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8 News New industry board to push for low carbon construction; MP presses for DECs in Energy Bill; industry gears up for BIM; new feed-in tariffs ‘will hit solar renewables’. 14 CIB SE News Young engineers’ call to promote maths and science in schools; SoPHE chairman awarded Prince Philip Medal; annual general meeting. 18 Carrying the torch Peter Raynham explains how the qatar special industry needs to address energy efficiency, in his presidential address 30 Desert bloom Qatar is forging ahead with to the Society of Light and Lighting. sustainable development. 19 CIBSE Symposium A new CIBSE event will bring 34 Soccer special Qatar has come up with a together a range of industry experts ‘carbon neutral’ design for to tackle key technical issues facing its 2022 World Cup football the sector. stadium, which will be able to stay cool in desert conditions. Opinion

22 Your letters How do we ensure that a building Learning will perform in line with its design intentions? Features 51 CPD 24 Regulations Commissioning processes Hywel Davies looks at the likely 26 Interview for heating and cooling water consequences of the government’s CIBSE president distribution in buildings. drive to reduce the burden of Andy Ford tells Ewen regulation of business. Rose how respect and collaboration are 25 Manufacturer’s viewpoint as important as the Classified Former England footballer Gary technical side of his role. Neville explains why he has 56 Products launched a Sustainability In Sport 38 Carbon ceiling A guide to the latest products and campaign. After the government watered down its ‘zero services in the sector. carbon’ commitment for new homes, ‘low carbon’ will be the standard of the future. 61 Directory Building services suppliers across 25 42 Cool idea the industry. A new process shows how it is possible to use natural ventilation in tandem with both heat recovery and cooling. People And Jobs

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A greener shelter from the storm www.cibsejournal.com Editorial itting in an office in England on a mid-summer’s day Editor: Bob Cervi Tel: 01223 273520 with wet, stormy weather beating against the windows, Email: [email protected] Reporter: Carina Bailey one can’t help but think about climate change and its Tel: 01223 273521 S Email: [email protected] impact on our everyday lives. Of course, the unseasonable Senior designer: David Houghton Technical editor: Tim Dwyer weather may well have nothing to do with climate change. But Advertisement sales it’s a good reminder that climate change is out there. Sales manager: Jim Folley Tel: 020 7324 2786 It’s a shame, then, that those MEPs sitting in Brussels who are Email: [email protected] Sales consultant: Mark Palmer opposed to the EU’s plans for tougher emissions targets, don’t Tel: 020 7324 2785 Email: [email protected] look out of the window more. At the time of writing, the European Sales executive: Darren Hale Tel: 020 7880 6206 parliament was expected to vote for a big rise in Europe’s emissions- Email: [email protected] Recruitment sales: Stephen Fontana reduction target for 2020, taking it from 20% to 30%. Tel: 020 7324 2787 Email: [email protected] Sceptical MEPs from Britain who are opposed to this change are, Advertising production: Jane Easterman Tel: 020 7880 6248 of course, way out of line with the coalition government’s welcome Email: [email protected] adherence to stringent emissions targets. For CIBSE Publishing co-ordinator: Nicola Hurley Ministers’ acceptance in May of the independent Tel: 020 8772 3697, email: [email protected] Europe has woken Committee on Climate Change’s proposal for a Editorial advisory panel up to the fact George Adams, engineering director, 50% cut in emissions by 2027 set the UK as an Spie Matthew Hall that achieving Laurence Aston, director, Buro Happold example to the rest of the world. But targets need Annabel Clasby, mechanical building services emissions targets engineer, Atkins action plans, and at the end of last month the Patrick Conaghan, partner, Hoare Lea will depend upon Consulting Engineers coalition government took a major step forward Rowan Crowley, director, einside track being able to in accepting most of the recommendations of David Hughes, building services consultant, MTT Consulting make the built the independent Innovation and Growth Team Philip King, director, Hilson Moran Chani Leahong, senior associate, environment for ‘decarbonising’ the construction industry Fulcrum Consulting Nick Mead, group technical director, greener (see News, page 8). Imtech Technical Services Christopher Pountney, graduate engineer, Admittedly, many of the measures in the AECOM Alan Tulla, independent lighting consultant government’s new action plan are a rehash of current policies, Ged Tyrrell, managing director, Tyrrell Systems such as the Green Deal. But the main thrust of the measures is to Ant Wilson, director, AECOM get leading players across the industry to work together to bring Morwenna Wilson, graduate engineer, Arup Terry Wyatt, consultant to Hoare Lea about improvements in procurement, contracts, integrated team-

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p06-07_CIBSEMagJuly11.indd 7 16/6/11 11:22:48 NEWS All the latest news from around the building industry

In Brief Joint board to lead on

Industry figures honoured Several industry figures were new low carbon plan recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. These included the following, all of l Government to work with industry to whom received CBEs: Alan implement spate of new reforms Baxter; Paul Golby, chief executive of E.ON UK; Terence A joint government and industry action plan to Hill, chairman of Arup Group; Professor Paul William Jowitt, ‘decarbonise’ the construction industry has been president of the Institution published. The plan represents ministers’ response to of Civil Engineers; and John the recent Final Report of the independent Innovation McDonough, chief executive and Growth Team (IGT), which called for greater of Carillion. Jo da Silva, integration of the construction supply chain. director of Arup International According to new report, Low Carbon Construction Paul Morrell: Welcomes new construction plan Development, received an OBE Action Plan, a Green Construction Board will be set up for her humanitarian work. this month and chaired by construction minister Mark Prisk. Prisk said the plan when the use of building information ‘Sustainable’ planning ‘To ensure that would provide the ‘certainty needed modelling is appropriate. The government has construction to published its planning-reform for construction companies to invest the low carbon The report says compliance with proposals, aimed at giving in essential new skills, processes and challenge, Energy Performance Certificates, will be a ‘presumption in favour of products’. improved from October when sellers sustainable development’, An updated Carbon Plan and a ‘route we need to or landlords of both domestic and non- and local communities a ‘key map’ for low carbon infrastructure continue this domestic buildings will need to have say’ in new developments, will be published in October this year, new level of an EPC before marketing the property. according to the Department according to the report. The 2050 cooperation’ But the report makes no commitment for Communities and Local Group, a cross-industry working party to requiring non-domestic buildings to Government. that reported to the IGT, will also be encouraged to use Display Energy Certificates. www.communities.gov.uk continue to meet. Paul Morrell, the Chief Construction Adviser, who climate targets missed From this autumn the government will begin chaired the IGT, said: ‘To ensure that construction The government’s record on publishing quarterly reports on a ‘rolling two year rises to the low carbon challenge, we need to continue improving energy efficiency forward programme of infrastructure and construction this new level of cooperation, so I am also pleased that in buildings has been too slow, projects where public funding has been agreed’. a joint government and industry board has been set according to a report by the A programme of pilot projects to test innovative up to ensure implementation of this plan.’ CBI. It’s ‘climate change tracker’ projects and processes will also be started soon, the – covering buildings, industry, report says. A new industry forum will be set up next For more information visit: transport and power sectors – summer, with CIBSE among its members, to identify www.bis.gov.uk/constructionigt found that ministers had failed on 12 out of 13 climate change ‘indicators’. The only policy still on track was for nuclear power. www.cbi.org.uk/climatetracker MP presses for roll-out of DECs in bill

Energy reforms criticised An amendment to the Energy all commercial buildings ‘in a the government the power to Government plans to reform Bill could see all commercial prominent place’ within 12 months initiate a phased roll-out of DECs the electricity market and raise buildings having to have display of the passing of the bill. to the commercial sector through investment capital have been energy certificates (DECs), giving Goldsmith, a keen secondary legislation. My reason criticised by MPs. Members an energy efficiency rating for the environmentalist, is a member of for tabling the amendment is that if of the Climate Change property. the scrutiny committee for the bill. you don’t know how much energy Committee do not believe the Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith The MP for Richmond Park and you are using, you can’t manage it. ‘over-complex’ proposals will raise the £110bn of capital that has tabled the amendment to the North Kingston told the Journal: I am pleased that the amendment the Department of Energy and bill, which does not otherwise ‘Display Energy Certificates are has the support of the CBI, the UK Climate Change is hoping for. mention the certificates. already mandatory for public sector Green Building Council, the British The clause contains a direction buildings over 1000 sq m, but not Property Federation, and the for the Secretary of State to for the commercial sector. This is Association for the Conservation require a DEC to be displayed in a simple enabling clause, giving of Energy.’

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REGENERATION FOR CAMPUS

The University of Salford is to get a new 16,000 sq m seven storey arts building designed by architects Stride Treglown. Engineering and environmental consultancy Gifford is providing civil and structural engineering, as well as geotechnical services for the building. The new structure will be part of a wider project to regenerate the campus, which will include the refurbishment of existing buildings.

CIBSE BUILDING PERFORMANCE MoD in drive for AWARDS 2012 Enter now for next year’s CIBSE Building Performance Awards, which will recognise energy effi ciency excellence in making buildings work. The awards’ 13 categories focus on actual, measured performance, not design intent or survey all sites and buildings in their patch to performance specifi cations.The winners will be ● Contractors will be required to identify any shortcomings in metering. They announced on 8 February 2012 at the awards monitor energy consumption will then conduct annual surveys to identify night at London’s Grosvenor House. For more information, and to enter, visit: changes that would reduce energy usage. www.cibseawards.org The Ministry of Defence is stepping up the Contractors will be asked to identify monitoring of energy use on its buildings in opportunities, and develop business cases, Awards categories for improvements such as overhauling an attempt to drive down consumption and ● New Build Project of the Year carbon emissions. existing energy distribution networks, fi tting ● The recently formed new insulation or heating Refurbishment Project Award Defence Infrastructure ‘Providing and ventilation systems – ● Building Operation Award Organisation (DIO) will energy-effi cient and even disposal plans ● Client Energy Management Award require each of its four new facilities is key in for energy ineffi cient ● Client of the Year regional prime contractors to buildings. maintaining our ● Building Services Consultancy of the Year open an energy management David Olney, DIO bureau to monitor energy Armed Forces’ deputy chief executive, ● Contractor of the Year consumption in each building operational said: ‘Providing energy- ● Collaborative Working Award as part of its Next Generation capability’ effi cient facilities is ● Energy-using Product Award Estates Contracts programme. key in maintaining our ● Passive (energy related) Product of the Year Sub-contractors will also be encouraged Armed Forces’ operational capability. Our ● to get involved by proposing innovative future estate contracts provide the perfect Commissioning Project of the Year ideas to prime contractors. opportunity to put energy effi ciency at ● Training for Building Performance Award When the prime contracts have been the heart of our estate management and ● Low Carbon Consultant of the Year awarded, the contractors will be asked to decision-making.’

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CIBSEjul11 pp08-09 news.indd 9 23/6/11 14:18:25 news In Brief Whitehall and industry Young engineers wanted for society’s awardS Talented professionals under the age of 35 are being sought push for roll-out of BIM by the Society of Public Health Engineers to enter its Young Engineers Award, which is l New implementation plan to develop being held in association with building information modelling WaterAid. Individuals or teams of up to three can enter. Building information modelling (BIM) will be required www.cibse.org/sophe for all public sector construction projects from 2016, the government has announced. Energy emissions It has formed a ‘client BIM mobilisation and reach high implementation group’ to drive the adoption of BIM CO2 emissions caused by energy usage and production across government. were the highest ever in 2010, A BIM implementation plan has also been according to the International developed, details of which were due to be released as Energy Agency. Global CIBSE Journal went to press. emissions are estimated to The BIM initiatives come under the government’s have reached 30.6 gigatonnes construction strategy, which was released in May. last year, marking a 5% The strategy indicates that the Cabinet Office will co- increase on the previous year. ordinate an initiative to develop standards ‘enabling Gary Ross: Welcomes ‘meeting of minds’ all members of the supply chain to UK nuclear plants get work collaboratively through building ‘To be able to even organise a all-clear on closure ‘To be able to Safety procedures and layouts information modelling’. even organise meeting of minds such as this, on a of nuclear plants will need The strategy document says: a meeting of topic that is so essential to the future to be reviewed following the ‘Government will require fully minds such of this industry, was amazing,’ Ross nuclear crisis in Japan, a report collaborative 3D BIM (with all project and said. from the chief inspector of asset information, documentation and as this, on a ‘To get them all to collaborate in nuclear installations has found. data being electronic) as a minimum by topic that is so an open and honest way is simply But inspector Mike Weightman 2016. essential to the incredible, and I only hope that said that there is no need for ‘A staged plan will be published future of this the momentum that we built up plants to be closed down. with mandated milestones showing industry, was on that day will drive us forward to measurable progress at the end of each our common goal of making M&E Umunna shadows amazing construction year.’ BIM available to all on a common, Chuka Umunna MP is Separately, an industry discussion group on BIM consistent and managed platform.’ Labour’s new shadow minister has been formed to take forward the idea of a national Software vendors will also be invited to participate, for small business and BIM data library. in order for the group to understand current enterprise, following Gordon Gary Ross, who works for consultancy Capita developments in the inherent software, and to put Bank’s resignation from Symonds, chaired the meeting, which, he reports, was pressure on those vendors to work with the group and the post to concentrate on attended by about 20 people including seven of the develop tools that will enable the industry to adopt BIM constituency work. Umunna top BIM consultancies in the UK. in a more organised and collaborative way, Ross said. will shadow Mark Prisk, who has responsibility for the construction industry.

Easier ways to find a job New code for Green Deal providers on our refreshed website Major improvements have The government has outlined how ensure assessors and installers been made to our jobs website. it intends to protect consumers adhere to robust standards when These also include a one- taking up the Green Deal, participating in the Green Deal. click application process to The Green Deal will enable Meanwhile, a ‘progress report’ send CVs directly to recruiters households to borrow up to on the planned Green Investment and a new CV database for £10,000 to pay for the upfront Bank (GIB), which will eventually employers, plus email alerts costs of energy efficiency works to be used to help finance the when new jobs are added. http://jobs.cibsejournal.com their homes, paying it back through Green Deal, has been published the savings made on their energy by the Department of Business, bills. New deal for home owners Innovation and Skills (BIS). A new code, advice line and It says that sectors likely to accreditation service for installers the Department for Energy and be eligible for financial help are to be created as part of the Climate Change (DECC) in a initially include offshore wind, Green Deal to ensure customers new document called Consumer non-domestic energy efficiency are protected and have a right of Protection in the Green Deal. and waste. www.bis.gov.uk/ redress when works are carried out. The accreditation service, greeninvestmentbank The plans were set out by UKAS, has been appointed to www.decc.gov.uk

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In Brief New feed-in tariffs ‘will New schools agency To lead on construction Partnerships for Schools is to be replaced by a new body, the hit solar renewables’ Education Funding Agency, which take over the schools construction programme. l Larger photovoltaic schemes will no longer The agency will oversee the come under the tariff system building of 100 new Private

Finance Initiative schools, The solar-energy industry could be severely hit by the pixpax/shutterstock.com which will replace some of the announcement of new feed-in tariffs (FiTs), according Building Schools for the Future to a trade association. projects that the government The government has confirmed that installations of has cancelled. more than 50kW will not be eligible for FiTs, in a move www.education.gov.uk aimed at protecting funds for small-scale projects. Housing stock IN ENGLAND But the Solar Trade Association says that the STILL growing slowly move will severely limit cost-effective and accessible The number of houses built public schemes such as those in leisure centres, in England each year needs supermarkets and schools. Larger solar projects will be hit, says association to be 234,000 to keep up with The association says innovative schemes using demand, says a new study, but solar power will now become much less likely, with ‘Crushing solar makes zero fewer than half this number investors moving away to countries where the tariffs were built in 2010. The study by economic sense for UK plc are higher. the Town and Country Planning A spokesman for the Department for Energy because it will lose us Association, found that and Climate Change (DECC) said that the recent major manufacturing demand is being driven by a opportunities, jobs and growth in single-parent families. ‘fast-track’ review of the industry conducted by the www.tcpa.org.uk department had shown the number of planned larger global competitiveness’

Developer records boost Tariffs New rates for renewable solar photovoltaic (PV) projects was much higher than for london schemes technologies originally expected. Without urgent action, the scheme Developer British Land is would have been overwhelmed within a very short to spend £1.6bn on new Solar PV: period of time,’ he said. developments across London l ‘Every 5MW large-scale solar scheme would incur on six separate sites. Projects Above 50 kW and up to and including 150 kW a cost of approximately £1.3m per year, which means will include a 700,000 sq ft total installed capacity (TIC): 19p/kWh +building for UPS and a 500,000 l Above 150kW and up to and including 250 kWh that 20 such schemes would incur an annual cost sq ft building for NEQ. TIC: 15p/kWh of around £26m – money that could support PV l Above 250 kW and up to and including 5 MW, installations for more than 25,000 households.’ and standalone installations: 8.5p/kWh But Howard Johns, chairman of the Solar Trade Association, said: ‘Ironically, crushing solar makes Anaerobic digestion: zero economic sense for UK plc because it will lose us l At or below 250kW: 14p/kWh major manufacturing opportunities, jobs and global l Above 250kW and up to and including 500kW: competitiveness. It also risks locking us in to more 13p/kWh expensive energy options in future.’ The government has also announced FiT rates for Source: DECC. www.decc.gov.uk anaerobic-digestion technologies.

