A panel debate on the morning of the first day of IHEEM’s flagship conference in Manchester last October focused on some of the most pressing issues facing the sector.

A guide to designing ‘modern, effective, and clean’ sluice rooms using an innovative, informed, and cost-effective approach.

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has completed a meticulously planned project to introduce carbon/energy-saving initiatives and upgrade other infrastructure at two of its main hospitals.

Proposed ‘point-value metrics’ for assessing the ‘efficiency’ of NHS Trusts relative to their peers could be inherently flawed, a former NHS estates and facilities manager warns.

The impact of good acoustic products on ensuring a quiet, restful, and therapeutic recovery environment in hospitals and other healthcare facilities discussed.

A reverse osmosis wastewater recovery system has significantly improved the overall ‘sustainability’ of a renal water system, and cut running costs, at a Canterbury hospital.

The advantages of Energy Performance Contracts, and some of the options available for NHS Trusts keen to embrace them to cut their energy bills and carbon emissions.

A new Design and Innovation Centre at Static Systems’ Staffordshire headquarters incorporates a multi-bed bay – a ‘live example’ of the ProCure21+ repeatable room design.

The considerations that design engineers need to be aware of when providing ventilation in healthcare buildings, with a particular focus on indoor air quality.

An IHEEM seminar at Westminster considered topics ranging from differences in the way healthcare and education estates are run, to potential money-saving opportunities following water privatisation in 2017

Choosing training that ensures that engineers are meeting standards and gaining competences to operate safely and effectively.

A look at the key steps to guard building energy management systems against ‘cyber-attack’.

A focus on how increasingly comprehensive data will aid the design and construction of healthcare buildings that perform ever more efficiently in the future.

In an article first published in The Australian Hospital Engineer, the chief engineer at a hospital in north-east Victoria describes the challenges of installing a new main switchboard.

How an off-site construction system enabled the completion of a specialist eye clinic at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield in just 32 weeks.

An outdoor heath programme in Scotland is exploring the potential for integrating ‘green space design’ into both existing and new healthcare facilities.

A look at how combining the latest technology with ‘bespoke’ customer service helps ensure a positive parking experience on hospital sites.

A retired hospital engineer who served for many years with Australia’s New South Wales Department of Health reflects on some of the varied challenges and highlights of his career.

A report on one of England’s first dedicated ‘24/7’ emergency care facilities – and its dramatically different design and configuration.

With almost 10,000 NHS car parks, could solar carports provide additional income and help Trusts be more sustainable by reducing their reliance on the grid and cutting their carbon emissions?