Represent CIBSE and the UK at REHVA's annual European Student Competition and showcase your student work to an international panel of experts.
REHVA is The Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations. Every year, REHVA organises a European competition to honour and recognise the most outstanding HVAC students. As a member of REHVA, CIBSE can nominate a recently completed piece of student work from a CIBSE-accredited course in an area related to CIBSE activity to be judged against other European entries at the REHVA Student Competition to be held in Milan, Italy on 4-5 June 2025.
CIBSE will nominate a piece of work amongst the submitted entries to be a finalist at the REHVA Student Competition 2025 in Milan. Entries can be from past or present students who have successfully completed assessed work (eg major project/dissertation/thesis) from a BSc/BEng/MEng/MSc course with the work assessed in 2024. Submissions based on Doctoral theses are not eligible.
Aside from winning a cash prize, the winner of the final REHVA Student competition will then go on to represent REHVA on 6 June in Milan at the HVAC World Student Competition, and potentially win a further prize.
Enter the competition for a chance to represent CIBSE in Milan
Are you a member of CIBSE and have completed an academic project in 2024 based on Bachelor Theses, Master Theses, or other work of equivalent level?
Submission topics include but are not limited to heating/ventilation/air conditioning/refrigeration, indoor environmental quality, energy efficiency and energy management, sustainability, building services, etc.
This is an exciting opportunity to showcase your work on an international stage, gain recognition in the industry, expand your professional network and be in with a chance to win a coveted prize.
The deadline for entry is Tuesday, 10 December 2024.
Competition details
- Welcomed from CIBSE Student and Graduate grade membership holders (as well as other CIBSE membership grades).
- Allowed from those who have completed their work (major project/dissertation/thesis) on a BSc/BEng/MEng/MSc that was assessed and successfully completed in 2024.
- Written in English, in the format of a scientific paper, with a maximum of six pages that conform to the requirements below.
- Submitted by email to [email protected] by 6pm on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024.
- The email should include the membership grade and membership number of the entrant.
Work may report on experimental, analytical, numerical, design-related or other relevant areas and may result from research carried out by an individual student or a team of a maximum of two students.
CIBSE will review the entries submitted and select the finalist who will attend the competition. The decision will be final and, unfortunately, there will be no opportunity for individual feedback. Candidates will be advised by Monday, 3 February 2025 if they have been selected as the finalist.
The CIBSE selected finalist must be able to present their work at the REHVA Student Competition to be held in Milan, Italy on 4-5 June 2025.
This will include:
- A twelve-minute oral presentation of the work (not exceeding 15 slides). Followed by a three-minute Q&A session.
- A high-resolution, A1-sized technical poster (oriented vertically).
The CIBSE selected finalist will be required to submit to CIBSE (no later than Monday 28 April 2025) the slides and the poster that will be presented.
The REHVA jury may award prizes to a maximum of three submissions. An additional prize will be awarded for the best poster and the winners will be announced to all contestants after the jury’s meeting.
All contestants will receive a certificate of participation. The prizes will be awarded to winners in the closing session of the REHVA Annual Meeting, which coincides with The REHVA HVAC World Congress, CLIMA. There, the winner of the first prize will present their work (max. 15 min).
If requested by the finalist, CIBSE will provide a bursary of up to £500 towards the cost of travel, accommodation, and subsistence that will be claimable by the finalist after having attended and presented at the final in Milan in June 2025.
Entries should be in the format of scientific papers, with a maximum of six pages, following this template and should include the:
- Submission title
- Full name(s) of the student(s)
- Full name(s) of the supervisor(s)
- Affiliation(s) of the author(s), including the name(s) and full address(es) of the respective institute(s)
- E-mail address(es) of the student(s) and supervisor(s)
- Date when the work on which the submission is based has been approved by the university/institute.
- The eligibility and relevance of the project topic
- The clarity of the work objectives
- The applicability of the methods used
- The validity and reliability of findings
- The innovative character of the work conducted
- The clarity and accuracy of written and oral presentation
- The graphical quality of the summary and the presentation
- The candidate’s ability to constructively discuss technical issues
- The scientific level of the submission
- For the Best Poster award, the evaluation will focus on the scientific level of the submission, and the graphical quality of the poster