Movers & Shakers | The latest appointments in the sector

Jack Pringle, a The Parkside Group Dr Uwe Krueger has The Electrical Jane Boyle of Buro Bob Eastburn has been partner at Pringle has appointed Aaron been appointed as the Contractors Happold has been appointed as M&E Brandon, is the new Dehara as architectural new chief executive Association has named as BREEAM principal at National deputy chairman adviser, for the central of WS Atkins plc. He appointed Alun non-domestic Design Consultancy, of the Construction London area. He has will succeed Keith Pearson as president. ‘Assessor of the Year’ Warrington. NDC Industry Council. Ann worked for more than Clarke, who has held Pearson is managing at BREEAM’s 21st offers the complete Heywood, and Ann seven years with door the position for almost director of A Pearson birthday awards in M&E, energy and Skippers have been systems companies as eight years. Dr Krueger Electrical Contractors. London. The full list of sustainability solution appointed as vice an area manager for will take over as chief He has been in the winners is available at in-house from its chairs of the council. south-east England. executive on 1 August. industry for 35 years. www.bre.co.uk national office network.

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p13_CIBSEMagJuly11.indd 13 16/6/11 11:25:01 CIBSE NEWS Tel: 020 8675 5211 | Fax: 020 8675 5449 | Email: [email protected] President: Andy Ford CEng FCIBSE BSc Eng | Chief executive: Stephen Matthews

Procurement strategy aimed at YEN’s cruise to inspire cutting costs real-world context for learning. Students are often A government construction l Young Engineers Network call to help not aware of how important subjects like maths and procurement strategy is aiming promote maths and science subjects science are to their career prospects, and we are to cut costs by up to 20% by always looking for enthusiastic engineers who can the end of this parliament, in Seventy CIBSE young engineers gathered aboard help show students how to use their skills.’ an effort to stimulate growth. a boat on the Thames to find out more about the Karen Settle, from the YEN London centre, spoke Accordingly a new government construction board, chaired by STEM Ambassador Scheme. of her own experience of being a STEM Ambassador, Paul Morrell, chief construction The scheme calls on volunteers to use their and explained that through this role she can inspire adviser, will be established skills and experience to act as young people. She added: ‘Share to co-ordinate and lead ‘ambassadors’ to inspire young ‘Students are with them your passion for the construction and infrastructure people – helping them to see STEM often not aware industry and the important role that procurement. subjects (science, technology, of how important engineers of the future will need to The strategy renews the engineering and maths) and careers subjects like play in making a real difference.’ commitment to publish forward with a fresh perspective and engage The event, which was sponsored spending plans, to give industry maths and their interest and imagination. by Ruskin Air Management and Elta advance notice of workload, science are Speaking at the May event, Nicola Fans, was a huge success, with 22 and to ensure that government to their career procurement is consistently Kane from YEN London, said: prospects’ potential new Ambassadors signed served by a high level of skills ‘YEN is committed to working with up to the scheme. across the whole programme. youngsters. The STEM Ambassadors Scheme is an For more information about the scheme, visit It commits government to excellent gateway to realise this.’ www.stemnet.org.uk For more information about benchmark costs to ensure Also speaking on the night, Vickie Bazalgette, YEN and their events, visit www.cibse.org/yen value for money, and to reduce London manager for STEMNET, said: ‘STEM l London YEN had a presence at the London waste and improve efficiency. Ambassadors can make a difference to young and South East Big Bang Fair in June. For more Building information people’s future by helping teachers to provide information email [email protected] modelling (BIM) will be required across government to deliver project and asset information, data and documents electronically by 2016. A staged plan, with Have plans, will travel Industry needs milestones, will be published young talent and updated annually to show More young people need to measurable progress. enter the industry if it is to meet Government sees the the challenges ahead, said introduction of BIM as a means incoming CIBSE president Andy to enable alternative design Ford during his presidential proposals to be evaluated address (see interview, p26). with comparative ease, and to He said industry needs to allow projects to be modelled evolve to combat issues like in three dimensions to Anderson climate change and energy eliminate co-ordination errors Barcellos... resource pressure: ‘Being a and subsequent expensive winner building engineer is a wonderful changes, among other opportunity to make a difference benefits. Congratulations to Anderson future: How China and Japan are and to shape a new integrated Barcellos, winner of the Ken Dale implementing energy efficiency industry. We need your brains Travel Bursary 2011. towards their building industry’. here to create this new industry.’ Diary date The bursary is open to CIBSE He plans to spend two weeks He also emphasised the need Summertime heating in members in the developmental in each country visiting offices to for mutual respect, stating: ‘We buildings and the built stage of their career, and makes see what steps are taken in the must respect the wisdom and environment conference an award of between £1,500 and design process to achieve energy knowledge accumulated by

£4,000 for the winner to research efficiency. His trip is planned for years in the industry. But we must l 21 July 2011, London also respect the new knowledge an aspect of building services the summer, and he will report www.cibsetraining.co.uk and research acquired by our outside their home country. back to council later in the year. graduates. Put the two together Barcellos plans to travel to For more information about and we have a powerful team.’ China and Japan with his bursary the Ken Dale Travel Bursary, visit His full address can be seen at to research ‘Building for the www.cibse.org/awards www.cibse.org

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Think, share and d0 – new LEED training In the UK, interest in LEED is growing as displaying green president’s advice to industry credentials becomes a must for many organisations. So recently discussed by the Board, their view was the CIBSE is working with the US l Chief executive implores members to latter. Green Building Council to offer follow advice of Andy Ford Not surprisingly, we are also seeing more and training in preparation for LEED more of our members working on international certification. We are interested It is with great pleasure that CIBSE welcomes Andy projects – and we, as an institution, must keep to hear from anyone who is Ford to the presidency this year. Each president brings abreast of this. Not only that, but in the last 10 thinking about training for this standard, specifically at which something new, and challenges the Institution in years our international membership has grown level you would be looking different ways, so we’re all looking significantly, by 31%. We now have to gain accreditation – LEED forward to working with him. In his ‘We are also representatives in Bahrain, China, Accredited Professional or LEED presidential speech he emphasised seeing more of Qatar, Singapore, South Africa, Green Associate. Contact Jennie the need for us all to share our members Sri Lanka, Thailand and UAE, and Winterbottom, head of training, knowledge and respect each others working on hope that growth continues in the at [email protected] strengths and experience. coming years. With this growing In this vein of shared learning, international international membership base we also have a strengthened projects – and we, comes a network of international Employer of the resolve to reach out and learn from as an institution, experience and knowledge of Year shortlist our international members and must keep different legislation, different announced counterparts. Indeed, for the first abreast of this’ working practices and different time, we have two international vice expertise, all of which make for an The shortlist has now been announced for the Employer presidents – Peter Kinsella, from Australia, and Peter incredibly valuable resource to share and tap into. of the Year Awards, sponsored Wong in Hong Kong. Together they help to reinforce Speed of travel and communication is certainly by Baxi Commercial Division CIBSE’s gathering efforts to widen its international making the world a smaller place – but arguably the and Heatrae Sadia. Winners reach – something we know to be important for our size, shape and complexity of our challenges are will be revealed on 7 July. The development and survival. growing apace. While we are increasingly likely to shortlist is: The industry is certainly moving to a more global find ourselves working on projects in countries and perspective for those companies with reach and continents where we have not worked before, that Small company category capability, plus as information and knowledge is more doesn’t mean that others don’t have experience in Crofton Design accessible, traditional differentiators become less these areas, and knowledge of the challenges that JDP important. might be faced. It would be a wasted opportunity Medium company category Alumet Systems (UK) Ltd These winds of change rightly affect CIBSE – not to do exactly what our new president tells us… to Couch Perry & Wilkes whether we consider it a UK-based organisation with think, share and do. Large company category global interests, or an international one, a question Stephen Matthews Arup Grontmij

The winning company from SoPHE chairman awarded Prince Philip Medal each category will receive a Christopher Northey, chairman trophy and a £1,000 voucher of the Society of Public Health for CIBSE training. Engineers (SoPHE) and head of public health at the BDSP Partnership, has been awarded Closing date the Prince Philip Medal from for membership City & Guilds. The award was applications presented to him by the HRH The next closing date for Duke of Edinburgh, the president applications for the Associate of City & Guilds, at a ceremony (ACIBSE) and member (MCIBSE) in May in recognition of the grades is Monday 1 August. outstanding leadership, ability Please make sure your and enthusiasm he has shown application is complete and throughout his career in the you have included: engineering industry. l An application form; Christopher Northey... ‘shocked’ to receive his award l Northey started his career as Work experience listing; l Engineering practice report; a plumbing apprentice for his l Organisation chart; and family business, studying for the Speaking of the award, he said: from the beginning up to the l Development action plan. City & Guilds Craft and Advanced ‘It has been a great surprise and present day, and I’m honoured to For full details of the Craft Certificates in plumbing, shock to me to win the Prince have my work recognised.’ requirements and application and later gained a graduateship Philip Medal 2011. City & Guilds process, visit www.cibse. diploma in engineering from City has always been an important For more information see: org/membership or email & Guilds. part of my career development, www.cityandguilds.com [email protected]

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CIBSEjul11 pp14-16 CIBSEpages.indd 15 23/6/11 14:22:51 cibse news Annual general meeting

Reference was also made to the remuneration. This was seconded by l Board reviews Institution’s importance of energy certification in Bryan Franklin and approved. progress in 2010-11 CIBSE’s work. Rob Manning made reference to Special resolution The Annual general meeting his inaugural address, stressing the Nick Mead then presented the (AGM) of CIBSE was held at The importance of all roles and disciplines special resolution for subscription Keyworth Centre, London South within the industry, and of education. levels for 2012. There had been much Bank University, London SE1, on 5 He also referred to Paul Morrell’s debate over appropriate subscription May 2011. Rob Manning, outgoing report, identifying the need to levels, including discussion with the president, chaired the meeting. Chief communicate across the professions consultative council of the Institution, executive Stephen Matthews read the and wider industry, the value of and comparisons with the fee levels notice convening the meeting. integrated teams and the need to of equivalent bodies. He stressed the The minutes of the 33rd AGM measure performance. need to maintain and improve the of CIBSE, held on Thursday 6 May Rob Manning then introduced services delivered by the Institution 2010 and published in the July 2010 Sally Jayne Bonner, audit partner of and believed that the proposed rates issue of the Journal, were accepted Chantrey Vellacott DFK LLP, who read would deliver this. In particular, he as a correct record and signed by the the audit report and confirmed that referred to the need to deliver and chairman. the accounts provided develop the knowledge portal and were a true and fair view ‘A major the technical content on which it Reporting on the Institution’s of the Institution’s affairs objective was was based. financial affairs and had been prepared the recruitment It was noted that the percentage Rob Manning introduced the annual in accordance with all of young people increase proposed for affiliate report and financial statements, relevant standards. to the industry’ members was higher than for the drawing attention to achievements Nick Mead, honorary qualified grades, and it was explained during the year. These included treasurer, presented the that this reflected a greater level of re-establishing the strategic plan for financial statements. He pointed out access to services for affiliates, and 2011 to 2016, which is available on the that 2010 had been a challenging year, in particular the knowledge portal. website. A major objective was the but that the Institution’s finances had It was also confirmed that the hard recruitment of young people to the performed well in the circumstances. copy guide volume previously issued industry, which had been supported Income from CIBSE services from to corporate members was now through the RAEng establishment of certification activities had been discontinued, as all documents would visiting professorships in building affected by the economic climate and be available online. engineering physics, which was also the general downturn in the industry, Nick Mead proposed adoption of supported by CIBSE. but other areas had performed the special resolution as set out in International development was successfully. Expenditure levels had the calling notice for the meeting. a key theme; the Institution now been closely controlled in view of the This was seconded by Andy Ford has a vice president in Australia, financial restrictions and, while overall and approved. with another about to take office income was down on the previous in Hong Kong. Young Engineers year, cost reductions had allowed a Networks were also being established small surplus to be generated, and for 2011/2012 internationally, supporting fund balances at the end of the year Board and Council membership growth. had increased to just over £3m. Stephen Matthews declared the following individuals elected Rob Manning went on to refer Rob Manning thanked Nick Mead to serve as officers, board members and council members following the AGM 2011: to the CIBSE Awards, which for his work, and staff for the greatly recognised excellent performance improved financial information Officers in the industry. The Institution’s now available to the board. He also President: Andy Ford technical department had been commended the close control of President-elect: David Fisk expanded and was now contributing expenditure that had been achieved. Immediate past president: Rob Manning more to societies, groups, the YEN, Vice presidents: George Adams Peter Kinsella and to CIBSE’s technical guidance. Auditors Peter Wong The importance of government Nick Mead informed members Hon treasurer: Nick Mead consultation responses was also that Chantrey Vellacot had been stressed. CIBSE’s auditors for the last three Members of the board A major new development was years, and had made a significant Elected members: Stephen Lisk the knowledge portal, which would contribution to the improvement Members of council improve CIBSE’s delivery of technical of systems. He proposed Chantrey Elected members: Doug King, information around the world, making Vellacott be appointed as CIBSE’s James McKenzie-Burrows it available to members on their auditors for 2011, and that the Mariana Trusson desktop as part of their membership. board be empowered to agree their

