A new free online information exchange has been launched to encourage greater collaboration between industry and academia.

The Building Services Technical Exchange acts as a ‘dating service’ for engineers and academics to match up their professional interests and areas of expertise.

The Exchange is a development of a service originally created by FETA. It has now been enhanced by the Building Services Forum (ECA, CIBSE, BSRIA, FETA and HVCA) and Constructing Excellence.

To use www.bstechex.co.uk, users simply log on, register and complete a tick-box profile. Visitors to the site can identify contact details of other members of industry, universities and research companies.

The website also provides a way to exchange files over the internet, and provides free advice for small to medium enterprises looking for sources of funding.

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Building Sustainable Design