Why the new evacuation regulations require a digital specification - Specifier Review

Why the new evacuation regulations require a digital specification - Specifier Review: By mandating personalised evacuation plans for every resident requiring assistance, the regulations move the industry decisively toward a person-centred model. For specifiers, architects, and consultants, this presents a specific challenge: how to recommend systems that aren't just compliant on day one, but remain functional throughout a building’s entire lifecycle.

MHI solution making comfort count for builders' merchant - Specifier Review

MHI solution making comfort count for builders' merchant - Specifier Review:

High-efficiency air conditioning systems from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have transformed comfort levels for customers and staff at a relaunched builders’ merchant/DIY store and retail centre in Devon.

Welcome to true sustainability. Introducing the new City Multi R32 VRF YXM range - Specifier Review

Welcome to true sustainability. Introducing the new City Multi R32 VRF YXM range - Specifier Review: By transitioning from R410A to R32, Mitsubishi Electric have significantly reduced the environmental footprint of their systems – the considerably lower GWP of R32 means a substantial cut in CO₂ equivalent emissions. In fact, when the impact of system charge is included, the switch results in a 74% reduction in CO₂ equivalent tonnes versus R410A.

What is Hybrid VRF? - Specifier Review

What is Hybrid VRF? - Specifier Review: Hybrid VRF is an air conditioning system for large scale applications. It’s a 2-pipe heat recovery VRF with water between the Hybrid Brand Controller (HBC) and indoor units.

Reigate refurbishment focuses on carbon reduction and occupant comfort - Specifier Review

Reigate refurbishment focuses on carbon reduction and occupant comfort - Specifier Review: In doing so, the building has shifted away from reliance on natural gas and driven up energy performance and carbon reduction – factors which are increasingly important for the office's tenants.

The Residential Lossnay MVHR Series – Constant Clean and Healthy Air - Specifier Review

The Residential Lossnay MVHR Series – Constant Clean and Healthy Air - Specifier Review: The Residential Lossnay VL-CZPVU-L/R-E MVHR systems are designed to provide individual homes or multi-residential apartments constant clean and healthy air by continuously extracting stale air from bathrooms, kitchens, toilets and utility rooms, while simultaneously supplying a balanced flow of fresh air from the outside into living spaces, such as bedrooms and living rooms.

BSRIA reports resilient growth in European HVAC field devices market despite construction headwinds - Specifier Review

BSRIA reports resilient growth in European HVAC field devices market despite construction headwinds - Specifier Review: BSRIA, a world-leading authority on the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) markets, has released its latest analysis on Europe's HVAC field devices market, reporting growth driven by regulatory pressures, digitalisation and the drive for better building performance.

Ideal Commercial Heating ECOMOD Natural Refrigerant Heat Pump Range Capacity Increases with New 65kw Model - Specifier Review

Ideal Commercial Heating ECOMOD Natural Refrigerant Heat Pump Range Capacity Increases with New 65kw Model - Specifier Review: ECOMOD 290HT air source heat pumps have an exceptionally low global warming potential (GWP) of just three, thanks to the use of R290 natural refrigerant. The lower the GWP, the lower the contribution to climate change. Furthermore, with the 2014 F-Gas Regulations and, more recently, the EU's Regulation 2024/573 pushing for a refrigerant phase-down, the use of low-GWP refrigerants helps future proof investments made in natural refrigerant heat pumps.

How Smart Washroom Surface Specification Can Streamline Projects - Specifier Review

How Smart Washroom Surface Specification Can Streamline Projects - Specifier Review: George Emms, Specification Leader at Polyrey, looks at how informed cubicle and panel selection in bathrooms and washrooms can help building services professionals meet evolving regulatory demands.

Ideal Commercial Heating launches new CPD on designing and specifying commercial heat pump systems - Specifier Review

Ideal Commercial Heating launches new CPD on designing and specifying commercial heat pump systems - Specifier Review: Ideal Commercial Heating has expanded its CIBSE-approved training portfolio with the launch of a new CPD: 'Commercial heat pump system design & specification'.

Are we doing enough to design for low temperature heat in net zero buildings? - Specifier Review

Are we doing enough to design for low temperature heat in net zero buildings? - Specifier Review: True net zero readiness is not just about swapping the heat source. It is about ensuring the building can maintain comfort at the lowest practical system temperatures from day one.

Vicaima reflects key décor trends in 2026 - Specifier Review

Vicaima reflects key décor trends in 2026 - Specifier Review: As one of Europe’s leading players in the design and manufacture of doors, wardrobes and furniture pieces, Vicaima identifies three major décor trends it will be following throughout 2026.

Heritage meets innovation: How a 16th-century listed building became a thriving modern workspace - Specifier Review

Heritage meets innovation: How a 16th-century listed building became a thriving modern workspace - Specifier Review: James Latham-supplied WISA®-Birch plywood proves its versatility for a 21st-century co-workspace in a 16th-century building.

The future of R32 VRF air conditioning is here with the City Multi YXM - Specifier Review

The future of R32 VRF air conditioning is here with the City Multi YXM - Specifier Review: Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new range of its City Multi R32 VRF air conditioning with a host of outstanding features and benefits, all designed to

Why I believe bathroom specification in new homes is changing - Specifier Review

Why I believe bathroom specification in new homes is changing - Specifier Review: Tiles aren’t disappearing. They’ll still have a place.  Wall panelling is rapidly moving from specialist to mainstream bathroom specification.

Heat Pumps At Chester Zoo: Reducing Emissions - Specifier Review

Heat Pumps At Chester Zoo: Reducing Emissions - Specifier Review: Chester Zoo, renowned for its international conservation efforts, has integrated a sustainable heating solution in its newly completed event space, known as

Tackling Overheating in New Build Homes - Specifier Review

Tackling Overheating in New Build Homes - Specifier Review: Steve Pearce, Product Manager at Vent-Axia, discusses overheating challenges in new build homes and how the newest ventilation solutions can help tackle them.

'Connecting our natural and national heritage' - Urban Nature Project wins Gold Award with masterclass in landscape-led, timber design - Specifier Review

'Connecting our natural and national heritage' - Urban Nature Project wins Gold Award with masterclass in landscape-led, timber design - Specifier Review: Sensitively integrating two new buildings within the relandscaped gardens of the Natural History Museum, the Urban Nature Project, led by Feilden Fowles, is a...

CRL Stone introduces intriguing Taj Mahal to popular Quartz collection - Specifier Review

CRL Stone introduces intriguing Taj Mahal to popular Quartz collection - Specifier Review: Featuring warm, rich, earthy tones, CRL Stone's Taj Mahal is an intriguing Quartz surface that radiates natural beauty. Aptly named after one of the Seven Wonders of the World, it embraces the trend for nature-inspired interiors to bring balance to darker colour schemes and intrigue to paler palettes.

Vent-Axia Helps Tackle Condensation and Mould this World Ventilation Day - Specifier Review

Vent-Axia Helps Tackle Condensation and Mould this World Ventilation Day - Specifier Review: Vent-Axia is once again supporting World Ventilation Day, #WorldVentil8Day, dedicated to recognising the importance of ventilation and indoor air quality (IAQ).