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Carrying the torch The lighting industry cannot stand still if it is to resolve key challenges around energy efficiency and user well-being, according to the new president of the SLL. Jill Entwistle reports

he industry still needs to and tested values that have been forward,’ he added. ‘However, it is address the ‘disconnect’ used for many years and they give not until the new ideas have been T between technical targets and results that give satisfactory lighting tested in real conditions and found users’ experiences, according to the conditions. However, we do not to work well in a number of different new president of the Society of Light know enough to say they provide circumstances that we know we and Lighting (SLL). the optimum lighting solution. have made progress.’ In his inaugural address, ‘Given the drive for energy Raynham also pointed to the Peter Raynham said there were reduction we cannot sit back need to continue developing the undoubtedly shortcomings in the and just carry on with the industry that would have a bearing Code values for ever. For this on energy consumption, the quality reason there will be significant of the lit environment and human new advice on the sensible Given the drive for well-being. application of lighting targets energy reduction we ‘At present lighting is specified in the next edition of the Code, cannot sit back and just so that it meets a number of light due out towards the end of this technical targets within the lit year.’ carry on with the code environment. In general the lighting Raynham teaches at for ever Peter Raynham gives his system is optimised so that it meets University College London, inaugural presidential address those targets with minimum overall chairs the Light and Lighting role of the SLL ‘in solving the energy consumption,’ Raynham committee at the British mounting problems faced by said. Standards Institution and leads lighting in a world where energy use ‘The problem is that there is the UK delegation to the European is being restricted’. a disconnect between the light Standards committee for lighting. ‘Members of the society technical targets and the impact on ‘As someone whose job involves collectively are custodians of many people in the space. This is not due a lot of research work I quite like thousands of years experience in to any deliberate policy, but simply calls for more research,’ he said, the field of lighting. This knowledge because we do not understand the but added there was a danger that base is vital to being able to solve processes involved in human visual when studies were conducted in the most important problem facing performance.’ artificial environments, erroneous us, which is how to reduce energy This was not to imply that the or simplistic conclusions were consumption while still providing a values in the SLL Code for Lighting reached. well-lit environment.’ are wrong, said Raynham, who is ‘This is not to say that lighting editor of the Code and co-author of research cannot provide useful For more information visit: the SLL Handbook. ‘They are tried insights and help show the way www.sll.org.uk

Awards Lighting industry figures honoured

Bob Venning, former head of design, he gives it openly without ES Schernhammer and MS Rea for lighting at Arup and the last any concern of giving “commercial ‘Ecological measurements of light chairman of the CIBSE Lighting gain”,’ wrote Wilde in his tribute. exposure, activity and circadian Division before it became the SLL, The President’s Medal was disruption’. was given The Lighting Award, awarded to Ernest Wotton, Fellowships were awarded to a recognition of his outstanding a founder member of the immediate past president Alan work, contribution to the society International Association of Tulla and SLL secretary Liz Peck. and to the lighting industry at large. Lighting Designers (IALD) and The Regional Award went to In a citation written by Barrie Wilde, former lighting consultant in Andrew Saville for his contribution former head of lighting at BDP Toronto, Canada, where he moved to the Home Counties North East Lighting, and read by Eric Maddock, in 1956 to head up a street lighting branch of the SLL. formerly of YRM, Venning was company. This year’s Leon Gaster Sponsors in Partnership described as epitomising the award went to Christophe Reinhart certificates were given to Arup brand, ‘innovation delivered and Valerio LoVerso for their paper, representatives of Erco, Holophane through engineering excellence’. A rules of thumb-based design Europe, Philips Lighting, Thorn ‘He gives of his knowledge sequence for diffuse daylight. The Lighting and Tridonic. The evening and experience generously and Walsh Weston award was given to was chaired by Kevin Theobald, freely, and unlike some in lighting D Miller, A Bierman, MG Figueiro, president-elect of the IALD.

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sustainable technologies; and Professor Tim Dwyer, who engineering the refurbishment helped to create the event, said: Peer to peer and renewal of existing services. ‘De Montfort University’s generous Scheduled speakers include: support for the event has allowed ● Keith Murray from the University CIBSE to keep the costs as low A new CIBSE event this year will bring of the Highlands and Islands, as practicable. As time is seen together a wide range of industry who will consider the challenges as being at a premium for all that have to be addressed beyond potential attendees, the sessions experts and practitioners to tackle key energy and CO2 to sustain the built environment; technical questions facing the sector ● Mehreen Gul of Heriot Watt University, who will This event provides an look at the implications of opportunity for young his autumn will see the create ideas for future application predicted climate change engineers to meet and fi rst of a new-style CIBSE and development. for overheating of naturally T two-day technical event Hywel Davies, CIBSE technical ventilated offi ce buildings; share in the experience that aims to cover a diverse range director, said: ‘I welcome the ● Stephen Porritt of De of more seasoned of topics that will be of interest renewed opportunity for academics, Montfort University, who will practitioners to the wider built environment researchers and, importantly, assess interventions that can sector. The Technical Symposium, industry to join together to present be made to reduce dwelling sponsored by Lochinvar, takes peer-reviewed papers on areas of overheating during heat waves will commence at mid-morning on place at De Montfort University current research and development. without the use of ‘cheap’ air the fi rst day to allow many to travel in Leicester from 6-7 September. This event provides a wonderful conditioning; on that same day, saving an extra It will include presentations from opportunity where our young ● Gavin Summerson of BRE, overnight stay. a mix of academics, researchers, engineers can also meet and share who will provide an overview ‘For those that want to travel industry experts, consultants and in the experience of more seasoned of lessons learnt from piloting the day before, and for the developers. practitioners.’ BREEAM for domestic intervening night, the university The presentations will be formally Topics to be covered include: refurbishment; and is making basic but good-quality reviewed and published, and will project management in engineering ● Ken Dooley of Granlund, who will overnight accommodation available provide opportunities for both the built environment; building show how to motivate occupants from £24.’ industry and the academic and engineering systems integration to use less energy using smart For more details and to book a research community to interact to and design; renewable and systems. place visit www.cibse.org/events

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Your letters Less of the thumbscrews and a How to ensure that a This month: How do we building will perform little bit more analysis please in line with its design You report that Paul King, chief ensure a building will intentions after it has executive of the UK Green Building been handed over to perform in line with its the client? Council, wants home owners to be banned from selling their property design intentions? if they fail to meet energy effi ciency targets (the Journal, April 2011). That’s Penalise owners whose buildings the stuff. The next step should be to don’t perform bring back the rack and thumbscrew I would like to suggest some input for those who question such proposals. from CIBSE to the planned changes The diffi culty I have with many of to Part L of the Building Regulations: the proposals put forward by various the carbon emissions declared on the interest groups is that they rarely seem Energy Performance Certifi cate should to provide hard facts and fi gures. be verifi ed by measurement of actual The mere fact that something can be energy consumption at a suitable called ‘green’ or ‘renewable’ seems to interval after completion and handover Shutterstock be enough – no rigorous analysis is to the users. If the measured emissions can be tortuous and required or welcomed. do not coincide with the declared time-consuming. A Simply calling Which is why I was glad to see fi gures based on the design, then the commercial client has the unbiased report in the Journal building should be classed as non- little incentive to take on something ‘green’ on tests carried out on small wind compliant with the regulations, and the trouble and expense or ‘renewable’ seems turbines in urban locations (the appropriate penalties should be applied of operating a low to be enough – no Journal, June 2011). This is the kind to the owner. carbon system, and fuel rigorous analysis is of useful knowledge we need if a This may go some way to tackling costs are a tiny fraction required proper engineering approach is to be the situation where various ‘green’ of his overheads. made towards solving the problems technologies are installed to get the Of course, if we could design in a practical fashion, avoiding a lot of building through the regulations, but buildings to need less energy in the expensive and self-defeating actions. then not used. There is a rumour that fi rst place this would not be a problem, Gerard Palmer FCIBSE many biomass boilers are installed but the current situation demands a and not used, as the site then runs on mixture of approaches to reducing Never mind the log book, why the gas-fi red back-up boiler. Other low carbon emissions – and, as engineers, not a FSH? carbon technologies present challenges we have the role of installing technical It is the same every time. Everyone is in to contractors unfamiliar with them – solutions which may be misused or not a good mood, the building is at its best, and proving their correct operation, or used at all. the building handover is complete, you i0522-12even achieving CIBSE fi nal AD commissioning, AW:CIBSE Magazine Peter 190x66 Hill 16/6/10 14:29 Page 1 take a satisfying slurp of tea ... and then

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you give them the logbook. The current version is giving due consideration Last month we asked: The client’s face drops, the cramped and has as much style to – and as a result may be Will the government’s proposed Green Deal harsh lettering and contrasting as your stereotyped engineer. compromised by – comfort deliver what’s needed to bring in a green colours causing a pain that Make it more attractive so demands. economy one day? only ceases when it has been that it fulfi ls its purpose and Conversely, I think that the hurriedly hidden on the top develops with the building and same demands are not being shelf, maybe never to be looked is an object of pride for the used as effectively as they at again. designer. could be to drive change and YES After years of careful Car log books manage it. justify energy performance presentation and detailed Maybe we could get to the stage measures. design, the single most when we’re selling buildings This is an area that might NO important document in the with a ‘full service history’? be worthwhile developing as a building – the instructions Will South CIBSE Special Interest Group on how to use your carefully – perhaps not focusing on IAQ crafted masterpiece, the legacy Rush towards effi ciency but looking more broadly at Respondents were split 2:1 against the Green of your involvement with the ignores comfort indoor environmental quality, Deal: 68% thought it would not succeed, with 32% believing it would. project – is a badly put-together I appreciated Tim Dwyer’s comfort and well-being. Word document. CPD on indoor air quality There would be a benefi t in The standard CIBSE logbook (IAQ) (the Journal, April 2011). a specifi c group to consolidate This month the question is: has to be the single ugliest and It concerns me that the drive existing knowledge and Do employers in the sector generally do a reasonable job in the mentoring, training and most incomprehensible piece towards energy effi ciency, resources, and track current development of their young engineers? of documentation that has ever particularly with regard to understanding. existed. retrofi t projects, may not be Michael Birnie Visit www.cibsejournal.com to have your say.

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IN AND OUT

The government is determined to reduce the burden l Create significant additional business burdens but have limited of regulation on business but, asks Hywel Davies, impact on health or safety? what are the consequences of this? Further questions ask: l To what extent does the ‘reasonably New regulations are subject to the burden of health and safety practicable’ concept help manage rigorous checks on costs and legislation on UK businesses the regulatory burden? benefits. If they are not cost-beneficial while maintaining progress in l Are there examples where health they must meet the ‘one in, one out’ improving outcomes. He will make and safety regulations have led to (OIOO) rule, whereby the cost burden recommendations to ministers by the unreasonable outcomes? of a new regulation must be offset by end of October. Löfstedt has called for l Are there lessons to be learned scrapping a regulation with at least as interested parties to submit evidence from the way other EU countries great a cost burden. For thorough about the scope to reduce the burden approach H&S regulation, either scrutiny, two committees and a team of H&S regulation in the UK. This in their overall approach or the way of civil servants oversee this. is an opportunity for they regulate risks or hazards? This means policy proposals have CIBSE members l Can you provide evidence that the to be costed, but it is not always to contribute to the This may be your requirements of EU directives have clear whether a new proposal has institution’s response. best chance to or have not been unnecessarily been through this check when it is H&S regulations enhanced (‘gold-plated’) when announced. For example, has the affect many aspects influence the incorporated into UK regulations? policy of not allowing a landlord to let a of building services regulatory burdens l Does health and safety law place building with an F rating been through engineering, so here is on your business for responsibility in an appropriate way this test? If not, will it pass? While a chance to contribute some time on those that create risk? If not, what the process introduces clarity over to the process. changes would be required? burdens, it may lead to uncertainty. The first five questions ask about The deadline to submit comments The government has set up ways H&S regulations and Approved Codes to the Department for Work to review all existing regulations; the of Practice (ACoPs). For example, are and Pensions is 29 July 2011. Cabinet Office is running a rolling there any regulations or ACoPs that: Members with comments are asked to review of legislation by theme, with l Have improved health and safety submit them to the CIBSE Technical formal independent reviews of and should not be changed? Department by email to technical@ various areas of legislation. l Need to be simplified? cibse.org by Friday 15 July. Health and safety (H&S) legislation l It would be helpful to merge The link to the consultation details on is being reviewed by a panel chaired together? the DWP website is www.dwp.gov.uk/ by Prof. Ragnar Löfstedt, a risk l Could be abolished without any docs/lofstedt-call-for-evidence.pdf management specialist. He will negative effect on the health and l Hywel Davies is technical director of CIBSE consider opportunities to reduce safety of individuals?

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Respect and collaboration will be as much a part of his CIBSE presidency as technical matters, Andy Ford tells Ewen Rose

he new CIBSE president believes to achieve our ambitions,’ says Ford. ‘Share in collaboration. Building what we know and how it can be applied, services engineers often see and our status as engineers will rise.’ themselves leading the process for Respect for others creates a desire to share Tdecarbonising buildings, but Andy Ford knowledge with ‘adjacent’ professions, who believes the industry has to change. ‘We can are equally focused on the challenge to de- lead the integration but we can’t lead the carbonise buildings. whole process,’ he says. ‘Our profession was the only one thinking ‘We know how buildings physically about building behaviour and performance interact with human senses and we have for years – so we have an advantage over methodologies to quantify and predict this; everyone else who is now concerned with that knowledge is our greatest business asset this area,’ he says. ‘Now our task is to get and our most saleable commodity, but the better at explaining our understanding and scale of the task facing us is unprecedented at evolving our solutions.’ and the burden has to be shared.’ The word ‘respect’ comes up a lot in Comfort zone conversation with Ford, who is technical The problem is that, for most of those years, We know really useful director at engineering group Mott the industry was thinking about making things, and that MacDonald. He is a fi rm believer in sure buildings satisfi ed peak demands; a respecting people, getting beyond prejudice different mind-set will be needed to reduce knowledge is our greatest to understand what they can contribute. that demand, he says. ‘For the Greater business asset and our Respecting each other’s expertise, Comfort of Mankind keeps coming into my most saleable commodity TOGETHER knowledge and ambitions will be key to mind. We have raised people’s expectations delivering the low carbon agenda, he says. for comfort; now we have to keep delivering ‘Throughout my career I have heard a comfortable world, but only using 10% or people in the construction and property 20% of the energy.’ industry make snide remarks about He believes that building services architects, engineers, contractors, and engineers are being challenged to move consultants – all of which are simply based out of their ‘comfort zone’ and must ditch upon prejudice. These are self-perpetuating, some of their favourite rules of thumb – and and become embedded very early in that our understanding of building physics the teaching and training process. They and psychology is as important as building compromise effective team-building and services. problem-solving. They must end.’ ‘The old rules no longer apply. We have He wants a more inclusive CIBSE, with to stop being obsessed with brand new people from wider backgrounds and skills non-domestic buildings and focus on all encouraged to aim for chartered engineer buildings. The refurbishment task ahead is status. ‘Respect brings diversity, and we on an unprecedented scale – we don’t really need a much more diverse industry if we are know how big it is – and the overhaul of

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CIBSEjul11 pp26-29 Interview.indd 27 23/6/11 14:26:38 the domestic sector will not be successful in 1974 aged 21, he applied for a job with The size of the without our input.’ Max Fordham & Partners. Attracted by the low carbon CIBSE has a key role to play in sharing ‘democratic’ structure of the company, he its knowledge and experience with took to the hands-on learning and adherence refurbishment other professions and institutions. The to ‘fi rst principles’ that characterised the programme gives development of the institution’s online Fordham approach. us an opportunity to Knowledge Portal will play a pivotal role, create a continuity of says Ford. Inclusiveness work that will allow ‘I believe that when you become a When he founded Fulcrum, Ford wanted to practices to recruit member of CIBSE you own all of that create a ‘socially normal’ business model: ‘It knowledge – your peers created it and it is seemed to me that a lot of people coming up and retain talented yours. You have paid to join and should not through the tools were being ignored. They people be expected to pay again when you want had a lot to offer, but weren’t treated with to gain access to your institution’s bank of equal respect. Everyone needs to feel they knowledge. Online tools now make that are part of the solution – feel empowered. I possible.’ also think it is important for people to have a There is also a data explosion coming that broad view and be interested in other things: will challenge traditional working practices; they need to be able to see the full picture this is another area that CIBSE can lead on. when designing a building and not simply ‘With the deployment of smart meters, we focus on building services.’ will suddenly have access to more energy The industry needs to be more inclusive performance information than ever before. so that it can recruit and retain from a broad We must be able to analyse and make best base, Ford believes. ‘We must break free use of that data. If this was combined with from the relentless cycle that has defi ned The industry needs to a full roll-out of Display Energy Certifi cates our sector for years. Work comes and goes be more inclusive if it is and proper benchmarking, we could at last and we hire and fi re. We lose good people going to be able to recruit people from a wider base, start a cycle of continuous improvement.’ because we continually move from boom insists Andy Ford Ford’s principle of respect has informed to bust. his career and the values behind Fulcrum, ‘The size of the low carbon the practice he founded and eventually sold refurbishment programme and the to Mott MacDonald in 2009. Like many requirement to control the lifecycle gives us building services engineers, he came into an opportunity to create an industry with the the sector by accident, having studied for continuity of work that will allow practices a mechanical engineering degree at the to recruit and retain talented people. Much University of Bath after a period of working of the sustainability expertise lies with our in diesel engine manufacturing. youngest engineers. It has only been taught ‘I liked making things and was attracted for the last 10 years, after all, so experienced by the idea of making really big things – engineers have to turn to young colleagues buildings. I also fi nd the whole process for guidance. That creates a certain tension, fascinating.’ but I believe it is very positive and highlights It was architects, with whom he shared the importance of a diverse workforce.’ fl ats during his degree, who introduced The supply chain is evolving quickly, him to buildings and, after graduating and Ford believes that building services

