BSRIA blue book 2023
The Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA) has published its annual databook, called the ‘Blue Book’, updated yearly for over a decade. It is free-to-download for BSRIA members.
It is a concise publication that provides a wide range of hard-to-find facts about building services, presenting data, guidelines and other information in a format that makes them easy-to-use in the working day.
The 2023 Blue Book table of contents:
Contents |
[edit] BSRIA offices
- 10 International
- 11 Key BSRIA contact details
- 12 BSRIA North
- 13 BSRIA France
- 14 BSRIA USA
- 15 BSRIA China
[edit] BSRIA services
- 16 Construction compliance
- 17 Technical consultancy
- 18 Building investigations
- 19 Technical research
- 20 Test
- 21 Instrument Solutions
- 22 Market consultancy and research
- 23 Membership
- 24 Information centre
- 25 Bookshop
- 26 Publications
- 27 Training
[edit] Networks, events and webinars
[edit] Key BSRIA experts
- 34 Technical experts
- 40 Market intelligence experts
[edit] Key industry contacts
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[edit] Legislation
- 56 UK building and construction
- 61 UK Building Regulations — overview
- 62 UK 2022 Building Regulations — changes
- 64 Legionella — overview
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[edit] Technical data
- 76 Benchmarks for good practice energy consumption 76 Calorific values
- 76 Carbon dioxide emissions and primary energy factors
- 77 Conversion factors
- 78 Conversion factors (pressure)
- 79 Cost of M&E services
- 79 Annual solar radiation kWh/m2
- 79 Floor space allocation for occupants
- 80 Heating degree days
- 81 Recommended comfort criteria
- 82 Normal and best practice for airtightness
- 82 Specific heat
- 83 Rules of thumb for thermal loads
- 84 Historic U-values for non-domestic buildings 84 Thermal conductivities
- 85 Embodied energy database statistics
- 85 Operational energy targets
- 85 Embodied carbon key performance indicators
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- 86 M&E installation output at current prices 86 UK building stock
- 87 UK construction output
- 87 Heating and cooling products
- 88 Construction output forecasts
- 89 Renewable energy generation
- 89 Electricity generation by fuel
It is available from the BSRIA Bookshop via this link .
This announcement appears on the BSRIA news and blog site as "BSRIA Blue Book 2023 (BBB)" dated March 2023.
--BSRIA
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