors. Going forward into the 2nd quarter of the year, there are many awards dinners, exhibitions and launches scheduled, I trust I’ll see many of you at them. In this issue, we look at Smart Buildings, Indoor Air Quality and, how and where industry can work with the challenges ahead for Net Zero. On page 10, Adalbert Newmann, ABB Electrification looks at Artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can help unlock efficiency and emissions savings. How do we put value on data in smart buildings? Mark Bouldin, Johnson Controls explains more on page 18. According to BESA’s Graeme Fox, an unprecedented combination of public outrage and government intervention is ramping up the pressure on landlords to tackle health problems caused by poor ventilation. Turn to page 27 for full detail. The next issue covers; • Conditioning, cooling and ventilation • Packaged plant • Electrical Services If you’d like to discuss contributing a technical or thought piece, perhaps a unique case study or even an education/training article within these 3 sections, please contact myself on julietl@warnersgroup.co.uk Juliet Loiselle © Portico Publishing 2023 The Midland 16 Peter Street, Manchester, M60 2DS 2023 22nd JUNE BOOK YOUR PLACES NOW! thank you to our sponsors and supporters ior-logo-2017 vector file for printing v2.pdf 1 08/02/2018 12:32 M BS MODERNBUILDING SERVICES Banner for MBS.indd 1 24/02/2023 11:19