CIBSE News


2010 Annual Lecture


The 2010 CIBSE Annual Lecture will take place on 23 November with a presentation by Professor Mike Hume. Prof Hume is Professor of Climate Change at the University of East Anglia and his work explores the idea of climate change using historical, cultural and scientific analyses, and ways in which it is deployed in public and political discourse. The free lecture will take


place at the Wellcome Collection Conference Centre, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. Booking is essential. To book, contact Veron Williams on vwilliams@cibse.org or call 020 8772 3612.


Key titles updated


Look out for the following updated publications due out in September: • Commissioning Code W: Water distribution systems – revised to ensure the most recent knowledge and experience for practicing engineers; and • Guide D: Transportation systems in buildings – for fully updated guidance on lifts, escalators and moving walkways. Visit www.cibse.org/bookshop for more information and to order.


Seeking your views


For the second year running, we will be emailing a short survey to all our members. We want to hear your views


on CIBSE: what you are happy with, and not so happy with; what’s working well, or not so well.


The survey will be sent to you


in early September so look out for it – and tell us what you think. The results will help feed


into the development of CIBSE membership in the future. If you don’t have an email address, but would like to complete the survey, contact Nadia Gatter on 020 8772 3680. A summary of the results will


appear in the November edition of CIBSE Journal.


CIBSE Certification satisfaction survey


For the second year running CIBSE has conducted a certification satisfaction survey, directed at CIBSE Low Carbon Energy Assessors (LCEAs), Low Carbon Consultants (LCCS) and those undertaking air conditioning certificates. Once again, more than 200 people completed the survey, and, as before, results were very positive. The credibility of CIBSE certification behind the brand was rated most highly by LCEA, LCC and AC inspectors – 113 respondents rated this to be of highest value. Not far behind was


the fact that you are members of a high quality scheme, with 98 respondents believing this to be of the highest value. When asked what CIBSE certification does well, 22% believed that CIBSE provides the highest quality brand and 20% were most satisfied with the training and CPD opportunities that are offered. When it comes to value for


money, 43% of LCEAs told us that the CIBSE scheme is competitive when compared with others in the industry. On air conditioning inspection, this figure rose to 59%.


Improve your knowledge online n


CIBSE will soon be launching an online interface for all its


publications and guides. This new service, called the CIBSE Knowledge Portal, promises to provide quick and easy access to all CIBSE, and other relevant, information. There will be advanced search


facilities , with search results showing relevant CIBSE guides and publications, and links to the relevant British Standard and to commercial resources, such as a product directory – providing all the


information in one place to help you with your day-to-day job. All users of the Knowledge


Portal will be able to buy electronic publications instantly through a pay-as-you go system, but CIBSE members and companies will also be offered the opportunity to subscribe to full access. Subscribing to the system will


give access to the full content of the portal, and therefore the ability to view and search across all CIBSE content, online. Subscription users will benefit from innovative, time


saving features such as page- to-page linking with the same publication, as well as across more than 90 others, and will be given access to all new CIBSE material as soon as it is published. This new online resource is an


essential step for CIBSE to allow frequent updates to technical information and guidance to be accessed with greater ease. If you are interested in


participating and can spare the time, contact Anastasia Mylona at amylona@cibse.org


Training and development North West


Submissions Good news! Trainees no longer need to submit their interim annual reports to CIBSE, but can do so on a voluntary basis, if guidance from the T&D Panel is required. Trainees will still need to submit their annual reports to their supervisors for review on an annual basis. If the company scheme is new,


trainees will need to submit their year 1 reports to CIBSE for review by the T&D Panel. All trainees need to submit their T&D Plan Registration forms to CIBSE to register their training. Any queries, including employers’ enquiries and applications for approved company training schemes, should be addressed to Olwen Williams, training and development administrator, on 020 8772 3605 or at owilliams@cibse.org


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CPD Directory update To be added to the Directory of CPD Course Providers, contact Rosemary Perks on 020 8772 3639 or at rperks@cibse.org. We also accept applications for


online courses and we will welcome more e-learning applications. A concessionary rate is available for entries of the following categories: • Academic institutions; • Not-for-profit organisations offering free or non-profit courses;


• Sole traders who are members of CIBSE and offering free or non-profit training courses; and


• Sole traders who are members of CIBSE and whose training business is less than 5% of their turnover. For more information on training


and development, visit the IPD CPD section of the CIBSE website at www.cibse.org


region awards Preston-based consultancy Pettit Singleton Associates was named North West Consultant of the Year at the recent CIBSE North West region’s annual dinner and awards. The company, which


specialises in providing building services design, has worked on new football stands, health centres and colleges. Other winners on the


night were: Contractor of the Year 2009 – EIC Student of the Year (Stockport College) 2009 – Nicholas Thomas Student of the Year (Manchester University) 2009 – Daniel Coles Student of the Year (University of Central Lancashire) 2009 – Greg Osborne.


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