VOICES | JULIE GODEFROY Climate action: what can CIBSE do? The Institution has started mapping its activities around climate change, to allow members and others to understand and access the work being done. Julie Godefroy breaks down the main areas of action R ecent events and reports make it clear that, collectively, we need to do more to reduce carbon emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change. CIBSE has long been active on the issue of tackling climate change and promoting building performance, but to increase our efforts we have started mapping our current and planned activities in areas where we have a duty and the ability to lead as a professional institution. This is only a first draft. We are very keen to involve our members, other professional institutions and the wider industry. Please send your thoughts on these initial ideas, additional suggestions for how we could help you, and where you could support our activities, to technical@cibse.org Key What we currently do Further activity, already planned Possible further activity, to be explored Collaboration with others As a professional institution data for the CIBSE awards Initial steps with RIBA to better align the sustainability criteria in our awards Increase our coverage of retrofit design and skills Seek more collaboration with other professional institutions on sustainability awards Practising what we preach CIBSEs Balham office Code of Professional Conduct: bit.ly/CJJune19JG1 This includes: Members shall promote the principles of sustainability and seek to prevent avoidable adverse impacts on the environment and society Annual report on activities and membership: bit.ly/CJJune19JG2 Collaboration on industry-wide guidance. For example, RIBA Plan of Work and Green Overlay: bit.ly/CJJune19JG3 Increase awareness of the Code of Conduct Adopt a common reporting standard across professional institutions for example, The Edge good practice reporting standard bit.ly/CJJune19JG4 Events, dissemination and awards JULIE GODEFROY is technical manager at CIBSE Disclosure: Display Energy Certificate Energy efficiency measures and This is a first energy monitoring draft. We are Fuel cell since 2015 bit.ly/CJJune19JG5 Sustainability policy covering our very keen to activities, premises, staff, procurement, and transport bit.ly/CJJune19JG7 involve our Planned improvements to our existing buildings, for better summer comfort, members, other and health and wellbeing of staff institutions Better use of the opportunities of Balham to test and demonstrate and the improvements in the performance of existing buildings wider industry Regular reporting on low carbon policy and buildings through our website, Journal, blog and newsletter Regular CIBSE events on low carbon policy and buildings Since 2012, a requirement for in-use performance Regulatory framework Regular engagement with policy consultations, including Building Regulations, retrofit, energy efficiency and low carbon heating bit.ly/CJJUne19JG7 Position statements for example, Building Regulations Part L and F, and overheating Members of Part L, Part F and overheating working groups for the 2019 Building Regulations review Collaboration with other organisations to align our recommendations where possible for example, Green Building Council, the London Energy Transformation Initiative Review and produce new policy statements for example, planning and climate change Seek more opportunities to collaborate with other institutions to send consistent policy messages Technical guidance Extensive coverage of low-energy and low carbon buildings in CIBSE guidance; recent publications 20 June 2019 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Jun19 pp20-21 Julie G AD.indd 20 24/05/2019 16:11