What's New

 

 

Sign up and take the 100 hours challenge - from 15 August to the end of November 2008 CIBSE is running its third annual carbon reduction initiative – the 100 Hours of Carbon Clean up Campaign.  Pledge 100 hours of staff time to commit to carbon saving activities and you will receive: 

• an extensive list of carbon saving activities to choose from
• free toolkits to reduce your cost of preparing for EPCs and DECs
• access to workshops and learning modules that qualify as CPD
• eco-freebies as your organisation achieves key milestones
• invitations to fun activities that support and motivate your low carbon champions and staff as they contribute to carbon reduction activities 

Last year's campaign saw 700 organisations sign up to cut carbon emissions from their commercial buildings and the 2008 campaign aims to reach an even wider audience. Sign up and start your countdown to 100 hours at www.100hours.co.uk  

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New CIBSE Widget - with our new widget users can search the CIBSE Low Carbon Energy Assessor Register without having to visit our website first...read more

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Display Energy Certificate Implementation - New measures to support October 2008 Display Energy Certificate (DEC) implementation have been annnounced.  To make it easier for public authorities with multiple buildings on one site to comply with the legislation, a site-based approach for the first year is to be allowed where it is not possible to produce individual DECs. Public bodies most likely to be affected by this approach are NHS Trusts, universities and schools...read more

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The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) has negotiated an agreement with CIBSE Certification, under which membership of CIAT will help you become accredited.