CIBSE Young Members

 CIBSE Journal News from July:

Help Youngsters to Get Inspired

CIBSE is offering built environment professionals the opportunity to help entice youngsters into the building services industry. As reported in March, CIBSE signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sector Skills Council, SummitSkills.  The agreement commits the institutions to working together to promote and develop the Building Services Engineering (BSE) Ambassadors scheme - part of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Ambassadors programme, which has more than 20,000 volunteers across the UK. STEM Ambassadors are all volunteers who act as inspiring role models to young people. Click here to read the full article in this month's CIBSE Journal.

Colleges Win £50m Funding Despite Cuts

The first round of £6bn cuts announced by the coalition government wil see £500m reinvested, with further education colleges set to receive a lump sum for building projects.  Around 150 colleges that have yet to significantly benefit from the capital programme will each receive about £225,000 under a £30m Renewal Grant. Click here to read the full article.

Prevailing Wind 'Could Create 250,000 Jobs'

The European wind energy sector could generate more than 250,000 new jobs in Europe in the next few years, according to industry estimates. Offshore wind, electricity grids, and the training and education of more engineers and technical staff, are critical to creating new jobs, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Click here to read the full article in the July issue of CIBSE Journal.

Outstanding Challenge

Professional services group PricewaterhouseCoopers wanted its planned new London headquarters to set the highest sustainability standards for offices - which meant the project team having to raise the bar half way through the bulding's development.  Click here to ready Andy Pearson's full report in the July issue of CIBSE Journal.

CIBSE Journal News from June:

Giving Students a Head Start

Each year, CIBSE facilitates a number of bursaries for students studying building services. The bursaries, worth £1,650 each, not only offer students financial assistance, but also provide an important link to the industry from the start of their study. For more information and to read the full article in CIBSE Journal   click here.

Challenging the Status Quo

The security of energy supply and making engineers the world leaders on low carbon were just some of the cutting-edge issues debated at the CIBSE national conference 2010. 

Engineers should act now on pushing forward with the low-carbon agenda rather than waiting for new legislation or societal change, a construction industry leader told delegates. Keith Clarke, Chief Executive of Atkins and Chairman of the Construction Industry Council, said that the industry would end up being 'massively too late' if it failed to move forward in research and development (R&D) in green technologies,

'We are a world-leading profession, and it's engineering's time in history - to anticipate where society will be and invest,' he insisted. To read the full article click here.

Young Professional Lead Debate on Collaboration

The conference dinner debate, organised by the CIBSE Young Engineers' Network, discussed the statement: CIBSE believes that a sustainable build environment can only be achieved if the supply chain approaches all its projects in a holistic way and building services engineers work in integrated teams with other professions. 

A panel of four young professionals from different parts of the construction industry posited their views on  the issue, which was then opened up to the audience for discussion.  To see the full article in CIBSE Journal click here.

Sucking the SAP From New Part L

The full details to Part L of the regulations are now out - or are they? In the run up to the general election last month, the building services sector was waiting with baited breath for the key guidance to support the recent changes to Part L: the Approved Documents (ADs), compliance guides and calculation methodology.  Her Majesty's Government had issues statutory instruments to give legal force to these revisions - which take effect this October - but there was concern in the industry that the all-important ADs, which spell out the guidance, might not be published before a new government was elected.

However, the department for Communities and Local Government did manage to publish the ADs before the election - and their arrival prompted a new set of concerns. To see the full article click here.

Wired Up to the Rules

Electrical services engineers in the UK face a deluge of regulations and rules, but does the sector have the skills sets and training to cope? Click here to read the full article and discover the answer.

Generating Change

In the first of a series of CIBSE-sponsored building performance case studies, John Field and Alexandros Balaskas show how energy saving measures at a luxury London hotel can provide a return on investment.  Click here to read the full article.

Green Pastures

When a highly experienced building services engineer decided to construct his own house to high 'passive' standards, he took on more than he bargained for. But the results were worth the pain. Click here to read his story.