CIBSE NEWS New CPD champion announced
l New winner announced by Institute as award goes annual
The CIBSE Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Panel has decided to award the title of ‘CPD Champion’ annually to a member who presents the best CPD submission. The winner for 2011 was Bryan Alston, who succeeded in impressing the panel by keeping his knowledge and skills up to date in a number of different areas. He will receive a voucher for a free one-day CIBSE course. Bryan has been a CIBSE member and chartered engineer for more than 20 years. He achieved his BSc at the then Newcastle Polytechnic in 1985. In 1990 he gained membership of CIBSE and in 2004 became a fellow.
Through CPD, Alston obtained both an MSc
in building services engineering and a teaching certificate. He recently became an air-conditioning inspector and has acquired both spoken and written language skills in Spanish. On hearing of his award, Alston said: ‘I consider
that once qualified and being a professional engineer, you do not accept that you have achieved it, but through CPD you seek to widen your knowledge, educate and, as such, enhance your value to your employers’. CPD is a requirement for all CIBSE members
under the Code of Conduct. By the end of each calendar year you will need to complete an annual
National recognition for heritage group website
The CIBSE Heritage Group has been given the accolade of a request from the British Library for the group’s website (
www.hevac-heritage.org) to be incorporated into the National Archive. The website was begun in
Winner... Bryan Alston
CPD record demonstrating that you have fulfilled the CIBSE CPD requirements. Visit
www.cibsecpd.org and login using your
CIBSE membership number and password to access our easy-to-use tool, which will also allow you to update and evaluate your CPD activities on a continuing basis as the year progresses. Further information can also be found in the CPD Guide at
www.cibse.org An excellent way of keeping up to date with your professional knowledge is via the Knowledge Portal (
www.cibseknowledgeportal.co.uk), which gives free access to CIBSE members to the full range of CIBSE published guidance, including all the guides, commissioning codes, applications manuals, technical memoranda, lighting guides and more.
Working for a better deal
There is a huge amount happening around policy for the built environment at present. The Green Deal consultation
closed as the Journal went to press. Following a very well attended workshop in Balham in early January, CIBSE has raised comments about the assessment of buildings for the Green Deal, and the specification of Green Deal improvements. Comments focused in
particular on the competence and skills required to carry out assessments for commercial buildings, and to develop robust specifications for proposed Green Deal improvements. For the full response go to
www.cibse.org/greendeal response The Building Regulations 2013
Review was due to be issued for consultation before Christmas, but was still unavailable as the Journal went to press. This will outline a package of changes, to be introduced in 2013, which will include the latest changes to Part L. Given other developments around regulations, it is likely that the delayed release of the consultation indicates that the proposals are undergoing careful scrutiny. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) has been recast, and the recast fully replaces the original Directive in
EU law on 1 February 2012. From that date all references to the EPBD will refer to the recast. The UK government has to
adopt the necessary measures to implement the recast, which will include changes to size thresholds for Display Energy Certificates, by summer 2012. We would expect the
Department for Communities and Local Government to consult on the implementing measures, although there is no formal indication as yet that this will occur.
CIBSE will be keeping watch
on both of these areas and will announce any new consultations as soon as they are released.
November 2001 to provide information for all those interested in the history of building services engineering. It has grown rapidly since this time, largely thanks to Frank Ferris, the group’s webmaster, and CIBSE past chairman Brian Roberts, its main contributor. The Heritage Group is the
oldest of all CIBSE Special Interest Groups, having been formed in 1982. However, its origins go back even further, as it has its roots in the Archaeology of Building Services Working Party, which was established in 1973. The website aims to provide
a comprehensive record of people, products, patents, properties and publications relevant to this history of building services in order to increase the awareness of all engineers of the industry’s history, from its beginnings in the 1700s through the 19th and early 20th century. The Heritage Group is always
aware that there may be systems, buildings or equipment out there of which it has no knowledge. CIBSE members are urged to contact the webmaster if they come across any relevant items that are not included on the website.
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February 2012 CIBSE Journal
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