Feedback This month, CIBSE LinkedIn group members want to know if clients are getting more interested in resource efficiency following the launch of new guidance TM56 Tony Thurgood As usual, the big players will have people on their teams, somewhere, who are aware of such things [resource efficiency], and will be doing various things to mitigate. However, the vast majority of companies the small ones, which have the greatest problems and costs associated with all of this do not. I suspect, also, that they are blissfully unaware, and do not have the time, the physical or financial resources, and manpower to do anything even if they were aware of the issue. In addition, from recent surveys, and involvement in work development on 15+ sites for the same owner, I suspect they do not give a damn anyway, and would not be in the slightest bit interested. Unless it comes with a legal obligation, the only things they are interested in is money spent on doing the absolute minimum to meet health and safety requirements and not on preventative maintenance to ensure continued operation and minimum energy use, or the conditions in which the site staff have to work. Graham Smith FCIBSE I have gone into this on a couple of major projects in the past, but as Tony states this is of zero interest to most clients. Knowing which project he is talking about, its probably worse than he realises. Unfortunately most decision- The Bingham Canyon open pit copper mine in America makers (clients or their appointed PMs) are only interested in the short term and, at best, in ticking boxes for sustainability, not doing the job properly. Tony Johnstone Not sure how the average building services company can help when cost is the driver and most of the relevant decisions are taken at manufacture. But if designing for disassembly also means repair is a good option, could we get back to a quick diagnosis and repair service for our clients? That sort of service also becomes more realistic with a BIM environment. Made for each other, perhaps? Janet T Beckett MCIBSE Q. How interested are your clients in resource efficiency? A. Theyre not. Tony Johnstone They are, they just havent realised it yet! They will be when the cost implications start prodding the finance director. CIBSEs TM56 Resource Efficiency of Building Services can be downloaded from the CIBSE Knowledge Portal. See more in news. CIBSE Journal welcomes readers letters, opinions, news stories, events listings, and proposals for articles. Please send all material for possible publication to: editor@cibsejournal.com, or write to Alex Smith, editor, CIBSE Journal, CPL, 275 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8JE, UK. We reserve the right to edit all letters. "