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News in brief Consultation on zero carbon
Closing date looms
The next closing date for
non-doms policy begins
applications for the associate
(ACIBSE) and member (MCIBSE)
n
The government announced adopt the same broad framework in building type and intensity of
grades is Monday 1 February in Building A Greener Future: for zero carbon homes, but energy use, and therefore ‘carbon
2010. Your application needs to Policy Statement (July 2007) that adapt it to reflect compliance’ can
include: application form; work new homes would be zero carbon the differences contribute more
experience listing; engineering from 2016 and undertook to between domestic than it can in the
practice report; organisation chart; consult on the further detail at a and non- domestic
and development action plan. later stage. domestic sector.
For full details of the The 2008 Budget announced the buildings. CIBSE
requirements and application ambition that new non-domestic In previous would
process go to www.cibse. buildings should be zero carbon consultations like your
org/membership or email the from 2019 (with earlier targets CLG identified that comments on
membership department at for schools and other public zero carbon would the consultation,
membership@cibse.org buildings). CIBSE responded to be achieved through particularly if you
a consultation on a definition of the most suitable balance can spot any unintended
Your CIBSE, your zero carbon homes and non- between energy efficiency, consequences in the policies.
membership domestic buildings in March carbon compliance (on-site low For example, zero carbon buildings
It’s your chance to tell CIBSE, 2009. This consultation was very or zero carbon technologies) and are harder to achieve in urban
as current students, graduates much weighted towards achieving finally allowable solutions (off-site environments. Will this policy
and ex-graduates, what you want zero carbon for new dwellings actions). CLG believes that there encourage building on green rather
out of graduate membership and CIBSE therefore welcomes is greater technical input in design than brown sites? Comments
and how CIBSE can improve the current consultation on non- and construction and a closer level should be sent to smcdonough@
this grade. The institution will domestic new-build. of building control involvement cibse.org by 10 February 2010.
be sending a survey via email in The Department of and oversight for non-domestic Readers can also participate
February and would like to get as Communities and Local buildings because of their in a discussion forum on this
much feedback as possible. Your Government (CLG) intends to complexity, larger scale, variation consultation at www.cibse.org
opinion counts!
Learn from foreign climes
Members in the developmental Update your CPD online
stage of their career are reminded
there is still time to enter the Ken CIBSE has now launched its online Low Carbon Energy Assessors’ at www.cibsecpd.org
Dale Travel Bursary 2010. The CPD membership tool to enable (LCEA) registers, and recording As a member of CIBSE you
winner will be awarded between members to record their Continuing training and events in which you are required by the Code of
£1,500 to £4,000 to research Professional Development (CPD) have participated. The beauty of the Professional Conduct to maintain
an aspect of building services activities with the minimum of fuss online record is that any training your professional competence. All
outside their home country. and bother. or CPD you have undertaken with those on the LCEA or LCC registers
For more information and to The online CPD record has CIBSE is automatically inserted, are required to undertake 21 hours
download an application form, been designed to harmonise with including the CPD modules run of CPD per year. At the end of each
visit www.cibse.org/bursaries. the requirements, not only of by the Journal. You can access the year members will be reminded
The deadline for applications membership, but also for the Low online tool through the members’ that their CPD record for that year
is 31 March 2010. See the 2009 Carbon Consultants’ (LCC) and area of www.cibse.org or directly should be submitted.
winner, Ross French’s opinion
piece on page 22.
Nominations to the board are announced
Intelligent Buildings’
seminar Short biographical notes of the Kinsella – vice president Nick Mead full rules refer to page 16 of the
The Intelligent Buildings Group candidates nominated for election – honorary treasurer November Journal, or visit www.
will be holding a one-day seminar as officers, board and council Elected members of the board: cibsejournal.com/issues/2009-11/
on 23 February 2010 on system members are on the members’ George Adams; Paul Hardy. cibse-news Nominations must
integration. The event will take section of www.cibse.org Elected members of council: be made in writing to the chief
place at CIBSE headquarters in The full list of nominations is: Chris Northey; Geoff Smyth. executive/secretary by 31 January
Balham, London. Visit www. Officers: Andy Ford – president- Members of the institution are 2010. The chosen candidates will be
cibse.org/ibg for further details. elect; Terry Dix – vice president; entitled to nominate additional announced at the AGM on 6 May
David Fisk – vice president; Peter candidates for election. For the 2010.
16 CIBSE Journal January 2010 www.cibsejournal.com
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