CIBSE NEWS
Travel and Learn with Ken Dale Travel Bursary 2012
The Ken Dale Travel Bursary is now inviting entries for its 2012 award. The bursary makes an award
of between £1,500 and £4,000 to a CIBSE member in the developmental stage of their career, to research an aspect of building services outside their home country. The research should be of interest to CIBSE, the entrant’s employer, clients and the profession. Research that aligns with CIBSE’s concern for the environment is particularly encouraged. Through the bursary, the
winner will have the opportunity to experience technical, economic, environmental, social and political conditions in another country, and to examine how these factors impact upon building services engineering. Last year’s winner, Anderson Barcellos, of Reading University, used the award to travel to China and Japan for four weeks investigating buildings – including offices and schools – to evaluate the steps in the design process that are being taken to achieve energy efficiency. He also looked at new approaches and technologies that are being used. For further information and to download an application form, visit
www.cibse.org/bursaries Applications for the bursary close on 29 February.
Diversity on the curriculum
l The future’s female, says CIBSE president Andy Ford
Schools have a big part to play in career choices – and in making sure the construction industry is not dominated by men in the future. That was the message from CIBSE president,
Andy Ford, when he spoke at an event for Institution members within the Construction Industry Council (CIC), organised by the CIC Diversity Panel. Ford discussed the Institution’s activities with
schools, stating: ‘Schools have an enormous part to play in career choices and that enjoyment of a subject is as significant as attainment in a pupil’s likelihood to pursue a subject further.’ Ford’s two overall messages to the audience were: ‘Respect is the process and diversity is the result’, and ‘the future is not male’. The CIBSE CIC diversity panel representative
Dr Dorte Rich Jørgensen, supported by CIBSE and YEN’s Karen Settle, collated feedback to give a voice to women on their views on what can be done to empower and inspire women to be recruited, retained and to progress in the construction industry.
Dr Jørgensen said: ‘The survey gave some good news stories and clear evidence that much more proactive efforts need to be embedded in our industry if we are seriously committed about having a diverse workforce in it sooner rather than later.’ The event examined how Institutions and key stakeholders are influencing positive change in attitudes to diversity, with reference to the February report by Lord Absersoch on Women on Boards, which has given FTSE 100 companies the target of having women making up at least 25% of their boards by 2015. The delegates were asked to identify, in workshop
groups, the barriers facing women, from secondary school through to senior management, as they strive to progress in a construction career. The wide- ranging ideas from the workshop will be used by the CIC Diversity Group to create an action plan to increase the female membership of the institutions. Dr Jørgensen concluded: ‘The vision is that an
action plan working across the institutions would be an effective vehicle for positive change.’ For more details about the action plan and the work of the CIC, contact
lreading@cic.org.uk
Annual dinner in a good cause
The south west region is holding its annual dinner in February – and hopes once more to raise a significant amount of money for good causes. At the 2009 dinner, £1,000
was raised for the Precious Drops Milk Bank at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. Liz Meddings, vice chairman of the region’s committee, attended the opening of the Milk Bank in November and was able to see how they had used the money. The milk bank provides a way to safely store donated breast milk for feeding premature babies, giving them the best start in life. She said: ‘It’s great to see
how the money we raise at our dinners can make a real difference to someone’s
life, and I hope that our members take inspiration from this and donate even more at our next dinner – or at their local event.’
To buy tickets for the south
west region’s dinner, to be held on 10 February, please contact dougwheeler@blueyonder.
co.uk
Building systems and services for the 21st century
The second CIBSE Technical Symposium, this year held in association with the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), is set to take place on 18-19 April at Imperial College, London. Entitled ‘Building Systems and Services for the 21st Century’,
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the two-day event is designed to bring to the fore the latest practice and research in the sector. More than 50 peer-reviewed
papers and posters from both industry and academia will be presented in sessions. Topics currently planned include ‘passive’ building systems,
renewable and sustainable energy systems, building information modelling, Display Energy Certificates and design for future climates. Delegate fees for this event will
be kept as low as is practicable to ensure accessibility. For more information visit
www.cibse.org/symposium2012
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