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March 2010 POLICY CHANGES The low-down on Fits and starts April's big bang EATING UP WASTE Will UK households Pizza Hut on a roll to cut energy use take to feed-in tariffs? 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Classified With the advent of feed-in tariffs and Features the emergence of a separate scheme, 56 Products industry professionals examine 30 Myth makers The latest products and services whether the policies can work. Separating fact from fiction in the CRC. available in building services. 18 CIBSE News 32 South Africa: Star attraction 57 Directory Celebrating low-carbon performance A look at the the challenges a project Suppliers in the sector. in services; SoPHE Young Engineer of team faced when testing the country’s the Year revealed. first Green Star-rated building. People & Jobs 22 Honouring the carbon 36 Eating up waste 59 CPD counters How Pizza Hut has started testing Module 14: The psychrometrics of air The 2010 CIBSE awards pay tribute to the energy efficiency claims of conditioning systems. the worthy winners. manufacturers targeting the restaurant business. 64 Looking ahead 24 USA: Scaling new heights How low can zero carbon go? In one of three international articles: 40 Code of dishonour? How the US building services sector A building services engineer explains 66 Appointments could turn into a multi-billion dollar why commissioning building services Job vacancies advertised here and industry.Opinion needs to be so much more than a online at jobs.cibsejournal.com box-ticking exercise. 26 Letters 70 People BIM too costly for most of us; Get off 43 Familiar system given new shine Exciting times: not since the climate gravy train; Nuclear is a key VRF proves there is no cooling of industrial revolution has engineering renewable. innovation in the aircon business. been so thrilling. www.cibsejournal.com March 2010 CIBSE Journal 3 CIBSEmar10 pp03 contents.indd 3 2/25/10 5:40:43 PM W the eco answer to air conditioning Monodraught Windcatchers provide an energy free alternative to conventional air conditioning using just wind power and thermal movement to provide a completely natural ventilation system s Virtually any design to suit any roof s All GRP construction is maintenance free with no external fi xings s Provides programmable, motorised control of ventilation s More than 7,000 systems installed to date s Complete design and installation service throughout the UK s Sola-boost applications for maximum solar driven ventilation Tel: 01494 897700 www.monodraught.com 4 CIBSE Journal March 2010 www.cibsejournal.com p04_CIBSEMagMar10.indd 4 19/2/10 15:28:31 Editorial www.cibsejournal.com From the Editorial Editor: Bob Cervi Tel: 01223 273520 Email: [email protected] Reporter: Carina Bailey Tel: 01223 273521 editor Email: [email protected] Senior Designer: David Houghton Advertisement Sales Head of Business Development: Cruellest month brings cheer Aaron Nicholls Tel: 020 7880 8547 Email: [email protected] he arrival of April will hopefully herald property developers have argued that they will Sales Manager: Steve Soffe Tel: 020 7324 2785 the end of the snow here in Britain, be pushed towards the higher positions in the Email: [email protected] but there won’t be any escape from table, simply because they cannot require their Display Sales Consultant: Jim Folley Tel: 020 7324 2786 the expected deluge of UK policy and tenants to improve the energy efficiency of the Email: [email protected] Tlegislative changes due to rain down on the properties. Senior Recruitment Sales: Ali Scott Tel: 020 7324 2787 building services engineering sector. But don’t This is a reasonable concern. However, Email: [email protected] Advertising Production: Jane Easterman be too alarmed. This issue of the Journal covers as we show on page 30, there are a number Tel: 020 7880 6248 Email: [email protected] the important developments, offering (excuse of misconceptions around the CRC that are the pun) a rain check for readers. relatively easily explained. Ultimately, it provides For CIBSE Publishing Co-ordinator: Nicola Hurley Crucial developments include revisions to Parts important carrots and sticks for facilitating Tel: 020 8772 3697 F, G and L of the Building Regulations. As we significant cuts in emissions. Email: [email protected] stress (see page 29), these changes do not formally Controversy also surrounds a policy that is Editorial advisory panel Laurence Aston, Director of Mechanical become law until October – so the six-month buffer already with us. The arrival of feed-in tariffs Engineering, Morgan Professional Services is there for those who need it. More details on the (FiTs) should be heralded as a major step towards David Clark, Partner, Max Fordham Consulting Engineers Part L changes are expected from government, persuading homeowners to adopt renewable Patrick Conaghan, Partner, Hoare Lea and these may well emerge technologies and cut their Consulting Engineers David Hughes, Building Services Consultant, after this edition has gone to carbon footprint. However, MTT Consulting press. Also in the wings are As spring doubts remain on whether Philip King, Director, Hilson Moran Chani Leahong, Senior Associate, likely changes to the Code for approaches FiTs will do enough to Fulcrum Consulting Sustainable homes and more promote community- Stephen Lisk, President, The Society of Light there is and Lighting developments on definitions wide renewable energy Professor John Swaffield, CIBSE Past plenty to cheer about President of both ‘zero carbon’ homes schemes – which experts Ged Tyrrell, Managing Director, and non-domestic buildings believe could have a major Tyrrell Systems when it comes to impact on cutting energy Ant Wilson, Director, AECOM – for more on which, watch policies that Morwenna Wilson, Graduate Engineer, Arup this space. usage, in contrast to micro- Terry Wyatt, Consultant to Hoare Lea Another key change have the right renewables, much of CIBSE Journal is written and produced by Cambridge that will impact on many which may just end up as Publishers Ltd. Tel: 01223 477411. www.cpl.biz intentions 275 Newmarket Road, Cambridge CB5 8JE. companies is the introduction ineffectual green bling (see Editorial copy deadline: First day of the month preceding the publication month of the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy cover feature, page 14). But, as spring approaches, The opinions expressed in editorial material do not necessarily represent the views of the Chartered Institution Efficiency Scheme, the CRC. From next month there is plenty to cheer about when it comes to of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). Unless specifically stated, goods or services mentioned in editorial or those firms and bodies coming under the policies that at least have the right intentions. advertisements are not formally endorsed by CIBSE, which does not guarantee or endorse or accept any liability for scheme will have to record and report their The outcome of the UK general election, any goods and/or services featured in this publication. CIBSE, 222 Balham High Road, London SW12 9BS carbon emissions. widely predicted to take place on 6 May, will be Tel: 020 8675 5211. www.cibse.org Although the CRC is, in effect, phased in over another matter altogether. If the ‘wrong’ party is ©CIBSE Services Ltd. ISSN 1759-846X Subscription Enquiries a number of years, businesses remain concerned elected – and this can only mean, in non-party If you are not a CIBSE member but would like to receive CIBSE Journal, subscribe now! Costs are £80 (UK) and about how it will operate and whether or not they political terms, the party which will do the least £100 (international). For subscription enquiries, and any change of address information, please contact: will be represented fairly on the dreaded league to promote sustainability in the building sector Nicola Hurley at [email protected] or telephone 020 8772 3697.Individual copies are also available at a cost table that will be compiled to reflect companies’ – much good work may be undone. Once again, of £7 per copy plus postage. carbon-cutting records. watch this space. Cover image: Shutterstock A survey of about 1,000 companies shows ABC audited circulation: 19,728 January to December 2009 the continuing concern and confusion that Bob Cervi, Editor exists around the CRC (see page 6).