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HCNE Presentations

Our past presentations can be found in the list below. These sessions are arranged by the Home Counties North East Committee and feature special guests to present on a variety of topics.

To suggest an idea for a future presentation, either speak to the Committee members at the next meeting or email [email protected]

Past Presentations

Past Presentations in Detail

Joint Home Counties Event on Building Safety Act

21 Febuary 2024

Dr Hywel Davies presented to all the Home Counties on the Building Safety Act.

Building Safety Act Home Counties H Davies 21 Feb 2024

Lighting Controls: A Time of Unprecedented Change

This CPD traces the journey from basic switches to connected building eco-systems, looking into the technology, and applications of data harvesting, maximising energy consumption and creating dynamic spaces with lighting quality taken to even new heights.

Speaker: Steve Shackleton

Steve is Lighting Applications Manager for Fagerhult UK and has spent 41 years in the lighting industry, initially as a lighting designer but more latterly in management roles encompassing design, systems, marketing, technical and sales, in both the UK and Europe

Heat Pump Systems – An update on UK Regulations post Brexit

The UK has signalled that it will be a zero carbon country by 2050 and is focused on building safety and efficiency as the key areas that need to be addressed urgently. What can we expect to change? This presentation gives an overview on the timeline for Building Regulations, Future Homes Standard, and the Building Safety Bill.

Introduction to BMS (Parts 1 & 2)

Introduction to BMS (Part One), delivered by Andrew McKenna, Operations Director at Global Associates, on 26 October 2020.

Introduction to BMS (Part Two), delivered by Andrew McKenna of Global Associates on Tuesday 23 February 2021.

Heat Network Design Considerations,

Presented by Bosch UK on 24 November 2020.

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Wind Design for Building Enclosures

Presented on 24 September 2019

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BS7671 18th Edition Amendment 2 update

A lecture on the changes to BS 7671:2018 introduced by the Second Amendment released on the 28th March 2022.

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Speaker: Eur Ing Leon Markwel MSc BSc CEng MIET MCIBSE

CIBSE HCNE: General introduction to UPS systems

This webinar addresses:

Identifying the need for UPSs
Basic operation and building blocks of a UPS system
Comparison of UPS technologies
Energy storage options
Adding system redundancy
Communication and monitoring options

Wastewater Heat Recovery

Speaker: Dr Joe Short, Technical Director, Recirc Energy

Joe presents a whistle stop tour of wastewater heat recovery with a focus on municipal wastewater heat recovery, including:

Fundamentals of how the system works – hydraulics/schematic, plant requirements etc
Energy performance – what is achievable, reliability, technology options
Interfaces with the water authority
What are the limits for use (scale of development, scale of sewer etc, adjacent developments)

Smart Spaces for the Built Environment

In this webinar, Martin Hine from Prolojik discusses the key aspects of smart control systems within the built environment including, smart buildings and sensing networks, lighting controls, The WELL Standard and the technologies now available. Martin also discusses the application of smart technologies, within buildings, including interfacing with systems and future trends in smart technologies.

Heat Pump Systems – an update on UK Regulations post Brexit

CIBSE HCNE and SPACES Annual Event. Online seminar on Latest Developments with the Building Safety Bill, delivered by Dr Hywel Davies on Tuesday 8 December 2020.