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CIBSEjul11 pp26-29 Interview.indd 28 23/6/11 14:27:12 Interview CIBSE president

engineering must adapt. ‘Clients care also seeing the need to integrate building about energy, but don’t know what to do for services expertise into their teams. the best. Main contractors are in a tough, CIBSE can be a big part of this evolution recessionary frame of mind at the moment by working with other bodies to produce CV – not surprisingly – so low-energy solutions contractual frameworks for ‘beyond Andy ford must be low-cost too. The money to support integrated teams’ to lifecycle businesses. this is in the lifecycle.’ He believes we need a new delivery EDUCATION The industry has a poor reputation for model for businesses without the traditional 1975: BSc (Hons) in Mechanical innovation, but Ford thinks that is unfair. hierarchies and silos that hold back Engineering, Bath The contractual process has not helped, progress. Energy suppliers must also be part CAREER and that is something the government can of this. Early career: Student apprentice help to reform by being an enlightened ‘Naturally, our focus is mainly on the at diesel engine manufacturer client. Perhaps a qualification in ‘clientology’ demand side, but we will not reach our R A Lister in Dursley, should be required in the future, he says. carbon reduction goals if utilities are Gloucestershire not simultaneously forcing the pace on 1975-1983: Works at Max Collaboration decarbonising the national grid,’ says Ford. Fordham and Partners ‘For all its flaws, the Building Schools ‘Again we have a tremendous amount to 1984: Founds Fulcrum for the Future (BSF) programme had offer in terms of what renewables work Consulting started to bring together expert teams best where, and in what parts of the built 2009: Fulcrum Consulting joins whose knowledge could be replicated and environment – more and more utilities are Mott MacDonald Group applied to multiple projects – there was a looking to our members for expertise.’ Activities contractual model there for creating teams, Ford sees CIBSE’s willingness to share CIBSE president for this year leveraging knowledge and replicating its experience of building energy certificates Chairman of the UK Green success. That has now all been discarded with its American counterpart ASHRAE as Building Council policy and the teams are fragmenting, but the a good example of what collaboration can committee government still has the problem of achieve on a global level. Winner of the IMechE delivering an improved infrastructure for ‘CIBSE has a role at many levels. We Construction and Divisional schools and colleges. work locally and so have to deal with local Prize 2009 ‘I don’t believe that the piecemeal planning issues; we work nationally so Has sat on a wide range of alternative now in place will do better – it have a position on the UK’s entire approach government departmental project groups might not cost as much, but will it deliver?’ to carbon reduction across the built This collaboration of skills and effort environment; and we work internationally CIBSE representative on the Construction Industry Council was very much in his mind when Fulcrum with our worldwide members and like- Forum for Research Innovation merged with Mott MacDonald. Putting minded partners. and Knowledge Fulcrum’s sustainability skills onto a larger ‘From a business perspective, UK platform should mean they can have a practices are looking abroad for work to greater influence on projects. The employee- compensate for the slow economy at home – owned company is heavily involved in major but also because our work is global and there energy and infrastructure projects, and are big opportunities in growing overseas urban planning, as well as smaller-scale markets. Tackling global emissions has to be building services technology. a global effort and it is also an opportunity Ford believes this is an evolving pattern to export British, and particularly CIBSE, with architectural practices, such as Fosters, expertise in this area.’

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CIBSEjul11 pp26-29 revised.indd 29 7/7/11 16:19:23 Qatar is an economic oasis in a harsh desert climate. Its latest construction challenge will be to host the fi rst ‘carbon neutral’ football World Cup

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BLOOMQatar is forging ahead with sustainable development, one key example of which is the new Education City. By David Baker and Jackie Portman

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CIBSEjul11 pp30-32 Qatar 1.indd 30 23/6/11 14:29:34 Qatar 1 Green design

atar’s success in securing the region. It will house a full range of the 2022 football World Cup educational facilities including schools, reflects the fact that the branch campuses of some of the world’s small Gulf state has enjoyed leading universities, a teaching hospital, Qexceptional economic growth since the research facilities to encourage liaison 1960s and has a forward-thinking approach between academics and industry, and the to sustainability. The first ‘carbon neutral’ new Qatar National Convention Centre. World Cup will be the next chapter of the In addition there will be support facilities state’s development story. such as housing, retail, sports facilities and Qatar, which sits on the largest gas field one of the World Cup football stadiums. The in the world, has gone through the classic integrated transport network will include a stages of industrial development: from driverless train system. Providing the site primary (extraction of gas) to secondary The client body is the Qatar Foundation infrastructure in such an (expansion of industries derived from for Education, Science and Community arduous desert environment oil, gas and hydrocarbons) to tertiary Development. The master plan for (providing services to support the former) Education City was devised by the Japanese presented a formidable to embarking on the fourth stage, that of architect and RIBA Gold Medal winner, challenge to building producing information and knowledge Arata Isozaki, who also designed a number services designers services. This fourth stage is exemplified by of the existing buildings. More than one- the Education City project. third of the scheme has been completed, Education City is located on the outskirts with final completion expected by the end of of the capital, Doha, and covers 15 sq km the decade. (about the size of five 18-hole golf courses). Key strategic design philosophies The project was started in 2002 and is included reducing CO2 emissions, expected to be completed in 2015. The preserving the aesthetics of the capital build value is currently estimated development (roof-mounted plant is not at £10bn. allowed, for example), efficient space The project aims to be the centre of utilisation, and optimising energy usage.

Paul Cowan/Shutterstock.com educational excellence in the whole of These criteria led to a strategy of seven

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Jackie Portman Providing the site infrastructure to than other systems, resulting in projected support these facilities in such an arduous electricity savings of between 40% and 60% desert environment presented a formidable when considering unitary equipment. In challenge to building services designers addition, due to scarcity and cost of potable faced with temperatures rising to 50C, water, it was more practical and economical humidity of 100%, occasional sand and dust to treat and use sewage effluent for large storms, very low rainfall, strong prevailing district cooling plants for the cooling tower winds, and a coastal environment. Qatar water make up supply than for smaller, has also set itself high sustainability scattered cooling plants. goals through its National Vision 2030 Electrical power is derived from gas-fired programme, including targets to achieve power plants to accommodate an eventual LEED Gold and Platinum certification for maximum demand of 350 MVA spread over its buildings. 11 66 kV sub-stations. Local water usage figures However, a solar farm Jackie Portman outside the Khalifa stadium, are some of the highest As a country is planned that will which is under recorded worldwide. At dominated by contribute to the electrical consideration for the Education City water is supply availability at 2022 World Cup readily available sourced as part of the Education City. power-generation process prime energy Education City houses from desalination plants, sources, Qatar is two data centres, and a and in part from the existing catching up and third is planned. Private water table approximately embracing the fibre-optic campus two metres below ground challenges of global backbone cables support level; despite the high levels a converged network of suspended solids and sustainability carrying video data chloride as heavy metals and transmission, voice and faecal coliforms existing at this level, this building management system traffic. A water is treatable by applying principles of state of the art SCADA-driven command reverse-osmosis. and control centre is planned to centralise Water used for domestic purposes and control of these systems and also to include for irrigation and fire services is stored centralised facilities management services. and treated in each of the seven central Utility services are distributed from the plants where 72 hours of storage capacity is sub-stations and central plants in a network provided in 500,000 cu m tanks (equivalent of more than 50 km of underground to about 200 Olympic-sized swimming tunnels (typically 4m x 4m in aspect with pools). 5m of cover) which run around the site A centralised district cooling system is and which are arranged so that the new provided from the central plants, each with buildings can connect into the valved a refrigeration capacity of 280,000 tons services. using 3.3kV chillers. The use of centralised International consultants have largely been responsible for the design of the infrastructure. A number of UK consultants have been responsible for the design of CIBSE Qatar group set to grow buildings on the campus. The project is managed by Astad Project Management, The group, formed last year, also a focal point for the has more than 40 members local enforcing authorities which is a joint venture between Qatar and this is expected to grow in developing their own Petroleum and Qatar Foundation. as the construction industry standards and regulations. As a country dominated by readily in Qatar continues to expand. Qatar is aiming to develop available prime energy sources, Qatar is Last year, CIBSE chief and train its own nationals to executive Stephen Matthews Paul Cowan/Shutterstock.com eventually reduce the reliance catching up and embracing the challenges and CIBSE president-elect on expatriate workers. CIBSE of global sustainability. It is trying to use Andy Ford visited the group Qatar fully embraces this and its resources wisely with the next major and presented an update of offers the necessary support CIBSE strategies and aims. to the Qataris. challenge of delivering a carbon-neutral The group offers a range of l For more information, Football World Cup in 2022. services including technical contact the chairman Michael presentations, social events, Daly at michael.j.daly@ l David Baker and Jackie Portman work advice for new and potential aecom.com Details on the for Qatar Petroleum’s Special Projects Division, Astad members, and schools group are also available at Project Management and university liaison. It is www.cibse.org

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p33_CIBSEMagJuly11.indd 33 20/6/11 09:07:06 All images courtesy of Arup Associates

Soccer special Qatar is not only demonstrating its ability to build football stadiums that will remain cool in desert conditions. The nation that is hosting the 2022 World Cup also has ‘carbon neutral’ design at the top of its agenda. Andy Pearson reports

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CIBSEjul11 pp34-37 Qatar 2.indd 34 23/6/11 14:35:22 QATAR 2 SHOWCASE STADIUM

Qatar’s demonstration mini-stadium will be monitored to assess how the technologies used will perform in desert conditions. Applications include armour-like PVC scales covering the steel frame (far left) and extensive use of photovoltiac sheets (left)

t was a surprise for some when Qatar’s Al Sadd stadium already has a successful air bid to host the 2022 football World Cup conditioned pitch and stands. FIFA’s remit was successful. In the desert state’s hot to Qatar was ‘to achieve the fi rst carbon- and humid summers, temperatures neutral World Cup’. And so, according to its Itypically average 44C, but the thermometer designers, the Showcase stadium stands as can nudge 50C. an example of a zero carbon development. The football world governing body, FIFA, ‘This zero carbon, environmentally has even warned of a risk of heat stress for friendly, mini-stadium demonstrates that players in conditions above 24C wet bulb it is possible to provide comfort for football globe temperature (WBGT), which measures matches in the heat of the desert,’ explains The Showcase stadium is humidity, solar and wind factors as well as Mike Beaven, head of building services temperature. But Qatar is used to dealing and environmental engineering at Arup important because Qatar with the heat, and one of the reasons for its Associates, the stadium’s designer. has plans to incorporate low successful bid can be found in the desert, on In addition to ‘showcasing’ these carbon technologies into the outskirts of the capital, Doha, in the form technologies, the stadium’s other main the giant football stadiums of a miniature stadium. purpose is to provide a facility to monitor planned for the World Cup Constructed in just four months, the the performance of the technologies 500-seat Qatar Showcase stadium was built under desert conditions. It is an important to demonstrate that a harsh desert climate undertaking because Qatar has plans to need not be a barrier to hosting the World incorporate low carbon technologies into Cup. When a delegation from FIFA visited the giant football stadiums planned for the the little circular stadium, the temperature World Cup. The three major components was a scorching 44C outside; yet inside, on that will be investigated in the design of the stadium’s fi ve-a-side pitch, it was a very the stadium are: passive energy-saving pleasant 23C WBGT. architecture, solar-thermal cooling, and grid- The signifi cance of the Showcase stadium connected, photovoltaic-generated electricity. in the desert state’s bid success is not simply The stadium’s architecture plays a critical that it was air conditioned: the country’s role in ensuring comfortable conditions

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CIBSEjul11 pp34-37 Qatar 2.indd 35 23/6/11 14:35:48 the sun onto a single vacuum absorber tube supported above the array. The tube contains water at a pressure of 16 bar. The high pressure enables the water to be heated by the sun to a temperature of to 200C without turning to steam. The super-heated water is stored in a buffer tank before being pumped to a double-effect lithium bromide absorption chiller. Here it is used to drive water from the diluted lithium bromide solution as part of the absorption cooling process. The chiller produces water cooled to 6C. To enable the solar-powered chiller’s output to be stored until it is needed in The mini-stadium aims on the pitch. During the day the pitch and the evening, the chilled water is piped to a to show how conditions stands are protected from the sun beneath 3.5m diameter, 12m long cylindrical storage can be kept to mild temperatures for players a giant domed roof canopy. This is formed tank buried below ground adjacent to the on the pitch with the from hundreds of triangular, amour-like stadium. The water-filled tank is packed use of sustainable scales of PVC material stretched over a steel with eutectic blocks, measuring roughly technologies frame. The PVC has a low-emissivity coating 300 x 200 x 25mm. The blocks are filled to reduce re-radiation of the heat. The scales with a material which freezes at 6C. The are arranged to form a series of shaded, cooling is stored as latent energy in the north-facing openings to let heat escape from material as it changes phase from liquid to beneath the roof while allowing reflected a solid. When a match is under way, cooling daylight to bounce into the space. Beneath energy is released back to the system as it the canopy a blanket of pillows made of ETFE returns to its liquid form. – a transparent polymer sheeting – provide thermal insulation to limit the amount of heat radiated by the roof. This helps to ensure Arup has turned the that conditions remain within ASHRAE country’s climate to its comfort standards for the spectators. advantage when it comes to In the run-up to a match the roof will remain closed throughout the day to shelter keeping the stadium, players the stadium from the burning sun and and spectators cool enable the stadium’s cooling system to cool the interior effectively. FIFA rules state that Once the store is fully charged it can World Cup games should not be played provide up to five hours of cooling. ‘The under cover. The Showcase stadium’s roof really good thing about this solution is that is divided into two semi-circular halves: once the tank is charged, the chillers can a fixed, western section and a movable stop but you’ve still got cooling,’ says Beaven. eastern section, mounted on tracks. To open Should the solar system fail completely, the roof, the eastern half is rotated until it the designers have taken no chances and nestles beneath the fixed section. Matches installed a conventional, standby chiller. will be played in the evening, so the fixed From the storage tank, the chilled water section is designed to shield the pitch from circuit connects to two air handling units late-afternoon sunlight and to offer some (AHUs). One AHU serves the back of house protection against strong desert winds. areas with chilled, dehumidified air; the Arup Associates has turned the country’s other serves the pitch area through grilles climate to its advantage when it comes to beneath the spectators’ seats. The pitch is keeping the stadium, players and spectators surrounded with a concrete structure to add cool. Adjacent to the stadium is a giant solar to the stadium’s thermal mass, to mitigate farm, covering an area roughly twice that of heat gain from spectators and floodlighting. This zero carbon, the stadium itself. The farm contains a giant As the cold air descends to the pitch it forms environmentally friendly, linear Fresnel collector formed from 44 a reservoir of cooled air in the bowl of the mini-stadium demonstrates strips of flat-plate mirrors. These 32m-long stadium to keep the players cool. mirrors are motorised so that they can rotate The biggest threat to the design is the that it is possible to provide around a single axis to track the sun. The wind. On cool days the cold air is held within comfort for football matches mirrors are arranged into four groups of 11. the stadium bowl. However, on windy days in the heat of the desert Each group of mirrors is angled to focus there are concerns that the desert winds

