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:

[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

[edit] Membership

• 54 Council
• 55 Members

[edit] Legislation

• 56 UK building and construction
• 61 UK Building Regulations — overview
• 62 UK 2022 Building Regulations — changes
• 64 Legionella — overview

[edit] Useful financial information

• 66 Tax rates
• 72 Construction Industry Scheme

[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

[edit] Building services statistics

• 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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