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Down the rabbit hole with Alice
News in brief
“If you don’t know where you are includes many proposals that CIBSE
Simulation group seminar
going, any road will take you there.”
istock
wholeheartedly supports, but also
CIBSE’s Building Simulation
LEWIS CARROLL, Alice in poses some major challenges. In
Group will be holding its
Wonderland order to deliver on anything like the
inaugural seminar on 30
scale proposed, much more focus on
n
September at BSEC, Balham, on
There are many conflictions as delivery and compliance across the
‘Thermal Simulation’. Reserve a
we try to raise the professional sector will be required.
place at www.cibse.org/groups
standards and deliver more and If governments and others are
more complex projects – and now serious about making carbon
Declare your feelings
that the long-fanfared Copenhagen reductions then we must know
We want to hear your views
agreement on climate change is less where we are going, be clear on that
on CIBSE. We’ll be emailing
than six months away, I am forced to plan and enforce the regulations
a membership survey to all
ask myself: “Do we know where we accompanying report. Yet there is a equably and fairly. We do need an
members in early September.
are going?” significant bow-wave of opinion that enforcement body, to measure,
The results will help develop the
All this navel-gazing was started the quality of many of these DECs manage and inform, and to ensure
future of CIBSE membership.
by the recent heavy thump of the is questionable. All schemes are we can meet our targets and the
If you’re not on email, but
Parts L and F consultation landing subject to Quality Assurance review tools we use are accurate and
would like to complete the
on the CIBSE doormat. Undoubtedly but some would say some schemes reliable; how else can we achieve the
survey, contact Bobby Wright
it is a most important document, have higher standards than others. savings required?
on 020 8772 3639. A summary
but still I have the question: “Where W. Edwards Deming says, with regard For, if Copenhagen sets even more
of the results will appear in the
are we going?” Already within the to quality: “If you can’t measure it, demanding targets and there is still
November edition of the Journal.
UK, with its Energy Performance of you can’t manage it ...” A well-worn no credible plan to deliver, then I for
Buildings Directive (EPBD), and in phrase but those who seek to meet one will certainly believe that I am
Writing in Hong Kong
Europe generally, we have a process our carbon reduction targets would back with Alice and Lewis Carroll, and
CIBSE’s Hong Kong branch
for measuring the performance do well to remember his advice. that would never do.
is inviting entries to a writing
of buildings with the Display Certainly, the government’s Stephen Matthews
competition on climate change.
Energy Certificate (DEC) and its UK Low Carbon Transition Plan Chief executive
Papers can be written on any
technical subject relating to
Win a trip to
Boost for Graduate Award
the theme, and can take the
form of an opinion piece, news
Hong Kong story, project sharing, study
The 15th annual CIBSE/ASHRAE Former ASHRAE president
findings or idea sharing. The
The Society of Public Health Graduate of the Year Award, Richard Rooley and CIBSE/
competition is open to all Hong
Engineers is now accepting sponsored by Baxi Commercial, ASHRAE group chairman Tim
Kong region CIBSE members
entries for the 2009 Young will take place as part of a brand Dwyer will also help to judge the
and there are two categories:
Engineers’ Award, with a trip to new CIBSE education and winner, who will be selected from
Open – for all; and Student – for
Hong Kong as first prize. training event at the Institution of five finalists – each of whom will
undergraduates. The closing
Teams must submit Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) give a presentation.
date is 30 October 2009. For full
proposals to the following on 15 October. The event, which starts at 5pm,
details and rules visit
challenge: Public health CIBSE president Mike Simpson is also being supported by the
www.cibse.org.hk
systems are vital to a building’s will explain the institution’s wider CIBSE Young Engineers’ Network,
function. How would you reduce education and training objectives whose chairman is Arup’s
International views sought
the energy consumed by their during a special reception after this Morwenna Wilson, the current
CIBSE is looking to revise its
operation? year’s award, followed by a gala holder of the graduate award,
publication, TM04: Design notes
Entries should explain dinner hosted by CIBSE Patrons to and by the Rumford Club, which
for the Middle East, expanding it
proposals, using an appropriate mark their 30th anniversary. presents bursaries to the two
to include other non-European
development as an example. Simpson will be joined on the runners-up every year.
regions. We would like to
Teams of up to three people, graduate award judging panel Attendance is free – except
hear from members who are
aged 18 to 30, can enter. The by ASHRAE president Gordon the Patrons’ 30th dinner – and
working in, or have recently
prize includes return flights to Holness, who will give the annual open to all, but email ewenrose@
worked in, regions such as the
Hong Kong and four nights’ ASHRAE presidential lecture to the btinternet.com for more
Middle East, India, Singapore,
hotel accommodation. UK industry as part of the event. information and to register.
China etc to form part of a
To view the full details, Every year the winner of the Places at the Patrons 30th
publication steering group. To
visit www.cibse.org/sophe award receives a trip to the dinner are limited and must be
take part contact Claire Ruston at
Entries must be received by 30 ASHRAE Winter Meeting in the US booked and paid for.
cruston@cibse.org with a brief
September. – this year to be held in Orlando, To receive more information
summary of your expertise.
Florida. email cbrown@cibse.org
www.cibsejournal.com September 2009 CIBSE Journal 11
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