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By Terry Sharp, President of the BCIA Once upon a time, a common question in shops, pubs and restaurants was; “do you take card?”. Now, the question is more likely to be; “do you take cash?”. Long before lockdown there was already talk of moving towards a ‘cashless’ society’, whereby financial transactions are not conducted…

By Terry Sharp, President of the BCIA I have made no secret of my excitement for the crest of the wave the building sector is riding in terms of innovation and the mine of potential that we can do with it. However, nothing is ever straightforward and there are numerous issues to solve if we…

In the second part of his blog, Graeme Rees, Vice President of the BCIA discusses the importance of achieving occupier comfort and health as well as energy efficiency. Where comfort once meant ‘warm’, today we consider comfort to also encompass elements of the wellbeing of the building occupant. Keeping occupants at a comfortable temperature is…

 In a two-part blog, Graeme Rees, Vice President of the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA), discusses the efficient management of buildings post-lockdown. The world is certainly a very different place today than it was just three or four months ago, but with people beginning to return to work we are all wondering what the new…

By Jay Parmar, Chief Executive  of JIB   No rulebook could have prepared me for the challenging year we’ve witnessed when I took up the CEO role in October 2019. But, surrounding myself with a talented and impressive team, my first year has been both a rewarding and an educational one. In my recent career…

By Terry Sharp, President of the BCIA One of the many challenges the BCIA is faced with is to find ways to increase the talent pool in the building controls industry. I have said it before and I will say it again: the raw talent is out there, we just need to attract it. It…