different aspects of the supply chain. He is also a realist when it comes to achieving the UK government’s timescale for ‘zero carbon’ homes in 2016: ‘I don’t think we’ll get there. It will cost more and more to achieve this goal – we suffer the law of diminishing returns. In reality, to get there we’ll need to green the energy supply.’ However, he is not dismissive of targets in themselves,
such as those set by the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: ‘Without the directive, we would not have been driven to develop Part L 2006 and 2010. We need to set detailed standards we can aspire to, and these have certainly brought huge benefits to building services engineering.’ I ask Manning why he wanted to take on the mantle
of CIBSE president – a question that sends him into a bout of soul searching. Eventually he says: ‘I wanted to take this same message into CIBSE, as a way of influencing legislation and social change – I believe that the real delivery of low carbon buildings can be achieved through collaboration, and as design engineers we need to be true to the fundamental engineering process that will deliver low carbon.’ But does not CIBSE face a huge task in overturning its image as a consultants’ club that is full of greying men in suits, men like himself (he turned 60 in March)? Manning remains unruffled. ‘We’re the youngest of the institutions,’ he points out. ‘We recognise the need to be a broader church – in doing
There’s a danger that we could have
another 40 years without real change ... we must recognise that most of the emissions reduction will come from greening our energy supply
so we’re attracting younger people to the industry. The Young Engineers’ Network reflects active young membership contributing in a way that suits their life and career aspirations. I’d say CIBSE’s image should be very good – we just need to promote it better.’ So, bearing in mind that he feels the industry is as
fragmented as it was four decades ago when he started in the profession, what hopes does he have for the next 40 years? Where will we be in 2050? ‘There is certainly a danger that we could have another 40 years without real change. Bear in mind that, to reach an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050 we’d need to be refurbishing 50 buildings every single hour! So we must recognise that much of the emissions reduction will come from greening our energy supply.’ Manning is the first to admit that his vision for
collaborative procurement is going to take a great deal longer to come about than his 12-month tenure as CIBSE president. ‘If it’s going to take another four decades, fortunately I’m unlikely to be around to have to comment on it.’ l
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