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bless ’em – from Professor David Fisk, whose become a sticking plaster for the lack of day-
mirthful speech was one of the highlights of to-day attention to the performance of living,
Editorial advisory panel
the recent CIBSE national conference (see changing buildings.
Laurence Aston, Director of Mechanical
Engineering, Morgan Professional Services page 18). But his very serious point was that Hopefully the round of assessments this year
David Clark, Partner, Max Fordham
there has been strong will provide more incentives
Consulting Engineers
Patrick Conaghan, Partner, Hoare Lea
evidence of unqualified
Consulting Engineers
people being employed
Perhaps we
to clients to improve their
ratings. But if a DEC is
David Hughes, Building Services Consultant,
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to conduct building also need used simply as a badge of
Philip King, Director, Hilson Moran assessments – with
a robust register of
rectitude – “this is all we need
Chani Leahong, Senior Associate,
the accredited energy to do” – and ratings don’t
Fulcrum Consulting
Stephen Lisk, President, The Society of Light
assessor (EA) signing
accreditors with a
improve noticeably overall,
and Lighting
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licensing
then the system is clearly
Professor John Swaffield, CIBSE Past
President
visiting the property.
regime.
failing to work. The truth we
Ged Tyrrell, Managing Director,
The Journal itself must face, though, is that
Tyrrell Systems
Ant Wilson, Director, AECOM
highlighted this problem a snapshot of a building’s
Morwenna Wilson, Graduate Engineer, Arup
in March, when we quoted some EAs who had energy performance, converted into a carbon-
Terry Wyatt, Consultant to Hoare Lea
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