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CIBSEjul11 pp34-37 Qatar 2.indd 36 23/6/11 14:36:05 Qatar 2 Showcase stadium

will scour the chilled air from the stadium, exposing the players to untreated air. ‘We

Arup Associates predicted that wind will be an issue,’ says Beaven. The extent of the problem, and finding appropriate solutions, is one of the areas that will be investigated further through monitoring actual performance of the Showcase stadium. Figure 1 The final component of Arup Associates’ design is a giant photovoltaic (PV) installation, located adjacent to the Fresnel reflectors on the stadium’s solar farm. The PVs are connected to the stadium, from where they feed Qatar’s national grid. They will generate electricity year round from solar radiation. Games take place in the evening so the PV’s are of little use to power Figure 2 the stadium. Instead, power for the stadium is imported from liquid biofuel-powered generators or it is drawn directly from the

Work is being undertaken to monitor the Showcase stadium’s performance, as Figure 3 well as that of the various low carbon technologies

grid. However, the amount of electricity generated from PVs over a year has been calculated to exceed the total amount of electricity imported on match days. This allows the stadium to be described as a Figure 4 ‘zero carbon’ facility, according to Arup Associates. Four depictions of the expected flow of hot and cool air during A curious part of electrical design is the day- and night-time conditions: inclusion of the biofuel-powered generators. According to Beaven, it is normal to power a Figure 1 stadium from generators to ensure certainty Preparing for match – hot day: of electrical supply for critical matches. The Protection from direct sunlight and wind electrical grid then acts as back-up should DiffuseFigure 5 light entry through north roof lights the generators fail. There is no shortage of Underseat air supply gas to power generators in gas-rich Qatar. However, as FIFA is expecting Qatar to Figure 2 use ‘clean, renewable energy resources’. During evening match – hot, still day: So the generators are biofuel-powered. Roof open (On a windy day the the roof will remain closed) Unfortunately, Qatar has no biofuel resources and will have to rely on importing ‘green’ fuel. Figure 3 Work is being undertaken to monitor the Mild day (most of the year): Showcase stadium’s performance, as well as Roof and wall open that of the various low carbon technologies, Direct sunlight to see if they are appropriate to be integrated Entry openings for cross-ventilation into the giant stadiums for the 2022 World Cup. Beaven is optimistic that Arup Figure 4 Associates is close to developing a suitable Mild evening (most of the year): zero carbon solution: ‘This is a prototype; it Roof and wall open can be improved and upscaled,’ he says.

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CIBSEjul11 pp34-37 Qatar 2.indd 37 23/6/11 14:36:45 POLICY ZERO CARBON HOMES Carbon ceiling

After the government n taking office last year, the Task Group of the Zero Carbon Hub, new government made clear the cross-sector body set up to work with unexpectedly watered in its ‘coalition agreement’ industry and advise the government. down its commitment that it was committed to After six months’ work and a number of Oensuring that all new homes would be consultation events, the Hub produced a to introducing ‘zero ‘zero carbon’ from 2016. This was to be report in February this year recommending carbon’ new homes, achieved by a combination of on-site ‘carbon appropriate minimum standards for on-site compliance’ and ‘allowable solutions’, which carbon compliance. The report proposed the future housing together would offset all of the expected a minimum standard for all new low-rise stock will be at best annual CO2 emissions from a dwelling. The homes, based on a reduction of regulated result would be a net-zero carbon home that emissions of between 44% and 60% low carbon, writes would be equivalent to a dwelling built to (depending on the type of dwelling) from Level 6 of the revised Code for Sustainable 2006 levels. The remaining regulated and Nigel Banks Homes (the Code’s highest level). all the unregulated emissions could then be ‘Carbon compliance’ measures are tackled through further reductions on site or those which are installed on the individual via allowable solutions. dwelling or directly connected to it, such as This was all reasonably clear but in March district heating. These measures are largely this year, in the ‘Plan for Growth’ document, aimed at cutting ‘regulated’ energy use; that published alongside the 2011 Budget papers, is, activities that come under the scope of the government moved the goal posts on the Building Regulations (space heating, how the industry should define a ‘zero domestic hot water, lighting, cooling and carbon’ home, making it clear that it agreed ventilation). with the recommended carbon compliance ‘Allowable solutions’ were proposed levels. However, in a highly unexpected in 2008 as a way to address unregulated move, the document also indicated that energy use and also to help challenging sites carbon savings will not have to be made from offset all their remaining carbon emissions cooking or unregulated plug-in electrical if this could not be done through carbon appliances (those not coming under the compliance alone. Allowable solutions Building Regulations). The reason given enable these sites to offset their remaining is that emissions from these appliances regulated emissions, as well as those that will be offset via policies, including the are not subject to the Building Regulations EU Emissions Trading Scheme. However, – such as cooking and energy used by carbon savings from cooking appliances are domestic appliances, which typically add not covered by the scheme! another 50% to 100% to the regulated emissions. The proposed allowable solutions Watered down included fitting energy efficient appliances, The effect of this apparent re-clarification investing in local low carbon energy of ‘zero carbon’ homes is to water down the infrastructure, retrofitting works to existing Hub’s original definition quite significantly. homes, and off-site renewable energy. The change takes all unregulated emissions Last year I sat on the Carbon Compliance for cooking and appliances – which make up

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and Local Government (DCLG) recently said at a housing conference that DCLG now expects the cost of allowable solutions per dwelling to be around £1,000. This figure came as quite a surprise as it also means that DCLG are expecting the cost of carbon for delivering allowable solutions to be lower than those set out by DCLG in the terms of Carbon reference of the Hub task group. It’s true that this new definition of ‘zero carbon’ has not changed the carbon compliance levels that developers have to meet on site; the standards still involve an improved building fabric specification and a certain amount of renewable energy (or moving towards a Passivhaus specification without any renewables). But there is undoubtedly a big change in terms of how far developers have to go to offset non- carbon compliance emissions on site or through allowable solutions. Even under the original definition it could have been argued that a dwelling would actually be ‘carbon neutral’ rather than ‘zero carbon’. As a result of the changes, homes will at best be only ‘low carbon’. The new definition of zero carbon is a bit like taking a return flight in a new, efficient aeroplane, offsetting your emissions at the airport but only offsetting one leg of the journey and arguing that the plane would have been coming back anyway!

Pragmatic It is true that the new definition of ‘zero carbon’ is seen by many in the industry as a sensible, pragmatic change, making it easier An example of a house around half of the emissions of a typical new built to Level 6 of the for developers to build more low carbon home – out of the scope of the definition. Code for Sustainable homes than they might have done under By changing the definition from a dwelling Homes – a level the original definition – and more homes considered to be truly that is at Code Level 6 to one that is now ‘zero carbon’ are desperately needed. There is also the effectively at Level 5, the government has argument that, in a few decades’ time, when more than halved the amount of carbon to be the grid is more fully decarbonised, then offset by allowable solutions; which means it these homes could in effect become zero has, at the very least, halved the funding that carbon. will be available to do ‘other works’, such as There are, indeed, many pros and cons offsite wind power and local district heating. surrounding this decision. One concern The Hub’s report estimated the cost of is that the change will have an impact on allowable solutions for a Code 6 home to be the ability of new housing developments to about £5,000 per dwelling for the full (Level cross-subsidise or part-fund other works, 6) definition. With a Level 5 dwelling (which including, for example, community heating is what we have under the new definition), schemes. This reduction in funding will you would expect this to drop to around hit local authority programmes such as the £2,500, hence a halving of funding for the upgrading of district heating systems and kind of works described above. the retrofitting of existing dwellings. However, Richard McCarthy, director Another concern raised by consumer general at the Department for Communities groups is that there is a potential for people

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The Zero Carbon Hub’s adjusted slides illustrating the revised post budget definition of 25% reduction zero carbon homes. CO2 emissions from www.zerocarbonhub.org 44% reduction regulated energy use: space and water heating fans, pumps and lighting Code Level 3 Code Level 4 Code Level 5

100% reduction

CO2 emissions from unregulated energy use: cooking and appliances Zero Carbon From 2006 From 2010 From 2013 From 2016 CO2 emissions CO2 emissions CO2 emissions CO2 emissions from a home from regulated from regulated from regulated built to 2006 energy use to energy use to energy use to Building be reduced be reduced be net zero Regulations by 25% by 44% Part L1A

to think they are buying a ‘zero carbon’ new developers will not be looking to build home with very low or no energy bills when higher-performing homes. The high levels they are getting, in reality, a low carbon of innovation that have recently put Britain home and are, in effect, having to fund at the forefront of research and development off-site renewables in their local area, which in this area in Europe will diminish. may be of no direct benefit to them. In response to the moving of the goal I believe the new definition of ‘zero posts on zero carbon homes, the official carbon’ could also sap the overall ambition line from the Hub was pragmatic and of the industry to invest time and money diplomatic. But the way this decision was in developing innovative and cost-effective taken without any consultation has certainly solutions to make significant emissions upset the apple cart, with WWF immediately reductions. The industry has moved ahead resigning from the compliance task group. in leaps and bounds on the back of the zero The whole idea of bringing the industry carbon homes ambition. A lot of work has together to produce a recommended level of been done to trial Level 6 homes to see how carbon compliance, and then government they can be built well and cost effectively, so coming out with a different view without that these lessons can be taken on board for any consultation, was a great surprise to the all the homes to be developed in the future. Hub. Just as it has become viable to take on the The Hub must now move forward and SSE’s Greenwatt Way, a additional cost of delivering genuine zero confirm the final piece of the ‘zero carbon’ ‘true’ zero carbon home development built by carbon homes – thanks to feed-in tariffs definition as soon as possible. There will Keepmoat and the Renewable Heat Incentive – most still need to be a lot of discussion around the issue of allowable solutions, even though the amount of carbon to be offset on site is considerably lower. How this approach to allowable solutions is going to be made to work in practice is something that will need a great deal of work by the Hub new task group and those across the industry represented on it. That is our task for the coming months. CIBSE provided financial support for the work of the Hub’s Carbon Compliance Task Group.

l nigel banks works for housing developer and community regeneration company Keepmoat, which is to complete the construction of its 100th Code 6 zero carbon home this summer. www.keepmoatgreensolutions.com Keepmoat

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p41_CIBSEMagJuly11.indd 41 16/6/11 11:44:44 COOL IDEA A new process shows how it is possible to use natural ventilation in tandem with both heat Sbayram/istockphoto.com recovery and cooling, writes Morten Stender Christensen

atural ventilation has potential obvious advantages, which include low electricity consumption and installation Ncosts. It is also often the preferred option from an architectural point of view, since suspended ceilings are not required. But because of low driving pressure available when using natural ventilation, it was not possible to fi nd a commercial solution on the market that recovers the heat from the outlet air and precools the inlet air. However, a new concept has been developed that has been shown to provide such a solution: natural ventilation with heat recovery and cooling (NVHRC). The concept has been developed jointly by Esbensen Consulting Engineers, the Danish Technological Institute, Aalborg University/Danish Building Research Institute and Danish ventilation systems manufacturer IKM, with the support of the Danish Energy Agency. NVHRC makes it possible to recover the heat in the outlet air from natural ventilation and use it for space heating, preheating of the intake air and (pre-) heating of domestic hot water. Moreover, it Natural ventilation is possible to precool the intake air and, for with heat recovery example, use the extracted heat from the and cooling cooling process for heating domestic water. provides a new commercial solution (See Figures 1 and 2.)

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Heat recovery using NVHRC An air-to-liquid tube heat exchanger is placed in the air outlet within a room. The heat exchanger has a very low pressure

drop on the air side – <5Pa at maximum Air outlet air flow – due to the special design of the tubes. An axial fan provides backup when Air inlet – window the natural driving pressure is insufficient. and/or preheating/ A fluid with a temperature of 5C to 10C cooling unit circulates through the tubes of the heat exchanger and cools the outlet air. The fluid Circulating fluid is connected to a heat pump, which cools Heat pump down the fluid and transfers the heat to the building’s heating system – from where Heat storage it is distributed to provide space heating, Hot water tank H HST CST HP domestic hot water and preheating of the Cold storage tank inlet. The potential heat recovery from the discharge air and the requirement for heat Figure 1: An example of heat recovery with NVHRC in the room or building, may not always match. On especially cold days, when the

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Required area of air outlet Type of room Required area of air or building outlet per 100 sq m net floor area Office 0.2 Meeting room 1.0 Reception 0.4 Auditorium 1.0 Intake air is cooled down by circulating Restaurant/cafe 1.0 fluid Sports hall 0.4 Classroom 0.6 Common room 0.2 The extracted heat is reused, for example Kindergarten 0.5 hot tap water Bank 0.4 Bakery 0.9 hwt HP Dance hall 0.3 Exhibition hall 0.1

Figure 3: Estimated required size of the air outlet for Figure 2: An example of sustainable various building types cooling with NVHRC

outdoor temperature is below freezing, the airstream, via a heat pump, transfers heat room will have a net heat demand, since to the heating system. But in NVHRC, there is an insufficient heat potential in natural ventilation is used, eliminating the the outlet air to heat up the room. Where electricity consumption for mechanical the outside temperature is cool (5C to 10C) exhaust. there may be more heat potential in the outlet air than is needed for heating the Sustainable cooling room, and the surplus heat can be used in If the room requires cooling, the cold other parts of the building. (See Figure 3.) circulating fluid can be directed to an air The idea of using a heat pump to extract intake unit. The fluid will cool down the Natural ventilation is heat from the outlet air is, of course, intake air, and the heat extracted by the considered to have many not new. Typically, mechanical exhaust heat pump from the circulating fluid can potential advantages over commercially used air and ductwork is used for ventilation; a be transferred to meet coincident heating conditioning, pictured below heat exchanger placed in the discharge system requirements. The heat will usually Dikar/shutterstock.com

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Figure 4: Net energy consumption for a nursery home common room Figure 7: Operational costs for the sports hall and office

500 16000 450 14000 400 12000 350 300 10000 250 8000 kWh/m2 EURO 200 6000 150 4000 100 50 2000 0 0 Common room in Kindergarten Sports hall Office nursery home NVHRC NVHRC Balanced mechanical ventilation Balanced mechanical ventilation Conventional natural ventilation Conventional natural ventilation Mech. exhaust with a heat pump on the air outlet Mech. exhaust with a heat pump on the air outlet

Figure 5: Net energy consumption for a sports hall and an office

150 have been used for domestic hot water needs, unless there is a need to provide 125 both space heating and cooling in the same 100 building. When using conventional cooling 75 (without a heat pump), the extracted kWh/m2 50 heat is often released without being used. With NVHRC, the extracted heat 25 from the cooling process is considered a 0 resource rather than a by-product. Instead Sports hall Office of cooling the intake air, a chilled ceiling, NVHRC Balanced mechanical ventilation Conventional natural ventilation Mech. exhaust with a heat pump on the air outlet NVHRC makes it possible to recover the heat in the outlet air from natural ventilation and use the extracted heat from the cooling process for heating water Figure 6: Operational costs for the nursery home common room

3500 chilled beams, embedded pipe systems, or split units could be used. The research 3000 undertaken for this project found that 2500 25% to 100% of the heat extracted from the 2000 cooling process can be re-used for heating.

