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secretary@cibse.org President: David Fisk CB FRAEng FCIBSE FRIBA (Hons) FloP | Chief executive: Stephen Matthews
iPad winner Promising something real
It is with great pleasure that CIBSE welcomes David Fisk to the presidency this year. David brings a unique set of experiences, mainly gained as a chief scientific adviser and latterly as a professor at Imperial College, and we look forward to working with him.
Congratulations to Deborah Haynes, from Leicester, who was the lucky winner of an iPad 2 after signing up to CIBSE membership at the Ecobuild show in March. All those who did so, either
at the show or in the week following, were automatically entered into the prize draw, with the winner selected at random.
Call for abstracts
‘Delivering Buildings that are Truly Fit for Purpose’, the third CIBSE Technical Symposium, is due to take place from 11 to 12 April 2013 in Liverpool. With energy ‘decarbonisation’
still many years away there is more need than ever for the building services community to take a lead in reducing the energy dependence of buildings while maintaining lifelong performance. The symposium will
showcase the latest practice and research and provide a glimpse of future developments from across the world. We encourage the participation of researchers and industry practitioners, sharing experiences and developing networks. For the full list of suggested
topics for abstracts and submission instructions, see
www.cibse.org/ symposium2013 The closing date for
submissions is 17 September. 10 CIBSE Journal July 2012
In his presidential speech, David emphasised the need to return to normal – cutting through the jargon and returning to the fundamental principles of engineering. He explained that ‘normal engineering’ was about learning from the performance of real buildings: ‘If we knew how to deliver what we promised, we would be much more likely to be able to insist on promising something real’.
It’s this ‘promising something real’ that I believe we should all keep in our minds during our working day. Ultimately, we at CIBSE HQ serve our members. We promise to support you, offer suitable training, be a resource for expertise and knowledge, and represent you in consultation responses, and in representation to government. We need to ensure that every single day we are working to deliver on this promise. The Knowledge Portal will
be a vital resource to allow us to make good on this promise. The portal offers access (free to members) to the full range of CIBSE published guidance, as well as links to other relevant publications and abstracts of British Standards. If you haven’t already explored the portal, I strongly encourage you to try it. The new CIBSE Conference and Exhibition – Building Services, which we are working in partnership with UBM to deliver – will be another tool for us to meet our promise. The conference itself will bring you into contact with industry experts, show you the latest technologies and thinking, bring you up to date with legislation,
New president David Fisk
‘We need to ensure that every single day we are working to deliver on our promises’
and give you an opportunity to network. Visit
www.buildingservicesevent.com for more information. We can’t do this on our own though – it’s essential that we have your input and feedback to ensure that we are delivering what
you need. Just as our new president offers us new challenges, we hope that you, our members, will also challenge us; after all, it is your Institution. To listen to the webinar of the president’s speech, or to read it online, visit
www.cibse.org/agm I also commend the interview with incoming president David Fisk, immediate past president Andy Ford, and George Adams, president-elect, on page 22. Here they set out the key issues that will affect not only the current presidency, but also engineering over the next 20 years. CIBSE must be at the forefront of ‘normal engineering’. Stephen Matthews Chief executive
2012 Building Simulation Group prize for best MSc dissertation
The CIBSE Building Simulation Group is offering a prize for a postgraduate student undertaking a research project – at Master’s degree level or equivalent – which includes a major element involving the development or application
of building simulation tools. The 2012 award will focus on projects in the area of ‘Validity of Building Performance Simulation’. The winner, announced later this year, will receive a prize of £1,000 and a certificate.
Initial entries of a one-page summary including title, and a brief description of the project, should be submitted by 31 August, with the full application being received by 15 October. Further information is available at
www.cibse.org/bsg
www.cibsejournal.com
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