CIBSE NEWS


New workshops for Green Deal


CIBSE Training has put together a one-day workshop to provide insight into the Green Deal scheme and allow you to recognise the opportunities. These events will run in various locations around the UK. For more information visit www.cibsetraining.co.uk/ green-deal


BSO12 abstracts deadline


The first national conference on building simulation and optimisation is to be held at Loughborough University on 10-11 September 2012. Abstracts are welcome from building design professionals, as well as academia. For further details and to submit your abstract, visit www.bso12.org


Young Lighter of the Year 2012


Submit your entry by 31 December 2011 to earn your place in the Society of Light and Lighting’s prestigious Young Lighter of the Year competition. Designed to help promote the


younger element in the lighting profession, the competition provides a unique platform for young lighters – whether society members or not – to hold forth on a lighting subject of their choice. It will also be a chance for them to hone their presentation skills, and to win the considerable kudos of being chosen as the ‘SLL Young Lighter of the Year’. Following the submission


of the written synopsis, a preliminary shortlist of entrants will be invited to submit a short piece to camera to further explain the premise of their paper. Entries may be based on previously prepared work and must be capable of being presented in 15 minutes during the final. In addition to free SLL membership for one year, each finalist receives a cash prize, a certificate and a free lighting publication. For an application form


call 020 8772 3685 or e-mail sll@cibse.org


Sense of wonder at annual lecture


l Chris Wise captures the imagination


In attempting to answer the rhetorical question: ‘I wonder what it would feel like if we did that?’, Chris Wise explored the role of the vital trace elements of imagination, empathy and physicality in engineering. The theme of emotion in engineering was examined using examples from his career, from the Millennium Bridge to the 2012 London Velodrome. Chris Wise, co-founder of Expedition engineering,


is widely regarded as one of the most gifted structural designers of his generation. He has a reputation for hands-on engineering projects and also for his close working collaboration with some of the world’s leading architects, including Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Michael Hopkins, Ken Shuttleworth and Renzo Piano. The lecture was sponsored by the CIBSE Patrons,


a scheme set-up in 1979 as a way of developing closer links and working between the Institution


Chris Wise presents at CIBSE’s Annual Lecture


and a broad range of organisations involved in the building services engineering industry. For those who could not attend the lecture, it


was broadcast online as a webinar, with online users able to listen to the lecture, view the slides and post questions. The audio file and presentation slides are available for download from www.cibse. org/annuallecture2011 For more information about becoming a CIBSE Patron member, contact cbrown@cibse.org


Professional conduct of a member


The CIBSE Board has recently considered a disciplinary case against a member. The case concerned the level of hospitality provided to a major client, and whether evidence pertinent to that hospitality had been destroyed. The Board concluded there


had been a breach of two CIBSE Codes of Conduct, dealt with by


two separate clauses: l The first clause – At all times members shall order their conduct to uphold the dignity and reputation of their


While the public comment on PAS 2030, the Green Deal installer standard, has now closed, the next stage of public consultation on the details of the Green Deal is imminent. It is reported that a 460-page package is due for release very shortly. This may not be a full 12-week consultation, due to the proximity of the scheme start date on 1 October 2012. And with the publication of the consultation around Christmas, there could


profession, and to safeguard the public interest in matters relevant to the art, science and practice of building services engineering; and


l The second clause – Members shall not improperly offer or accept, either directly or indirectly, payment or inducement to secure work or employment. Although there had been a serious breach of the code, the Board decided that the member had demonstrated sufficient regret for his actions, and it was


be very limited time to address some very significant issues for services engineers, installers and manufacturers. The package is expected


to cover detailed regulations for Green Deal advisers, installers and providers, who will finance work carried out under the Green Deal. It is also expected to contain the detailed requirements and guidance for advice, installation and funding arrangements. CIBSE will be


agreed that he should receive a reprimand. Also, any similar transgression of the two clauses within two years could lead to the member’s suspension or expulsion from the Institution. As part of the reprimand he


will be required to adhere to his company’s new hospitality policy. The disciplinary case was


investigated before the Bribery Act 2010 came into force on 1 July 2011. Members are advised to carefully note the new legislation. Further guidance is expected to be issued in the next few months.


Green Deal update and other future consultations


co-ordinating responses, and will make the material available by email and on the CIBSE website. Meanwhile, the formal consultation on the 2013 changes to Part L is due in December, as well as a consultation on the implementation of the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Those with limited reading material this Christmas will have plenty to compensate over the festive period.


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December 2011 CIBSE Journal


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