CIBSE NEWS IN BRIEF Take the initiatives for member application CIBSE Membership has introduced new initiatives to support members through the whole process of member application. Virtual membership application workshops: run by professional CIBSE interviewers through four online, bite-sized lunchtime sessions. Join us on 20 October for the next series. Membership webinars (twopart series): discover your best route into membership and how to start writing your Engineering Practice Report. One-to-one advice in our virtual membership surgeries or our application phone surgeries: to book your place email membership@cibse.org Visit cibse.org/briefings for more information. We are here to help you achieve professional membership with CIBSE. We are CIBSE volunteering blog The #WeAreCIBSE campaign aims to celebrate the individuals and groups who make up our Institution and keep it running. As part of this campaign, CIBSE has launched a new blog series, focusing on members who go above and beyond to give back to the building services community through their work with CIBSE. The first blog of the series features Alan Lawrence CEng MCIBSE, member of the CIBSEs Inclusivity and Diversity Panel. Read the blog at cibseblog.co.uk A career as a district heating engineer The Young Energy Performance Group have launched a Career in Building Services blog series with a view to encouraging more people into the career. In the latest post, Tom Burton, a heat network engineer at Fairheat, discusses what his job involves, why he chose the role and what typical challenges might be. He refers to the performance gap between design and operation and says a large part of his role is helping clients manage the commissioning process, ensuring that heat networks operate as intended and deliver reliable and affordable heat to residents. Read the blog at cibseblog.co.uk Young engineers at heart of shortlisted companies Businesses had to demonstrate how they invest in the career progression of young engineers Six forward-looking companies have been shortlisted for the Employer of the Year awards, which together with the Graduate and Apprentice of the Year accolades form the Young Engineers Awards. The employer award highlights the achievements of firms in supporting and encouraging young people entering the industry. It has three categories, with one overall winner. Aecom was last years overall Employer of the Year; the firms Robert Mitchell and Tracy DSouza (right) received the accolade The shortlist is: Small (under 50 employees) InTandem Systems S I Sealy & Associates Medium (51-300 employees) Troup Bywaters + Anders Elementa Consulting Large (over 300 employees) Hoare Lea Cundall Kevin Mitchell, Employer of the Year judge, said: The companies in this years shortlist have put young engineers at the heart of their business. By committing to nurture, mentor and encourage the new talent entering the industry, they are helping to ensure a skilled and motivated engineering community for the future. Winners will be unveiled on 8 October at the online Young Engineers Awards event, delivered in partnership with CIBSE Patrons, and sponsored by Kingspan Industrial Insulation, Baxi and Ideal Commercial Boilers and Swegon Air Management. F or details, visit cibse.org/yea S ee page 23 for more on the awards Quartet of new TMs offers insight into building performance Four new publications on building performance have been published following a CIBSEsupported study by University College London. The new Technical Memoranda, TM61-64, provide detailed insights into operational building performance, occupant surveys, modelling for energy use, and indoor air quality. As well as building services engineers, they will be of value to anyone who influences design, construction, and facilities management outcomes of buildings. TM61 focuses on operational building performance, particularly the collection of data to help address the performance gap data that can be fed back to design teams to diagnose issues with current design, but also to ensure lessons are learned for future design. TM62 looks at occupant surveys of non-domestic buildings. This is an area of growing interest because of increased concerns about physical and emotional wellbeing, and runs in parallel with building performance evaluation and post-occupancy evaluation. Occupant surveys are now established assessment methods to complement technical and quantitative forms of performance analysis. TM63: Operational performance: modelling for evaluation of energy in use aims to provide a methodological framework to undertake measurement and verification of building energy performance in use. TM64: Operational performance: indoor air quality emissions sources and mitigation measures looks to give the information necessary to identify indoor emissions sources and measures to mitigate these to maintain good indoor air quality. All four publications are available on the CIBSE Knowledge Portal, cibse.org/knowledge 12 October 2020 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Oct20 pp12-14 CIBSE News.indd 12 25/09/2020 14:23