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O
ne of the more off-the-wall but
canny comments I’ve heard
recently is the suggestion
that Kevin McCloud of Grand recession is not the right time to be pushing
For CIBSE
Designs TV fame would make an ideal public for subsidies for home conversions. But, with
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engineering (BSE) profession. Why? Because out of the economic doldrums, what better
a) he’s so well known, and b) he can talk investment than creating a nation of energy
Editorial Panel
convincingly about sustainability (as he did efficient housing? This surely should be the
Laurence Aston, Director of Mechanical
Engineering, Morgan Professional Services recently at the ‘Ecobuild’ conference in London priority, rather than offering to pour funds
David Clark, Partner,
– see page 11). into the so-called green
Max Fordham Consulting Engineers
Patrick Conaghan, Partner, Hoare Lea
There’s no escaping
Consulting Engineers
the urgent need for the
The industry
technologies for cars and
other consumable goods.
Kate Fletcher, Associate, Arup
BSE sector to raise its needs to What our case study also
David Hughes, Building Services Consultant,
MTT Consulting profile. For one thing,
get both its houses in
exemplifies, however, are the
Philip King, Director, Hilson Moran
if it can’t do so now major obstacles that people
Chani Leahong, Senior Associate,
order if it is to make a
Fulcrum Consulting
when global warming may face in seeking to create
Stephen Lisk, President Elect, is the hottest topic
difference on
a more eco-friendly home
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around, then it will
Professor John Swaffield, CIBSE President
sustainability
– whether it be planning
Ged Tyrrell, Managing Director,
never manage it. But, red tape or simply that
Tyrrell Systems
more important than contractors who can carry
Ant Wilson, Director, Faber Maunsell |
AECOM
self-promotion (however justifiable) is the major out the work aren’t willing or able to do so.
Morwenna Wilson, Graduate Engineer, Arup
role that the industry has in convincing the public But, as our interview with Terry Wyatt
Terry Wyatt, Consultant to Hoare Lea
via the media that one of the best ways to help underlines (page 28), the BS industry needs to get
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save the planet is to make ordinary ageing homes both its houses in order: as well as helping to win
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