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CIBSE News from September

The CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2011 - enter now!

The CIBSE Low Carbon Performance awards have been reviewed, revised and repositioned, and in 2011, CIBSE will be hosting the Building Performance Awards. Once again, the awards will reward exellence in the development and management of low carbon buildings, but they will also take into consideration a variety of other factors that have an impact on the performance of a building. Click here for more information and to enter.

Coalition Seeks Industry Views

Almost a dozen government consultatons are currently underway - and the technical team at CIBSE HQ will be co-ordinating responses to them all. The building-related consultations range from microgeneration through to OFGEM, smart meters, skills for sustainable growth and Building Regulations. The technical team will be seeking input from the relevant special interest groups and committees. To enable them to manage the CIBSE response to these various consultations, they have revised the consultations area of the CIBSE website. To see the latest information click here.

Inprove Your Knowledge Online

CIBSE will soon be launching an online interface for all its publications and guides. This new service, called the CIBSE Knowledge Portal, promises to provide quick and easy access to all CIBSE, and other relevant, information. This online resource is an essential step for CIBSE to allow frequent updates to technical information and guidance to be accessed with greater ease. If you are interested in participating and can spare the time, contact Anastasia Mylona at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

CIBSE News from August

Young Engineers in the Spotlight

Arup, Imtech Aqua Ltd and IMA Cooling Sytems have been announced as winners of the Young Engineers Champions Awards 2010. Now in their second year, the awards - sponsored by Baxi Commercial Division - recognise innovation in developing engineers of the future, and seek to reward those organisations that proactively champion industry's young people. Click here to read the full article.

Help Test New Online Interface

A new online interface, the CIBSE Knowledge Portal, is to be launched to improve acess to information. The portal will ensure all of the institution's codified information is available via an online interface, with enhanced searching and browsing capabilities. Direct links to the LUCKINSlive product directory and BSI standards are some of the extra features that will be included to assist members and others in their day-to-day work. To make sure the interface offers the searches and results members need, CIBSE is looking to form a user group to test it for user friendliness and intuitiveness during its development stage. If you are interested in helping to test it, and could spare time for two or three meetings in the next four months, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Helping Members in Need

Members are being reminded to get in touch with the CIBSE Benevolent Fund if they require help or support during a personal crisis. With some 20,000 members within the CIBSE family, it is inevitable that personal situations will arise due to bereavement or other domestic crisis. The fund, set up in 1933 helps those who may need a contribution twoards funeral expenses, for example, or financial help during sickness, or simply someone to listen and share a problem. Regional almoners provide this support, visiting and keeping in touch with needy cases. Should you be made aware of a member or dependant who is in need of the assistance available through the Benevolent Fund, contact your regional almoner, whose details are available from your regional secretary or from CIBSE. The fund is always in need of volunteers to help in its work, and should you feel able to offer some help towards the role of regional alomoner, it would be most welcome.

The Great Renewable Heat Debate

The new coalition government has been active in many areas in its early days in office. One area has been subject to much discussion, reporting, and even rumour: the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). Initially, it was not mentioned in the coalition agreement, provoking early anxiety that it would be scrapped. However, as officials pointed out in private, many topics were not covered, but this should not be taken to indicate that RHI would not go ahead. What they could not details however, was the form that the final RHI might take. Click here and scroll to page 16 to read the full article.

CIBSE Journal News

CIBSE Journal News from September:

Public Health Engineering

As the sustainability agenda in the built environment grows, so does the remit for public health engineers. In this special report on public health engineering, we look at the torrent of policy, regulations and environmental standards that has gushed from government in recent years as it strives to meet the challenges that a warming world will bring. Click here to read the full report.

Consequential Improvements 'Could Have Saved Millions'

Introducing 'consequential improvements' to Part L 2010 of the Building Regulations could have resulted in £705m of savings, according to a campaign group. Click here to read the full article.

1920s Home Recreated for Efficiency Research

A replica 1920s traditional-style terrace property is being constructed at Salford University to test the energy efficiency of old house stock. The Energy House will be constructed within a sealed three-storey testing chamber using a host of reclaimed building materials and more than 20,000 bricks from recently demolished terraced homes to make it as authentic as possible. To read the full article in this month's CIBSE Journal click here and scroll along to page 14.

New 'Energy Fund' to Help Achieve Carbon Target

Councils and developers are to be given moer flexibility to help homes meet the zero carbon standard by 2016, according to UK ministers. Housing minister Grant Shapps is looking to establish a 'community energy fund' to allow developers to make payments to councils to support local energy projects, such as district heating schemes and wind farms. This would help developers build new homes that emit fewer emissions. Click here for more information.

CIBSE Journal News from August:

Academy for Change

Laing O'Rourke and the University of Cambridge have announced the creation of a new multi-diciplinary academic centre of excellence to advance the engineering profession. The Laing O'Rourke Centre Construction Engineering and Technology is planned to play a key role in shaping the future of the construction industry by responding to environmental and sustainability challenges.

Institute to Seek Natural Solutions

Construction of the £25m teaching and research facility at Aberystwyth University has begun. The centre is intended to form a new institute at the leading edge of environmental and agricultural science, with the architectural solutions designed to work in a natural way with the environment. Completion is due in July 2011.

Lost Learning Opportunity

Axing the Building Schools for the Future programme will add to industry's woes and could see the loss of further design innovation. But, reports Carina Bailey, not everyone is pessimistic about the cuts. Click here and scroll to page 12 to read the full article.

Sustainability Without the Hot Water

Combined heat and power solutions or heat pumps - which are the key to delivering low carbon services? A Cambridge professor and author of a book on 'sustainability without the hot air' has cast doubt on the efficacy of CHP. But, says Huw Blackwell, is this the whole story? Click here to read the full article.

Ministers Take Back Planning Powers

Ministers are to be given new powers to grant planning permission for major new infrastructure projects. The move was announced by decentralistion minister Greg Clark, who also confirmed that the Infrastructure Planning Commission will be abolished. Click here for more information.

Tilting Canvas

Looking to design a high-performance single-skin facade, engineers turned to the classic bay window for inspiration. And the successful results underlined the importance of early-stage collaboration, writes Dr Mikkel Kragh. Click here to read the full article.

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