EURO 1500 Energy savings 1000 The research project has also calculated 500 example capital and operational costs 0 of NVHRC on the basis of four types Common room in Kindergarten of buildings or rooms (in Denmark): a nursery home common room in a nursery (77 sq m), NVHRC a sports hall (645 sq m), a kindergarten Balanced mechanical ventilation Conventional natural ventilation (200 sq m) and an office building (4,200 Mech. exhaust with a heat pump on the air outlet sq m). These calculations have been applied separately for NVHRC, balanced mechanical ventilation, conventional natural ventilation and simple mechanical

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Wind cowl

Silencer

Heat exchanger

Heat is recovered from exhaust air

Circulating fluid between heat exchanger and heat pump

Preheating or precooling of intake air

Room heating

Hot tap water

Figure 8: A representation of the H HST CST HP NVHRC demonstration project at a sports hall in Denmark

extraction with a heat pump on the air cubic metre when in use. With balanced discharge. mechanical ventilation, the usage is The net energy consumption has been estimated at 1.8 to 2.1 kJ/cubic metre. calculated in line with the Danish building l The operational coefficient of performance regulations, where electricity is weighted as (COP) for the heat pump has been being 2.5 times as expensive as heat. In all calculated at an impressive 4 to 5. four building types, NVHRC had the lowest l The heat from the outlet air is also net energy consumption (see Figures 4 to recovered in summer time (in Denmark), 7). These examples show that projected mainly for heating domestic water. energy savings of up to 50% appear to be An electricity price of 0.2 euro (£0.16) possible with NVHRC. The key reasons for per kWh and a price of heat at 0.07 euro this are: (£0.06) per kWh have been used in the l NVHRC uses mainly natural driving calculations. forces for ventilation. As previously The full results of the research project are mentioned, an axial fan is used for backup available at www.nvvk.dk, (available only in ventilation on days with low natural Danish). driving pressure, but it uses very little As the above shows, the concept of heat energy: an estimated 0.03 to 0.07 kJ/ recovery from discharge air in mechanical ventilation systems is not a new one; however, this solution provides the benefit of recovering the heat that would otherwise be lost through natural ventilation. Demonstration project shows benefits of NVHRC Using low pressure loss heat exchangers A demonstration plant has transfers the extracted heat in the natural ventilation discharge, been set up in a sports hall to the heat pump in the in combination with heat pumps, the in Fynshav, Denmark. Figure basement. From here the heat 7 shows the plant running in is distributed to the heating system allows the building to maintain a heat-recovery mode, with air system. more effective energy balance and shows going via intake units in the The circulating cold liquid potential to reduce its energy costs and facade. The units are capable of can also be re-routed to a cold lifetime operational carbon footprint. both preheating and precooling water storage tank, which can the inlet air. be cooled down to 10C. The Wind cowls placed on the cold water from the tank can be l Morten Stender Christensen is formerly rooftop draw air out of the used for cooling the intake air. of Esbensen Consulting Engineers, www.esbensen.dk building. A heat exchanger The ventilation capacity of For more information, please contact Tommi Haferbier placed just before the wind the plant is up to 8,000 cu Nielsen at [email protected] This article first appeared cowl cools down the exhaust m/h. The heat pump has a The air handling unit on the in REHVA Journal, www.rehvajournal.com demonstration plant air, and a circulating fluid maximum of 25 kW thermal.

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Commissioning processes for heating and cooling water distribution in buildings

The latest regulations emphasise the need to commission building services appropriately. So, when should commissioning start and what should it involve? This CPD gives an overview of the process and focuses on specific examples

The complexity of building services evidence that the systems operate in line Rate (BER) calculations are produced. solutions frequently expands to meet the with the design intent. As well as ensuring that commissioning demands of the increasingly stringent This CPD article will look at the required is properly integrated into the process, requirements of regulations and of local commissioning processes of the one this will allow the BCB to check that authorities. Building systems are proved in service that is included in virtually every commissioning is being undertaken as concept and their theoretical performance building: water distribution for heating and work proceeds. It will also help to ensure marked by their asset rating (in the UK cooling circuits. that provisions specifically included for by the Energy Performance Certificate, commissioning purposes do not fall foul EPC) as calculated during the design The formalisation of the need for of value engineering exercises, and are not process. However, the key measure is their commissioning neglected due to poor understanding of the effectiveness in use, as might be measured The Building Regulations require that it commissioning needs by site personnel. by an operational rating (and demonstrated must be properly demonstrated to the BCB At the end of the commissioning by a Display Energy Certificate, DEC, in (building control body, a local authority or process the BCB must be formally advised the UK). approved inspector) that the heating and (within a prescribed time period) that the The operational effectiveness will depend hot water systems have been adequately commissioning plan has been followed and not only on the ingenuity and skill of the commissioned. The term ‘commissioning’ that the results of tests confirm that the design and installation but, importantly, includes the processes of bringing the performance is reasonably in accordance on the ability to set the systems to work systems into operation; their regulation; with the actual building design. If the properly. This commissioning activity the setting up of associated control installed systems deviate from what was provides an important link between the systems; plus the recording of the final proposed at the time of design, then the aspiration of the EPC and the actuality settings and the state of the final system alterations must be detailed in the report of the DEC. So important is the need for performance. to the BCB. And until this commissioning suitable commissioning that the Approved The actual commissioning notice is received, the building cannot be Documents for the 2010 revisions to the process should start well before the signed off as complying with the Building Building Regulations require that building building systems are installed, with a Regulations, so a delay in the formal services be appropriately commissioned, commissioning plan submitted at the commissioning processes may have and that this should be done in a planned design stage at the same time as the Target significant implications on the issuing of a way and formally recorded, so that there is Emission Rate (TER)/Building Emission final completion certificate.

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CIBSEjul11 pp51-54 CPD.indd 51 23/6/11 16:15:56 Stage Activities Lead role Suport role End date Comments the design and co-ordination of commissioning; the actual commissioning Ensure that the commissioning information included in tender documentation is clear, and proving of the systems; and the need complete and fully coordinated. for proper recording, certification and Participate in the tender phase meetings to handover. A particularly helpful appendix, clearly communicate all information relating to the commissioning process. ‘Example responsibility matrix’, provides

Pre-construction Assist with the selection of construction guidance on the responsibilities that are specialists to ensure that commissioning requirements will be met. likely to be taken by the various building professionals. (Four of the 17 example Figure 1: Pre-construction stage activities from BSRIA Model Commissioning Plan. Source: BSRIA BG8/2009 responsibilities are shown in Figure 2.) The practices and delineation of The approved document to the England Boilers; Code C: Automatic Controls; Code responsibilities in a building project may and Wales regulations notes that it L: Lighting ; Code R: Refrigerating Systems well have shifted in the eight years since would be ‘helpful’ if the notifications and Code W: Water Distribution Systems). Code M was published. However, the core made to the BCB were signed by a And although much of the content of underlying requirement for the activities suitably qualified person as from the Code M is generic, it lays out an underlying remains. Commissioning Specialists Association or structure for the commissioning cycle the commissioning group of the Heating that is then contextualised in the detailed Commissioning Code W for Water and Ventilating Contractors Association technology codes. It provides some clarity Distribution Systems 2010 (HVCA). by defining terms used in this work in CIBSE updated its Commissioning Code The use of templates as outlined in an attempt to avoid misunderstandings. W for Water Distribution Systems only the Model Commissioning Plan (BSRIA Fairly commonly interpreted terms a few months ago. This code describes BG 8/2009) is recommended for such as ‘balancing’ and ‘regulation’ are the requirements for balancing and documenting the process in an appropriate succinctly defined. Potentially more commissioning water distribution systems, way. Not only do the templates provide a contentious terms that may not be and is complemented by BSRIA Guide checklist of the required stages of activity, universally understood by professionals are BG2/2010 Commissioning Water Systems, but they also ensure that the responsibility also given. One example of this is ‘static which gives the more detailed procedures for that activity is clearly identified and completion’, defined as: ‘The state of a in a step-by-step format. (Both documents signed off by the appropriate building system when it is installed in accordance potentially are needed to properly plan and professional. The principal stages with the specification, i.e. clean and ready execute the commissioning process.) The identified are preparation, design, pre- for setting to work. In the case of water scope of both documents relates to the construction, construction, commissioning systems this includes flushing, cleaning, circulatory systems associated with heating of engineering services, pre-handover, pressure testing, filling and venting.’ and cooling systems. initial occupation and post-occupancy (with Code M outlines the management of Code W 2010 replaces the 2003 edition each being subdivided into a number of the whole process, from the need to set up of the code, but maintains the same activities). An example of one of the stages, the commissioning systems, programmes principal numbering systems to broadly pre-construction, is given in Figure 1. and teams early in the project; through accommodate any existing standard

CIBSE Commissioning Code M Activity Activity description Commissioning Building services Main contractor Consulting Whether by a sub-contractor or a specialist number management contractor (BSC) (MC) engineer (CE) firm, the actual commissioning must be organisation (CMO) 1 Review design Action and advise Advise MC of Liaise and assist Review carried out in accordance with approved drawings and CE. Coordinate any any comments. all parties. comments procedures in CIBSE Commissioning specifications for comments from BSC and action as commissioning and MC. appropriate. Code M: Commissioning Management. requirements

This Code provides an overview of the 2 Review installation Action and advise Prepare and Coordinate, Review, management arrangements required to drawings and MC/CE. submit for supervise and comment and technical review. Action direct/instruct as issue directives ensure that building services systems are submissions any comments appropriate. to MC if commissioned to meet the objectives of the from BSC for as instructed applicable. commissioning by MC. relevant parts of UK Building Regulations requirements. (as described in AD Part L for UK and 3 Review Supervise Receive CMO Coordinate, Review, installations inspection of reports, and supervise, and comment and Wales). The Code is intended as a guide to with respect to installations, and action as direct/instruct as issue directives good practice to enable the development of compliance with issue reports to MC. necessary. appropriate. to MC if specifications and applicable. appropriate procedures and specifications drawing intent for aimed at developing a whole team commissioning. approach to project commissioning. It does 4 Production Procure information Submit Review Review, of detailed from BSC. Prepare information, programme with comment and not contain specific detail on procedures coordinated programme, discuss and liaise with regard to impact accept. for particular types of installations; these commissioning with MC, and issue CMO. on construction programme, to all parties for process. Issue are provided in the CIBSE Commissioning including revisions comment. comments and Codes specific to the technology. (These are and updating. approve. Code A: Air distribution systems; Code B: Figure 2: Part of example responsibility matrix. (Source: CIBSE Commissioning Code M)

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Component Tolerance stages of the project it may not be possible to most effectively. Concepts such as the Soft

Forced convection (fan driven) meet the requirements of CIBSE Code W.’ It Landings promote a formalised process heating coils where flow rate is then goes on to provide detailed guidance on stretching some years into the occupation ≥ 0.015 l/s and < 0.1 l/s: Heating water ∆T ≤ 11˚C ± 15% aspects of design that are essential to enable period. The increased adoption of building Heating water ∆T > 11˚C ± 10% the systems to be commissioned, noting information modelling looks set to change Forced convection (fan driven) that: ‘The ease with which the flow rates in the whole approach to both maintaining heating coils where flow rate is> 0.1 l/s: Heating water ∆T ≤ 11˚C ± 10% a pipework system can be regulated is often a more coherent picture of the building’s Heating water ∆T > 11˚C ± 7.5% dependent on the level of planning that services and driving a more integrated Figure 3: Partial excerpt of suggested tolerances occurs at the design stage.’ commissioning process. when commissioning heating systems. Following a comprehensive outline There are many stories of how systems (Source BSRIA Guide BG2/2010; CIBSE Code W) of the information needs for a still do not perform adequately after commissioning specification, the guide handover to the client; there is a view specifications that make explicit reference goes on to include practical design that it is only by following some post- to sections of the code. The 2010 version provisions. These include guidance on occupation commissioning activity that a contains guidance that has been updated design parameters such as acceptable water building is brought into useful operation. to reflect the changes in practices and velocities; overcoming the challenges of In many instances there will be a need equipment. The revision was particularly setting up systems with low flow rates; prompted by the need to clarify and and the outline requirements for venting consolidate the guidance for variable flow excessive air and deaeration. The guide systems that, as variable speed pumping also includes the suggested tolerances of The term ‘whole control has dropped in capital cost, have balance for the various heating and cooling life commissioning’ become increasingly frequently applied in systems – an example is given in Figure 3. is sometimes used commercial applications. The difficulties of The Guide has particularly useful to emphasise the commissioning systems operating at very sections on the application of various low flow rates (such as fan coil units) are commissioning instruments, valves and need for a life-cycle also tackled in the revised edition. devices, including clear illustrations and approach Code W provides context to the generic matrices to assist in their appropriate guidance from Code M, although many selection, application, location and of these areas (including definitions identification. An example of one of to ‘(re-)commission’ some time after the and process management tasks) are the tables that provides an application building is in use and has experienced the common across the different building summary for different valves is given in full impact of seasonal changes. But this services systems. Although most of the Figure 4. There are several examples given need should be properly identified and detailed practical advice is also provided of commonly applied commissioning scheduled. by BG2/2010, there are particularly designs that include detailed schematic The lack of appropriate commissioning notable specific areas of detail covered representations, together with the may surface when highlighted by activity in Code W, such as ‘pre-commissioning associated balancing procedures. associated with providing a DEC in public checks’, ‘setting pumps to work’, buildings, but for many other buildings ‘balancing and regulating water flow rates’ The future for commissioning of the lack of proper commissioning might and ‘commissioning documentation’. water distribution systems remain undetected for many years, causing However, much of the detailed guidance As new buildings are required to be more unknown consequences to operational that is contained in the main text and the sustainable than their predecessors, efficiencies and the impact on the practical insight into the equipment given the need for a rigorous commissioning environment. Hopefully the more stringent in the appendices, is also available in process has never been greater. The planning and reporting requirements under BG2/2010 (together with more informative term ‘whole life commissioning’ is the 2010 Building Regulations will ensure illustrations and photographs). sometimes used to emphasise the need that key parts of the commissioning process for a life-cycle approach to maintaining do not suffer from inadvertent neglect. BSRIA Guide BG2/2010 building systems so that they perform © Tim Dwyer Commissioning Water Systems This is an excellent guide and provides up- Valve type Application notes to-date information on the commissioning Lockshield SUITABLE for radiator, radiant panel, natural convector and underfloor heating circuit needs of contemporary (circulatory) radiator valves connections.

water distribution systems. Designed Double SUITABLE for system branches, sub-branches and terminal branches where manual to be used in conjunction with CIBSE regulating valve balancing of flow rate is required (usually installed as part of a FODRV) (DRV) Commissioning Code W, this joint BSRIA/ USUALLY REQUIRED on three-port control valve by-passes in order to balance the by-pass. (NOT REQUIRED if the circuit flow is held constant by a CFR). CIBSE document shares much material (as NOT USUALLY REQUIRED on the same branches as DPCVs, CFRs, or PICVs, nor on any of the well as its principal author) with Code W. branches feeding to sub-branches containing these devices. One of the key statements at the NOT REQUIRED on the mainreturn to the pump, unless the pump is a constant feed pump. beginning of the guide is that: ‘Unless For variable speed pumps, pump speed should be set using the pump speed controller. commissioning is properly considered Figure 4: Partial excerpt of table showing application notes for commissioning devices during both the design and installation Source BSRIA Guide BG2/2010

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1. In the England and Wales Building Regulations AD Part L, Name (please print)...... who has to be notified in advance of construction about the commissioning plans? Job title...... A The client B The architect Organisation...... C The building owner Address...... D The building control body E The building tenant ......

2. Which BSRIA document will assist in documenting the ...... commissioning process? A BG 4/2011 Postcode...... B BG 6/2009 Email ...... C BG 8/2009 D BG 9/2003 Are you a member of: E BG 10/2011 CIBSE 3. Which of these CIBSE Commissioning Codes does not relate to a If so, please state your membership number specific area of application/technology? A Code A (if available)...... B Code B

C Code L Other institution D Code M E Code R (please state)......

