People A life’s labour


Farah Naz explains why she’s passionate about breathing new life into the built environment


Sustainability engineer Farah Naz believes designing a new building is like creating a life form. ‘By having well integrated,


efficient building services, it’s possible to make a building more healthy, humane and comfortable – saving energy and carbon, but most of all creating a great place to live and work.’ It is this concept that drove Naz


towards the building services sector with UK engineering consultants, Gifford, leaving her architecture career behind. Her role is varied, involving early


stage sustainability workshops and energy and carbon analysis, as well as thermal and daylight modelling, energy performance certificates, and early stage BREEAM work. But one of her most interesting


and challenging jobs is a competition-winning project for the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the Retrofit for the Future program. The competition involves retrofitting an existing 1960s three- bedroom semi-detached property in Harrow, as part of extension works to transform the property into a four-bedroom dwelling. This property is typical of social


housing abundant in the borough, says Naz. The challenge set is to meet the government’s target to reduce CO2 emissions from existing housing stock by 80% by 2050, with target emissions of 17 Kg CO2/sq m/year. ‘My primary task is to transform the theory into reality,’ enthuses


Being part of our


industry and trying to make change happen is the best part of the job


Naz, ‘which involves converting the early stage SAP analysis, carbon and energy figures, into a real-life construction solution. ‘The aim is to reach the UK government’s renewables targets, as well as meet the client’s aspirations, and perhaps go beyond where possible. ‘When any project starts on site


I get very excited as all parts of the puzzle are brought together.’ Once the occupants have


moved in, the Energy Saving Trust New fellows, members and associates


CIBSE has gained more than 20 new members this month, and promoted two to fellow status. The full list is:


FELLOW David William Moulder


Stephen Michael Platt MEMBER


Ragumuthukumar


Alagarsamy John Bolger


Chiu Yin Chan


Kam Tui Ken Choi Michael Collins Steve Colomb Steven Cook


Issam Hammad Darren John Hunt Lee Kee Keung


Jung Hung Koh Qatar Guildford


Oman Dublin


Hong Kong Hong Kong Ardfert


Singapore


Newcastle Upon Tyne


United Arab Emirates


United Arab Emirates


Hong Kong Malaysia


Members who have been promoted to fellow this month are:


David Moulder is employed as engineering manager with Siemens Industrial Solutions in the


Gulf region. He is currently working on a major healthcare infrastructure project, undertaking design management and system integration.


Siu Wai David Lai Stephen Laws


Yat Ping Andy Ma Ioannis Makaronas Frederick McElwee Francis McNulty


James Yau Kaing Pang Andrew Rhodes


Hong Kong Kent


Gregory Philip Lawton Worthing Chun Nin Lee


Hong Kong Hong Kong Qatar


Dun Laoghaire Stamullen Hong Kong


San Francisco


Steve Platt is the head of building services for Atkins’ operations in the South East. Platt has 27 years’


experience in the industry and is passionate about the development and evolvement of engineers to meet today’s engineering challenges.


Craig Shorto Peter Franklin Silva


Abdul Razaque Solangi Costica Dragos Turcu


Chi Kong Bryan Wong


ASSOCIATE Stephen Jennings Chris Lawton


Guernsey Sri Lanka


United Arab Emirates


Qatar Hong Kong Solihull Loughborough


will be monitoring the building’s performance for two years. ‘This will give us an excellent


opportunity to test our strategies in a real life context, and to understand the effects that operational energy and human behaviour have on the building’s energy consumption,’ added Naz. But it can mean long days, with


Naz not finishing work until 9pm. But she says it’s all worth it: ‘The responsibility falls on all of us who are working in the field to strive to reach CO2 reduction targets. Being part of our industry and trying to make change happen is the best part of the job.’


For more information on Technology Strategy Board- funded projects, together with the accompanying report, visit www. innovateuk.org/competitions


Email people appointments/ role profiles to cbailey@cibsejournal.com


Movers & Shakers


Research associate Maria Shamash has moved to CIBSE to study the impacts of future


climates on buildings, and solutions for adaptation as part of CIBSE’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP). She joined from the Institute for Sustainable Development at De Montfort University.


The Heating and Ventilating Contractors’ Association (HVCA) has appointed


Neil Griffin to the new senior post of head of operations. Griffin joins the HVCA from the aerospace industry.


Multi-disciplinary consultancy hurleypalmerflatt has appointed Ray Hatfield as its new divisional director. Hatfield joined from MDA International, where he was a director for 12 years. In his new role he is expected to accelerate hurleypalmerflatt’s push into new markets and strengthen its core market capability.


Bob Arthur of Marks & Spencer has taken over as president of the British Refrigeration Association. The outgoing president, Eddie Gittoes of Arctic Circle, is now the immediate past president. Meanwhile, Geoff Lockwood of ebm-Papst UK, became president of the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Manufacturers Association at the same time, taking over the reins from Paul Wenden of Flakt-Woods, who is now the immediate past president. Both will serve for two years.


Royston Wright is the new business manager for the west and central division at


building services provider, SES. He will be based in the company’s new Bristol office, and will be responsible for promoting and developing business relationships within the south west area.


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