CIBSE’s recent conference, ‘Building Performance Reimagined – What’s Next?’, brought together senior engineers, architects, innovators and policymakers at the Royal Society in London to explore the evolving challenges and opportunities within building performance.
Aligned with 2024–25 CIBSE President Fiona Cousins’ theme, the event focused on practical strategies to enhance sustainability, efficiency and occupant wellbeing across the built environment.
Drawing on insights from recent CIBSE reports, the conference centred on four key areas: thermal comfort, energy saving, data measurement and retrofit.
A strong emphasis was placed on real-world application. Case studies throughout the day showcased emerging performance metrics, innovative technological solutions, and successful retrofitting projects. This focus on actionable examples also highlighted opportunities for industry partners to contribute their own case studies as part of future sponsorship packages.
The conference featured three well-attended sessions, each addressing a different dimension of building performance.
‘Building Performance Reimagined – What’s Next?’ brought together thought leaders, practitioners and stakeholders for a day of knowledge-sharing, discussion and collaboration. The conference reinforced CIBSE’s ongoing commitment to advancing high-quality building performance and addressing the urgent sustainability, efficiency and wellbeing challenges facing the industry.
By presenting practical examples, highlighting emerging innovations and facilitating cross-sector dialogue, the event has set a benchmark for future CIBSE conferences—supporting continued progress and inspiring action across the built environment.
