Modern Building Services

CONTENTS Inside the SEPTEMBER 2022 issue Follow us on Twitter@MBS_magazine See www.modbs.co.uk for our digital issues and to search all of our news, features and product updates. Industry News 6 • Living wall firm celebrates 15-year anniversary • Veolia extends energy savings at Royal Berkshire Hospital • Heating installers split on whether to begin fitting heat pumps, • Baxi report finds • CSA Conference (finally) staged to great applause Piped services, pumps and water 9 Regulation 4 compliance clarification 10 Can greywater recycling snatch life from the “Jaws of death”? 12 Watertight: Why push-fit technologies and innovation are key to speeding up valve installations Zero carbon buildings 14 BESA urges industry to get serious about embodied carbon 16 The role of ventilation in the carbon net zero revolution 18 Making the goal a reality Installer’s view 21 How to get an energy efficiency project signed off 24 4 common installation problems we see on site 26 Making a case for multi-layer piping 29 Plant room problems and available solutions 30 Prefabrication is changing construction – so why are many still lagging behind? What’s New 33 The guide to new products and up to date business news 10 21 12 29 Next issue Heating - technologies and techniques, Net Zero and Smart Buildings MODERN BUILDING SERVICES SEPTEMBER 2021 5