Environmental design. 8th edition (reprinted incorporating corrections - February 2016) (reprinted incorporating corrections - October 2016) (amended March 2017) (amended November 2017) (amended February 2018) (amended March 2018) (reprinted incorporating corrections - March 2018) (amended June 2018) (amended May 2019) (reprinted incorporating corrections - May 2019) (amended January 2021)

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Core Supplement

Series

Guide

Abstract

Contains significant changes from the 2006 version of CIBSE Guide A. Addition of a new chapter (Chapter 0) which considers the quality of the environmental design. It identifies two specific requirements for achieving quality in building design, namely adopting a holistic approach to the design, and a system to assure the quality of the design calculations and decisions. Subsequent chapters each cover an individual aspect of environmental design, namely criteria for design, and methods of calculation. Updated content reflects current UK legislation, specifically the 2013 Building Regulations Approved Documents L and F, and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive recommendations.

History

Supersedes 'Environmental design. 8th edition (incorporating corrections as of May 2019)'. Eighth edition March 2015. Reprinted incorporating corrections February 2016. Reprinted incorporating corrections October 2016. Amended March 2017 to incorporate corrections to pages 4-28 and 4-29. Amended November 2017 to incorporate corrections to page 6-8. Amended February 2018 to incorporate corrections to pages 5-13, 5-29, 5-33, 5-34, 5-35, 5-37, 5-56, 5-57, 50-62, 5-66, 5-72, 5-77, 6-8 and 8-12. Amended March 2018 to incorporate amendments to pages 0-10, 1-23, 1-39, 2-35, 4-10. Reprinted incorporating corrections March 2018. Amended June 2018 to incorporate amendment to page 3-15. Amended May 2019 to incorporate amendments to pages 3-35 and 4-7. Reprinted incorporating corrections May 2019. Amended January 2021 to incorporate amendments to pages 1-50 and 7-3. Chapter 2 of Guide A: 2015 supersedes CIBSE document TM34 titled 'Weather data with climate change scenarios' (2004). As per the previous edition, this edition of Guide A is supported by data files (supplementary files). These can be accessed online from an index page on the CIBSE website. BS EN 779:2012 is referenced in CIBSE Guide A, however this has now been superseded and withdrawn. CIBSE guidance will be updated to reflect this change in due course. More details can be found on the CIBSE website.

ISBN

9781906846541

Subjects

• Air conditioning/ventilation
• Special subject areas
• Internal environment
• Acoustics
• Building services
• Energy efficiency/Energy Management
• Environmental issues/energy

Publisher History

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers received its Royal Charter in 1976. They promote careers of building services engineers by accrediting courses of study in further and higher education, and by approving work based training programmes. Their publications include technical guidance and codes which set the criteria for best practice in the profession.