Upcoming seminars

Part L (2006) has been in force from 6 April. Worried about finding the information you need to adhere to it? This one day seminar will put you ahead of the crowd.

The morning of this one-day seminar will focus on the final Part L Approved Documents and the latest news on implementing the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, including transitional arrangements. The morning will finish with a look at asset ratings and operational ratings.

The afternoon will focus on CIBSE's new ‘second tier' publications, which support the regulations, outlining where you can find the information you need. The standard tests which will be used to assess the suitability of software and competence of operators to carry out the necessary calculations will be explained, as will the implications of the new publications on design for improved solar shading, building integrated renewables, logbooks and metering.

Logbooks and metering 2006

17 May 2006, CIBSE

This one-day seminar on the updates to logbooks for 2006 will incorporate essential guidance to ensure that you implement the new Part L adequately when producing the building logbook. In conjunction with this, CIBSE has also produced a new TM on Energy sub-metering in buildings designed to help you monitor and adjust your energy consumption.

Building logbooks are a major step forward in the provision of information about buildings, but they could be resource intensive to produce, so CIBSE has produced industry standard guidance on how to meet the regulations with minimum effort and cost.

Every delegate will receive a complementary copy of the new 2006 Logbook & TM39 - Energy sub-metering in buildings on the day of the event

Trigeneration in buildings (Heat, power and cooling from the same source)

23 May 2006, CIBSE, London SW12

This seminar is organised by CIBSE CHP Group and supported by the Institute of Refrigeration.

CHP can be used to provide cooling for air-conditioned buildings! Trigeneration, which provides heating, cooling and power can meet the needs of many large air-conditioned buildings that were previously unsuitable for CHP alone. Combining CHP with a heat-driven absorption chilling plant to extend the base load heat demand into the summer months to meet cooling loads can be economic and help reduce CO2 emissions.

With rising energy prices, CHP and trigeneration are becoming increasingly viable options in existing buildings. This one-day conference will showcase the technologies and techniques for the use of trigeneration in buildings. It will include a number of interesting case studies which will demonstrate the advantages of such schemes and the possible pitfalls. The conference will focus on the design and implementation of engineering solutions available to help you and your clients take advantage of the many benefits offered by trigeneration solutions in new and existing buildings.

Designers, engineers and contractors wishing to know more about an important and rapidly developing low-carbon technology will wish to attend, as well as clients considering their options for meeting the new Building Regulations.

The event will also be of particular interest to local authority senior managers who may be considering or already have trigeneration facilities and need to know more about optimising their management and maintenance.

The role of drainage in the spread of infection

6 June, CIBSE, London SW12

The outbreak of SARS in 2003 highlighted the potential of building drainage systems to act as transmission routes for serious infections. This seminar will help you ensure the buildings you design or operate do not create liabilities or engender ill-health.

Organised in collaboration with The Society of Public Health Engineers and the Building Services Engineering Research and Technology Journal, it will explain the evolution of drainage techniques and equipment and where current technologies are likely to lead. It will also address the lessons learned from the SARS outbreaks, the use of modelling to investigate transmission effects, detail other pathogens which require active consideration and examine the issues and new technologies both in major markets. Finally, the seminar will cover the impact of changing hygiene practices and water conservation policies.

Natural ventilation for city centre buildings

22 June 2006, CIBSE, London SW12

Developing desirable, low-energy buildings is essential if legal and environmental demands are to be met. However fears about noise, pollution and overheating may have a major impact on clients' and designers' attitudes when considering natural ventilation schemes for city centre sites.

This event will empower you to offer accurate information to help clients make the right design choices. It will give real data and practical examples of the experience of pollution and urban heat islands effects and their effect on indoor environments. Detailed advice will also be given on how to apply complex information to achieve solutions which work well and achieve high levels of client and user satisfaction. Case studies from both manufacturers and leading natural ventilation designers will give you invaluable information to take away with you.

This event will be of value to all building designers, especially those involved with the practical challenges of low energy buildings. It will also be essential for developers, owners and operators who need to assure themselves that the solutions they are being offered are robust and will remain so.

• For more information on any of these events, please contact Jsinfield@cibse.org or click the link below.

This year's AGM will take place at the Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, at 6.00 for 6.30 pm. Following the formal AGM, Stephen Cannon-Brookes will deliver his Presidential Address, after which members will be able to look around this recently refurbished gallery, Britain's original home for abandoned children and London's first ever public art gallery. Only members may attend the AGM, but guests and partners are welcome to hear Stephen's address and to join members for the reception.