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Buildings to prove they are net zero carbon with UK’s first agreed methodology: UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

A pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard has been launched, providing a free-to-access technical standard to verify buildings as net zero carbon aligned. As a leader in this collaboration with prominent organisations, CIBSE has helped develop a Standard that provides a unified approach to defining net zero carbon within the UK’s built environment

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Published on: 03 Aug 23

New Fellowships recognise Building Safety Act

Two of the key individuals behind the Building Safety Act, Dame Judith Hackitt and Dr Hywel Davies, were awarded Honorary Fellowships to CIBSE in recognition of their lifetime contribution to the construction and building industries.

Article category: News
Published on: 31 Jul 23

Technical Symposium 2024 Call for Papers

The CIBSE Technical Symposium 2024, titled Fit for 2050- Delivering Buildings and defining performance for a net zero built environment, is seeking abstracts for papers and presentations to be presented at the event in Cardiff in April 2024.

Article category: News
Published on: 21 Jul 23

CIBSE ANZ Seminar Series - Day 2 | Striking a Balance

With the Seminar Series just around the corner we wanted to shed some light and focus on Day 2 of the CIBSE ANZ Seminar Series, taking place on Tuesday, 29th August 2023, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM AEST.

Article category: News
Published on: 20 Jul 23

CIBSE ANZ Graduate of the Year Award - Everything you need to know to submit an entry

Are you a recent graduate who has made significant contributions to the building services industry? Then the CIBSE ANZ Young Engineers Awards is a chance for you to showcase your talents in the Haris Moraitis Award - Graduate of the Year category! Do not hesitate as entries will close on Tuesday 1 August.

Article category: News
Published on: 29 Jun 23

Dr Wei Yang becomes CIC’s first female Chair

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has today inaugurated Dr Wei Yang as Chair at its Council Meeting. Wei replaces Justin Sullivan in this role for a two-year term of office starting with immediate effect.

Article category: News
Published on: 26 Jun 23

CIBSE and the LIA Collaborate to Launch Product Verification Scheme for Lighting Industry Circular Economy

The LIA (Lighting Industry Association) and CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) have joined forces to introduce an innovative product verification scheme aimed at promoting circular economy practices within the lighting industry.

Article category: News
Published on: 19 Jun 23

How the transformation of 388 George St set out to reduce embodied carbon impacts

The focus for this year’s CIBSE ANZ Young Engineers’ Awards is ‘embodied carbon’. In celebration of this topic CIBSE YEN hosted a site visit to 388 George Street, Sydney where core building services were retained to reduce the embodied carbon impacts of this project.

Article category: News
Published on: 19 Jun 23

CIBSE Vice President, David Cooper awarded an MBE for services to engineering

CIBSE Vice President, David Cooper has been awarded an MBE for services to lift and escalator engineering in the King’s Birthday Honours list 2023

Article category: News
Published on: 15 Jun 23

Incoming President calls for Engineering Leadership

"We have never before needed more engineers, more urgently, to provide creative solutions to the challenges we face,” said Adrian Catchpole, incoming president of CIBSE in his Presidential address, outlining the challenges presented by climate change and building safety considerations.

Article category: News
Published on: 14 Jun 23

SoPHE all set for Annual Plumbing Competition

In collaboration with the United Group Colleges, the Society of Public Health Engineering (SoPHE) are ready for their annual Plumbing Centre of Excellence/ Young Engineers Network Plumbing Competition at the College of North West London.

Article category: News
Published on: 14 Jun 23

Views sought to develop UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard

The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (“The Standard”) is calling for views from across the industry as part of their Technical Update & Consultation. The technical update describes the technical fundamentals behind the Standard, sharing information about the metrics that buildings will be assessed against to demonstrate that they are aligned with what is required for the UK built environment to achieve Net Zero Carbon.

Article category: News
Published on: 09 Jun 23

CIBSE Ken Dale Bursary winner secures funding to support research into the future of AI technology in buildings

Ibrahim Qadir, Building Services Engineering Apprentice at Vital Energi scooped this year’s CIBSE Ken Dale Bursary with his proposed research project, 'Technical Challenges and opportunities of future AI technology in buildings: A comparative study.'

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