4. Who may be a reasonable choice for taking the responsibility of To help us develop future CPD modules, please indicate your reviewing the detailed commissioning programme for its impact on primary job activity: the construction process? A Building services contractor Building services engineer B Civil engineer Mechanical engineer C Commissioning management organisation Electrical engineer Commissioning engineer D Consulting engineer Energy manager E Main contractor Facilities manager 5. Which of these statements (in the context of this article) is least Other (please give details)...... likely to be true?

A The use of a formalised process such as Soft Landings is By entering your details above, you agree that CIBSE may contact you from time to time with likely to take account of a period of post occupancy information about CPD and other training or professional development programmes, and B Re-commissioning can help make the building work more about membership of CIBSE if you are not currently a member. effectively across all the seasons C Commissioning describes the work undertaken by the Please go to www.cibsejournal.com/cpd to complete this Commissioning Engineer questionnaire online. You will receive notification by email of D It is seen as helpful if a qualified person supplies successful completion, which can then be used to validate your notifications to the BCB CPD records in accordance with your institution’s guidance.

E When commissioning heating and cooling water systems, Alternatively, you can fill in this page and post it to: . Commissioning Code M, Commissioning Code W and N Hurley, CIBSE, 222 Balham High Road, London, SW12 9BS BG2/2010 give complementary information

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A unique two-day event giving you the chance to network with experienced practitioners as well as gain insight from research & development professionals in the building services and architectural engineering industries. The symposium will feature over 50 peer reviewed papers drawn from both industry and academia which will be presented in sessions.

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• Building Systems Energy and Life Cycle Assessment • Project Management in Engineering the Built Environment • Future Design for Sustainable Environments • Building Engineering Systems Integration and Design • Renewable and Sustainable Technologies for the Built Environment • Engineering the Refurbishment and Renewal of Existing Services • Lighting and Electricity Analysis for a Sustainable Future

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MHI offers cool solution for new fire station A new fire station for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service includes energy efficient cooling and heating, courtesy of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). AMP Air Conditioning has supplied a VRF heat recovery system from MHI’s KXRE6 range for the £1m construction project. Offering a high degree of climate control, the energy-saving system operates with three inter-connecting pipes to provide heating and Polypipe units help developer reach cooling to individual indoor units as required, Code 3 with surplus heat from one area providing useful Polypipe Ventilation, provider of market-leading, energy for another. energy-saving domestic and light commercial l For more information call 0207 842 8100 or ventilation systems, has had its heat recovery visit www.mitsubishiaircon.co.uk system specified for Larkfleet Homes’ extensive new housing development in Bourne, near Peterborough. The first stage of the development, BACnet natural ventilation control from Passivent launches new interface to known as ‘The Old Laundry’, has now been TITAN Products now available calculate sustainable strategies installed, with the HR01 units supplied by The CCM-204-NV provides energy efficient A unique software tool to help architects and Deepings Trading. Larkfleet Homes prides itself control in buildings by monitoring the natural specifiers accurately and quickly assess the on high quality sustainable developments using ventilation on demand and improving the impact of natural daylight on a building’s energy innovative technology and construction methods. environmental conditions through the control of performance has been launched by Passivent. The use of heat recovery in this latest housing temperature and CO2 levels. The CCM-204-NV The company, Britain’s leading supplier of development fits well with this philosophy. can control two separate zones and, when used domestic and commercial natural ventilation l For more information call 08443 715523 or in conjunction with TITAN Products’ temperature solutions, has worked closely with leading visit www.polypipe.com/ventilation sensors, CO2 sensors, rain detectors and window software house Environmental Design Solutions controllers, the CCM-204-NV can create an Ltd (EDSL) to develop the utility – Passivent extremely flexible multi-zone natural ventilation Sunscoo Builder – which complements the system. This advanced application-specific already proven Passivent Airscoop Builder tool controller with automatic seasonal adjustment for natural ventilation in buildings. Both tools will increase ventilation as CO2 and temperature are based on substantial, recently-published levels increase. research. l For more information call 0161 406 6480 or l For more information call 0161 905 5700 or visit www.titanproducts.com email [email protected]

Kingspan puts out BREEAM technical Durapipe gives hospital pipework a advice facelift Market leader Kingspan Insulation has produced A host of pipework from Durapipe UK has been detailed technical bulletins on achieving BREEAM specified for the refurbishment of the Royal Credits with the use of its Kooltherm and Berkshire Hospital’s maternity department. Therma ranges of insulation boards, and the The renovation of the maternity department, Kingspan TEK Building System, an innovative undertaken by specialist mechanical services structural insulated panel (SIP) building system. installer, Airconaire, involved the replacement BREEAM (the Building Research Establishment of the existing water tank and pipework Environmental Assessment Method) is one of the systems that were used to provide both hot world’s most widely used assessment methods for and cold water to this area of the hospital. non-residential buildings. These clear and concise Durapipe SuperFLO and Friatherm pipework briefings have been published to inform the market systems were specified by leading engineers about how high quality thermal insulation and SIPs Buro Happold to cater for all the pipework can contribute significantly to achieving credits in requirements of the development. BREEAM. l For more information call 01543 279909 or l For more information call 01544 387384 or visit www.durapipe.co.uk visit www.kingspaninsulation.co.uk

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‘Energetic’ energy-saving lamps from Senate Electrical Senate Electrical, one of the UK’s leading electrical supplies distributors, has launched a new range of energy-saving lamps under its in- house Sector brand. The Energetic range, which includes CFLi and LED lamps for a wide range of light fittings, boasts energy savings of up to 85% on conventional lamps and a lamp life of Vaillant helps Halton Housing save 30,000 hours for LED lamps and 10,000 for CFLi more than 50% on fuel bills lamps. All lamps in the Energetic range are liquid Vaillant has supplied Halton Housing Trust mercury free, with CFLi lamps using Amalgam (HHT) with a solar thermal heating and hot instead for a safer, more environmentally water system and whole-house heating system, alternative. Hush hush! Sound attenuating vent as part of a pilot project investigating renewable l For more information visit www.senate.co.uk from Titon energy sources and efficient methods of heating Titon has launched a surface-mounted noise sheltered housing. HHT has been working with reducing ventilator that is suitable for PVCu, Sure Maintenance on the installation, which is timber and aluminium windows – the SF Sound located in Wavertree Avenue in Widnes. Two Attenuator Vent. Compatible with standard Vaillant VFK 145 solar panels were fitted on 13mm slots, the vent provides excellent sound the roof of the property, along with a 200-litre attenuation for its size and has a very competitive auroSTOR cylinder, high efficiency ecoTEC plus price, making it perfect for both new-builds boiler and an intelligent Vaillant control system. and retrofitting in domestic or commercial l For more information call 01634 292300 or installations. Unlike some competitor ‘acoustic’ visit www.vaillant.co.uk ventilators, the SF Sound Attenuator actually performs to the levels claimed, which is backed up by independent testing. New free CableCalc level P – twin and earth l For more information visit www.titon.co.uk calculations To celebrate 20 years of CableCalc, Castline Systems has released a new, free version of its popular CableCalc program, which will calculate single phase radial and ring circuits wired in twin and earth cable. It even includes free technical support by email. CableCalc level P is a fully working, unlimited use version and provides far more than just simple volt drop calculations. CableCalc level P can be downloaded from www.castlinesystems.com free of charge. l For more information call 01293 871751 or visit www.castlinesystems.com

Actionair supplies dampers for top Beaver Floorcare make sure scientists Wolverhampton Civic Hall doesn’t Schools get into their comfort zones Actionair, part of Ruskin Air Management Ltd, slip up! with WindowMaster has supplied dampers for the MRC Laboratory Until recently, the wooden floors at WindowMaster, Europe’s largest provider of of Molecular Biology (LMB), one of the world’s Wolverhampton Civic Hall had been maintained natural comfort and smoke ventilation solutions, most important scientific centres. The birthplace with a regular scrub and dry, and an application has installed its innovative indoor climate of modern molecular biology, the LMB has of wax, leading to a serious slip hazard. Beaver solution for small and medium-sized buildings undergone a £200m transformation to provide Floorcare was asked to provide a complete in several schools in the south east of England. facilities for more than 400 researchers – service to create the most slip-resistant floor The Norwood School in London and Hamstel approximately twice the size of the previous surface. Following extensive slip-resistance Junior School in Essex are just two of a number of building. Actionair’s contribution to this testing, Granwax Barrier Seal was applied to schools that have selected WindowMaster’s new impressive project includes a series of MB120 the floor after sanding, before two coats of NV Comfort control system to provide an optimal stainless steel dampers to reduce the casing Granwax Masterfinish and a final coat of Granwax indoor climate using natural ventilation. leakage of the existing ductwork. Clearsafe, to ensure a slip-resistant finish. l For more information visit l For more information visit l For more information call 01773 541177 or www.windowmaster.co.uk www.ruskinuk.co.uk email [email protected]

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Improving the performance of air Rosslyn Chapel begins a new chapter cooled chillers, dry coolers and Rosslyn Chapel is located in Roslin village, condensers and refrigeration plants seven miles from Edinburgh, and can trace its EcoMESH is a unique history back to 1446. After 600 years’ service, mesh and water spray the building has recently undergone major system that improves conservation work to refurbish and upgrade the performance, reduces infrastructure. An important element of this work energy consumption, has been to stabilise the internal temperature. eliminates high To achieve this, Grundfos Pumps worked with ambient problems, is contractors PS Scotland, from Glasgow, to virtually maintenance offer a turnkey solution that included a range free and can payback of Grundfos energy efficient pumps, including Kingspan TEK stars in UK’s biggest in one cooling ALPHA2 and MAGNA circulators. Level 5 development season. Why should l For more information call 01525 850000 or The Kingspan TEK Building System played a you install EcoMESH? email [email protected] key role in meeting the challenge to construct To reduce running the country’s biggest Code Level 5 development and maintenance to date. Mayfield Road in Huntingdon is the costs, for easy retrofit, result of a competition lead by Huntingdonshire improved reliability, District Council, which gave Wherry Housing and increased Association, part of Circle Housing Group, the capacity. Plus, it boasts a self-cleaning filter, a task of producing 29 homes that meet these shading benefit, requires no water treatment, and exacting standards. Architects PRP came up with has a longer compressor life. an original design to avoid the bland uniform l For more information call 01733 244224 or approach that is the simplest route to achieving visit www.ecomesh.eu Level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. l For more information call 01544 387384 or visit www.kingspaninsulation.co.uk Birling Consulting offers a unique service – Controllability Reviews The Carbon Trust – CVT032 Building Controls: it is estimated that up to 90% of heating, ventilation and air conditioning building control systems are inadequate in some way. A common cause is poor controllability due to deficient system design. We can review proposed systems to avoid potential problems, optimise system design and control strategies. We can also advise on integration of modern low carbon solutions, which can require alternative control strategies for optimum energy efficiency. l For more information visit www.birlingconsulting.co.uk, or call Graham Smith on 01548 830672

Marco launch completes steel wire cable tray range Marco, the UK’s largest manufacturer of Steel Wire Cable Tray, and uPVC Cable Management Company, has launched a powder-coated version of it Steel Wire Cable Tray product, completing the company’s range. Launched following an upsurge in customer demand, the powder-coated finished product is recommended for exterior Remeha Commercial boilers prove and interior use in a range of atmospheric winning candidate at London’s Heron environments, including data centres, and is Tower capable of withstanding a variety of corrosive Remeha Commercial boilers are helping Heron HeatCalc’s heat-loss calculations conditions. Tower, of television’s The Apprentice fame, set Castline Systems HeatCalc produces heat loss l For more information visit the standard for environmental design. The calculations for the design of heating systems, www.marcocableman.co.uk iconic commercial building, with its BREEAM using the methods described in CIBSE Guide A3: rating of ‘excellent’, has special features including Thermal Properties of Building Structures. HeatCalc photovoltaic cells, triple skin glazed facades – and performs calculations based on continuous four Remeha P520 pressure jet gas high-efficiency heating, with U values supplied for outside walls, boilers. Foreman Roberts specified four cast iron windows, floors and ceilings. With support for up sectional boilers with matching gas fired burners, to eight-sided rooms, it will design and evaluate with a maximum output of 1100kW each, and energy loss for an entire property or building, a control panel capable of operating on future with information output into useful graphs and bio-fuel. reports. l For more information visit l For more information call 01293 871751 or www.remeha.co.uk, call 0118 978 3434 or visit www.castlinesystems.com email [email protected]

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Thermal energy storage Phase Change Materials (PCM) store and release thermal energy during the process of melting and freezing, and the latest range of PCM solutions between -100C and +885 C offer new application opportunities. For example, the excess capacity of existing +7C water chillers can be stored in +10ºC PCM containers overnight, using lower ambient and lower electricity costs. This efficient and lower-cost stored energy tops up the day peak loads, saving considerable running costs, doubling the existing system capacity, or halving the chiller capacity for new design. l For more information call 01733 245511 or visit www.cmproducts.net

Black Teknigas enhances gas safety CPD examines benefits and with free fall fire valve sustainability of fan convector heating Leading UK gas control equipment manufacturer, Smith’s Environmental Products’ new CPD Black Teknigas, has introduced a new system presentation, ‘Fan Convector Heating’, explains of free fall fire valve equipment suitable for oil principles of forced convection heaters and the and gas installations. This range of valves and many benefits they provide as an alternative to accessories provides a complete, positive 100% traditional radiator and boiler systems. Available fuel isolation system that will automatically for presentation in person and online at operate in the event of excessive temperatures www.academy-elearning.co.uk, it compares or alarm signal. Black Teknigas is a division of system efficiency and energy savings and Watts Industries, one of the world’s foremost examines what can be achieved with low manufacturers of valves and controls. temperature systems using ground- or air-source l For more information call 01480 407074 or heat pumps. Specific reference is made to SAP visit www.blackteknigas.com calculation, Building Regulations and practical implications affecting designers and facilities managers. The presentation is approved by the Construction CPD Certification Service. l For more information call 01245 324900 or email [email protected] Even higher efficiency from Purmo Compact’s Type 33 Purmo, the radiator manufacturer at the forefront of the use of radiators for low temperature heating systems, provides a Type 33 version of its popular Compact radiator for the UK market, especially for those wishing to make use of renewable energy sources and technologies. The Compact is tried and tested as an easily controllable and highly responsive heat emitter. The Compact Type 33 is an excellent choice for heating systems operating at lower temperatures. l For more information call www.purmo.co.uk

Andrews Solarflo system in City refurbishment Andrews Water Heaters, part of Baxi Commercial Division, supplied the SOLARflo water heating New from MHS Boilers: Thision L system and MAXXflo gas-fired storage water heater MHS Boilers, part of ELCO Heating Solutions, installed at 23-25 Great Sutton Street, which won has launched THISION L, a new range of light five awards, including the Sustainable Buildings commercial gas fired, high efficiency, wall hung Award for architects John Thompson & Partners, condensing boilers with outputs from 45kW to at the City of London Corporation’s Sustainable 145kW. Featuring a double helix stainless steel City Awards. The award recognised the exemplary heat exchanger, the boilers have a high turndown upgrading of an existing 1920s warehouse to rate of 6:1, affording the potential for accurate incorporate systems, technologies and materials output-to-load matching. Up to eight boilers that substantially reduce energy demand and can be installed in a purpose-built cascade rig, emissions, provide sustainable energy supply and delivering an industry leading combined output minimise both water usage and waste. of up to 1,140kW. l For more information call 0845 070 1055 or l For more information visit visit www.andrewswaterheaters.co.uk www.mhsboilers.com

