CIBSE | NEWS Regional accolade for new air ambulance HQ Harvey Hudson gets his award from Kevin Mitchell, CIBSE President Winners blogs aim to inspire award entries The winners of the CIBSE Young Engineers Awards (YEAs) have each written a blog to share their experience and inspire others to enter future awards. Sana Hafsa, CIBSE ASHRAE Graduate of the Year, is currently working on sustainability guidelines for a new city in Saudi Arabia. She believes the biggest influence you can have on people is simply through sharing your stories, and it is through people that we can create change where needed. Harvey Hudson, CIBSE Apprentice of the Year Level 3-4, is working on site at the New Cross solar farm in Wolverhampton, where 15,000 panels will produce around 288 days of self-generated renewable energy. He is inspired by the positive impact that the industry has on the world, and said: I know that every project I work on is helping towards the UKs net zero target. Winning the award has significantly boosted his confidence, he said. Louis Kimber, CIBSE Apprentice of the Year Level 5-7, is working on a Passivhaus housing scheme in Cardiff, and says the greatest benefit of winning the award has been exposure to the wider business, and industry as a whole. When asked why people should enter the YEAs, he said: It does not make sense not to! Even if you dont make it to the shortlist, the whole experience of presenting and answering challenging questions as part of the submission process has been invaluable. Read the blogs at bit.ly/CJDec22CN1 CIBSE revises its Code of Conduct The CIBSE Code of Conduct is reviewed every two years by the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) and updated as necessary to incorporate changes in guidance, and to align with good practice elsewhere. This year, the PCC has undertaken an in-depth review of the codes content and style compared with those of several other institutions. This has resulted in a substantial rewriting of the code and the new revision is available on the CIBSE website: bit.ly/CJNov22CN2. It will come into force from 1 January 2023. Helimed House named best project in East Anglia thanks to sustainable design and collaborative approach The new headquarters building for the East Anglian Air Ambulance has won Project of the Year at the CIBSE East Anglia Region Awards. Helimed House was entered for the award by the projects M&E consultant, Johns Slater and Haward, a building services consultancy in Ipswich. The judges described it as an excellent example of sustainable design, producing From left: Laura Mansel-Thomas, Adrian Catchpole, Joshua Willis, and CIBSE East Anglia chair Nicola Booth a great working environment, with attention paid to ventilation and thermal comfort. This was achieved through a truly collaborative approach, including the client, design team and manufacturers, they added. Matthew Jones, East Anglian Air Ambulance CEO, said: There was excellent collaboration by the project team, which means we can now offer current and future employees a healthy, comfortable working environment essential for attracting and retaining excellent people. Joshua Willis was named Young Engineer of the Year, impressing the judges with details of how he set up his company, JLB Electrical, during the pandemic to serve a real need in his local community. The judges said Joshua is a credit to the industry, and a great example of how a focus on customer service and attention to detail really pays off. The awards ceremony took place in October, at the University Arms Hotel in Cambridge, and 180 guests attended. For more on CIBSE East Anglia, visit www.cibse.org/get-involved/ regions/east-anglia Teams light up competition in three hours or less Teams led by Cundall, CBG Consultants and Marlow Integrated Design picked up the main awards at the Ready Steady Light competition, which took place in October. The Society of Light and Lightings (SLLs) annual event is organised in association with Rose Bruford College, and 13 mixed teams of students and lighting professionals competed this year to design and set up temporary exterior installations with a limited range of equipment in only three hours. Returning to basic engineering and design, they were tasked with lighting their site in its natural state with the equipment provided. Team Cundall won the Technical Award, Team CBG Consultants the Artistic Award, and Team Marlow Integrated Design the Peer Award. Each year, SLL Ready Steady Light welcomes teams from University College Londons light and lighting MSc course, plus a team from Rose Bruford College. It offers an opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience, experimenting with lighting techniques and working alongside practising lighting professionals. While the lighting community has worked to overcome the challenges presented by the pandemic, day-to-day work has continued. There have been new starters and the same requirements to support development, but without the crucial interaction of getting to work alongside colleagues in a shared space. So the Society felt it was more important than ever to provide design practices, students and lighting professionals with an opportunity to have fun and work together, with the added element of some friendly competition. 14 December 2022 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Dec 22 pp12-14, 16 CIBSE News.indd 14 25/11/2022 14:36