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Double the incentive Currently, straight wood burning stoves are not covered under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), despite reaching efficiencies of more than 90%. However, Rika’s Evo Aqua combines water heating capabilities, making it eligible for the cash-back scheme. With the domestic arm of the RHI set to be introduced later in the year, your customers could be getting money from the government and free fuel courtesy of Euroheat. Rika’s stove-only range represents the cutting edge of wood pellet burner design, with Best thermal imaging camera from Flir contemporary styles to suit any home. The new FLIR T600bx series cameras are unique. l For more information visit These best-in-class models, with a wide choice www.euroheat.co.uk/rikaoffer of lenses, are easy and quick to use, designed for flexible application and provide 640 x 480 pixel thermal images on which you can see Senate Electrical launches buyer’s the smallest detail. A rotating optical block guide makes it easy to capture images from any angle Leading electrical supplies distributor, Senate comfortably, and these cameras introduce a rich Electrical, has launched a 168-page Buyer’s Guide, list of leading edge features. Thanks to FLIR’s designed to provide customers with details of its latest wireless technology, you can send images extensive product ranges and pricing. The guide to a PC, iPhone or iPad. features a fresh modern design, clear product l For more information visit www.flir.com/thg images and a brief key product description. Using colour coding to clearly identify the different sections, which include wiring, cable, lighting, test and inspection, data networking and switchgear and circuit protection, the guide is very easy to use. l For more information visit www.senate.co.uk DIRECTORY Your guide to building services suppliers KNX Consultants offer independent Telephone: 020 7880 6206 Email: [email protected] consultancy services KNX UK Association member KNX Consultants now provides a range of independent Air Conditioning Air Handling CAD Services LST Radiators consultancy and training services. As a KNX Partner and a certified KNX tutor, owner Ben Lewis can offer support to systems integrators CadEURO Draughting Services LST Radiators undertaking initial KNX installations and Range of models to suit needing an experienced eye and depth of all budgets and applications Manufacturer of high quality bespoke • Building Services Work knowledge. KNX Consultants can also provide AHU’s and fan coils. Undertaken Easy installation – ready assembled • 2D Draughting BSRIA tested outputs and surface temperatures one day introductory KNX training courses on Specialists in refurbishment and site • 3D Autocad MEP SteriTouch® antimicrobial surfaces as standard site using portable training rigs. This is an ideal assembly projects. • Record Drawings way for systems integrators and end users to get Energy efficient copper aluminium emitters Expedient delivery service available. • Excellent Rates & Turnaround Attractive yet functional design a quick introduction to KNX. Electric Boilers and Water Heaters Aircraft Air Handling Ltd Service • MEP BIM Services l For more information call 0845 869 5908 or from Atlantic Unit 20, Moorfi eld Ind Est, Call 01787 274135 www.autron.co.uk visit www.knx.org Atlantic Boilers is a supplier of condensing and Cotes Heath, Stafford, ST21 6QY Contact Stephen:- Tel: 01782 791545 Fax: 01782 791283 T: 020 7043 7491 highly efficient boiler-plant. Its range of electric F: 020 7043 7493 Email: [email protected] boilers include GWR, a wall-hung electric boiler E: [email protected] Web: www.aircraftairhandling.com W: www.cadeuro.co.uk Prysmian FP approved by London complete with integral pump, expansion vessel Underground and controls that help ensure low fuel bills for Prysmian’s FP200 Gold, FP600S and FP400 are modern buildings. It is compact and requires Energy Effi ciency Pump Packages Refurbishment all approved for use in the London Underground, no flues, and installation is simple and low cost. perhaps the most onerous environment for any Compacte, a floor-standing, electric boiler that cable product. This means that engineers and is economic to install and run, benefits from contractors can specify and install FP200 Gold, low-cost running with BREEAM buildings and Ground Source Heat Pump FP400 and FP600S with confidence throughout has a maximum working pressure of four bars. Leaders in fluid pumping equipment and controls Energy Efficient Refurbishment solutions Installations for increasing the performance and the London Underground network and stations, Multi-Elec is a floor-standing electric boiler with • Water Pressure Booster Sets reliability of existing Air Handling Units of above and below ground. Prysmian’s FP cables an output of up to 630kW. It has a small footprint, • Sealed System Pressurisation Units any manufacture. boast the ultimate performance under extreme and comes as a complete package with a control Meeting Renewables Targets • Tank Level & Temperature Controls • Replacement, Refurb or Retrofit • Site Survey, Design, Manufacture • Energy Efficient conditions, and represent the ideal choice when panel. Multi-Elec is offered in 17 models to suit • Basic to High Spec Installations the highest quality, fire performance cabling is different output and installation needs. • Bespoke Design Service • In-depth Technical Support from survey to final commissioning required. l For more information email Tel: 02392 450889 To discuss your project please contact Jim Rusbridge For more information, call Steve Peck on l For more information call 023 8029 5029 or [email protected] or visit Fax: 02392 471319 Head Office: 01206 215121 01206 505909 or e-mail [email protected] www.imofa.co.uk email [email protected] www.atlanticboilers.com www.groenholland.co.uk Certificate Number MCS 1201 email: [email protected] Heat Pumps www.aquatechpressmain.co.uk AHU Designers & Manufacturers

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Classroom ventilation units Aircraft Air Handling’s 260mm-high classroom ventilation units are silenced to nr25. The plate recuperator is 60% efficient, with an air volume 0-500 litres. Heating: LPHW/ELECTRIC. Cooling: CW/DX. Larger air volumes and bespoke units are available. l For more information visit www.aircraftairhandling.com

DRU Style heaters keeping Mojo warm in Twickenham Verve Properties is a property development Matrix radiators feature at Leicester company specialising in restoring and converting venue former brownfield sites and derelict buildings A new conference, banqueting, office and throughout London. One recent development resource centre in the heart of Leicester City is Crane Mews, a collection of former industrial Centre is being kept warm and comfortable buildings totalling 17,000 square feet next thanks to 70 Matrix Horizontal steel panel to the River Crane in the affluent suburb of radiators from MHS. Located next to the city’s Twickenham. Verve has selected DRU Style historic Cathedral and officially opened by The balanced flue gas wall heaters to heat the Bishop of Leicester, St Martins House is a buildings. They provide an attractive and efficient former grammar school building that has been alternative to radiators and only consume gas converted into a multi-use events and services when required. They can also be turned off when venue. The £7m centre has been nominated for a the property is not in use. Leicester Civic Award. l For more information call 0161 793 8700 or l For more information call 01268 546700 or visit www.drufire.co.uk visit www.mhsradiators.com

DIRECTORY Your guide to building services suppliers Telephone: 020 7880 6206 Email: [email protected]

Air Conditioning Air Handling CAD Services LST Radiators

CadEURO Draughting Services LST Radiators Range of models to suit all budgets and applications Manufacturer of high quality bespoke • Building Services Work AHU’s and fan coils. Undertaken Easy installation – ready assembled • 2D Draughting BSRIA tested outputs and surface temperatures Specialists in refurbishment and site • 3D Autocad MEP SteriTouch® antimicrobial surfaces as standard assembly projects. • Record Drawings Energy efficient copper aluminium emitters Expedient delivery service available. • Excellent Rates & Turnaround Attractive yet functional design Aircraft Air Handling Ltd Service • MEP BIM Services Unit 20, Moorfi eld Ind Est, Call 01787 274135 www.autron.co.uk Cotes Heath, Stafford, ST21 6QY Contact Stephen:- Tel: 01782 791545 Fax: 01782 791283 T: 020 7043 7491 F: 020 7043 7493 Email: [email protected] E: [email protected] Web: www.aircraftairhandling.com W: www.cadeuro.co.uk

Energy Effi ciency Pump Packages Refurbishment

Ground Source Heat Pump Leaders in fluid pumping equipment and controls Energy Efficient Refurbishment solutions Installations for increasing the performance and • Water Pressure Booster Sets reliability of existing Air Handling Units of • Sealed System Pressurisation Units any manufacture. Meeting Renewables Targets • Tank Level & Temperature Controls • Replacement, Refurb or Retrofit • Site Survey, Design, Manufacture • Energy Efficient • Basic to High Spec Installations • Bespoke Design Service • In-depth Technical Support from Tel: 02392 450889 To discuss your project please survey to final commissioning contact Jim Rusbridge For more information, call Steve Peck on Fax: 02392 471319 Head Office: 01206 215121 01206 505909 or e-mail [email protected] www.imofa.co.uk www.groenholland.co.uk Certificate Number MCS 1201 email: [email protected] Heat Pumps www.aquatechpressmain.co.uk AHU Designers & Manufacturers

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Senior Engineering Specialists in Building Services Recruitment Manager/Director Senior Electrical Engineer | London | to £45K + | ref: 7428 We are looking for an engineer to join this busy practice. You will Johnson Controls has an exciting opportunity for an ideally be Chartered with experience of Rail biased projects. This is an Engineering Director to join its team based in central opportunity to join a leading company with great career prospects! London. The successful candidate will lead an in-house Chief Mechanical Engineer | UK Wide | to £NEG! | ref: 8118 We are currently looking for a highly technical mechanical engineer team that delivers engineering services and critical to lead and develop the technical support team. You will be required engineering operations to a high profile client. to represent the company on all technical related matters including evaluating new systems and processes that would benefi cial to the The ideal candidate will have; business. Please call for further information! ƒ Experience of managing critical engineering Senior Mechanical Engineer | Hampshire | to £40K + | ref: 4512 operations for a blue chip client across multiple sites Our client is a growing practice with a solid order book. They are looking ƒ Engineering degree or equivalent and ideally be a for a proactive, forward thinking and experienced mechanical engineer chartered engineer to join the team. Great career opportunity. ƒ Proven ability to lead and inspire a team Intermediate Electrical Design Engineers | London | £NEG! | ref: 1293 We are ideally looking for degree qualifi ed engineers who are looking ƒ Excellent client liaison skills and the drive and for the chance to progress and gain invaluable experience at an award determination to forge long term strategic winning practice. relationships Electrical Engineer | Hampshire | to £45K+ | ref: 2050 We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our blue chip client. Please send all applications to [email protected] You will have a proven track record in design and have the ability to quoting the reference number 055136 or visit our mentor junior engineers. Good career opportunity. careers website for further details. Cad Technician | Hampshire | to £35K | ref: 4686 We have a requirement for an experienced M&E cad technician you will be profi cient in 2D with experience or an interest in 3D. Revit training will be provided. Rare opportunity.

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Mechanical Design Engineer - Intermediate Ref:11995 Central London, from £27-37k Electrical Design Engineer - Intermediate Ref:12034 North London, from £27-35k Electrical Design Engineer - Intermediate Ref: 12034 Oxford, from £25-35k Electrical Design Engineer – Team Leader Ref: 11730 Oxford, from £50-55k Mechanical Design Engineer – Senior Ref: 10872 Reading from £40-45k Project Manager - Construction M&E - D&B – Ref 12122 Midlands from £28-30/hr Electrical Design Engineer – Senior Ref: 10230 Manchester from £40-47k Building Services Engineers Mechanical Design Engineer – Senior Ref: 10872 Manchester from £40-47k Leicester & Nottingham Building Services Engineer – Property Ref: 11688 Pick Everard is a leading, independent and multidisciplinary engineering City of London from £35-47k and architectural partnership with eight offices in the UK and our head Energy Assessor Consultant Engineer – Ref: 10921 office based in Leicester. London, W1 from £30-45k Electrical Design Engineer - Inter/Senior – Ref:12034 Due to an increasing workload we are currently seeking Intermediate and Bristol, from £28-40k Senior level Mechanical Building Services Engineers with sound technical and design ability to join us to deliver the highest quality client focused Mechanical Design Engineer - Inter/Senior – Ref 12034 service. Bristol, from £28-40k Mechanical Contract Engineer - Trainee – Ref 12113 For further information about these roles, the projects we are working on Essex from £25k and details of how to apply please visit our website: www.pickeverard. Electrical Project Engineer - Rail – Ref 12059 co.uk. Manchester from £50-60k The closing date for applications is: 22nd July 2011 Reference the vacancies on our website or call Darren Warmington for full details about these jobs. www.pickeverard.co.uk tel. 01483 768600 email: [email protected] We are an equal opportunities employer. No agencies please. www.bsvconsultants.co.uk

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Circa £33k (dependent upon skills, qualifications and experience) Permanent To assist the BDC (Building Design Co-ordinator) in delivering designs, specifications and tendered work packages resulting in the selection of contractors to carry out building and building services projects. We are committed to equality of opportunities for all and offer a competitive salary (dependent upon skills, New jobs site with qualifications and experience), comprehensive benefits, an index-linked pension scheme and flexible working hours. latest vacancies For an application form and further information including work permit and visa requirements for non-EU nationals please visit our website at www.diamond.ac.uk , now live telephone our recruitment line on 01235 778218 or write to us at the address below, quoting the appropriate reference number. Closing date: 15th July 2011. Visit jobs.cibsejournal.com to fi nd your next career move www.diamond.ac.uk Diamond Light Source Ltd, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovations Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE

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Mecserve Ltd is a well respected leading Building Engineering Technical Manager Consultancy based in Wallington, Surrey. Mecserve provide cutting edge consultancy services to a broad range of blue chip Up to £40,000 clients. We are currently looking for candidates with the potential and ambition to become key members of our management team over the next three to fi ve years. identify and respond to emerging market opportunities. We are currently looking to fi ll the following positions: This post requires a highly motivated individual with the Associate/Associate Director (Mechanical) level of operation. You should: • be a degree qualifi ed engineer with signifi cant relevant experience experience, you must have indepth technical knowledge of • be chartered or be able to demonstrate the equivalent building services and the requirements of EPBD. You will experience be responsible for the day to day management of activities • have an excellent knowledge of the construction industry in the team, ensuring all communications are effective and • have an excellent technical knowledge of mechanical building accurate; offer technical support to energy assessors and services In addition to these technical skills you should: and deliver business growth development. • have experience of providing client facing services • have experience of managing projects For further details please visit jobs.cibsejournal.com, or • help to develop the business in the future call 0208 772 3682 or email [email protected] The salary offered will depend on the skills and experience the candidate brings to the role. Benefi ts include childcare voucher To apply for this role, please send your CV, and cover letter, to [email protected] marked for the attention scheme, private healthcare and a performance related bonus of Lammy Oluborode. For any queries or for further scheme. information call 020 8772 3682. If you are interested in either role please send a current CV and covering letter to: [email protected] Closing date: 13 July Website: www.mecserve.com

www.conwy.gov.uk Bordered to the north by a magnificent coastline and encompassing a huge section of Snowdonia National Park, it’s safe to say that Conwy is a truly beautiful part of the country. At Conwy County Borough Council the huge range of careers we offer is matched by an equally extensive list of employee benefits. If you’re interested in working for one of the region’s largest employer visit: www.conwy.gov.uk/jobs and apply by email to [email protected] or call 01492 576124.

Property Management and Asset Services, Conwy, North Wales Fulfil your potential... Building Services Design Engineer - Mechanical (Ref: 732) Current grade and salary for this post is Grade G08: £30,011 - £32,800 pa The role focuses on the provision of a mechanical design service for capital and CIBSE Mid Career College maintenance projects. You will need to be a Chartered Engineer, or be working towards chartered status • Respected, high quality training for building with minimum HNC Mechanical Engineering (Building Services) or equivalent, be services professionals fluent in CAD applications and the use of proprietary design software. You will have effective presentation and communication skills with the ability to manage and • Courses cover a wide variety of technical topics deliver projects to programme and to budget and also have experience of a • Keep your CPD hours up to date whilst multidisciplinary property support service environment. enhancing your skills The ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh is desirable. For further information please contact Adrian Ives, Property Maintenance and • In-house training provides flexible, cost Facilities Manager on 01492 574260. effective learning tailored to your needs. APPLICATION FORMS TO BE RETURNED BY MIDDAY 25/07/2011.

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