CIBSE | NEWS Buro Happolds triple win at SDE Digital Awards Dr Jeremy Cockroft remembered The CIBSE Scotland Regional Committee is saddened to report that committee member Dr Jeremy Cockroft has died. Jeremy had a big impact on many in the Region through his volunteering work at CIBSE Scotland. He received a CIBSE bronze medal in 2023 in recognition of his exceptional service. He was dedicated to his field and to the Region, and he was very proud to be recognised by CIBSE in this way. Jeremy joined the CIBSE Scotland Regional Committee in 2007 and has been a very active member ever since. He had been the Technical Meetings Convenor and organised a huge number of wellattended and educational technical seminars for the Scottish Region. If you would like to pass on any messages or photos of Jeremy to his family, please send them to scotland@cibse.org Consultancy scoops three prizes as entries hailed as most varied ever Buro Happold was the big winner at the Society of Digital Engineering (SDE) Digital Awards, which took place at Build2Perform Live last month. It was not only named best consultancy, but also picked up the Best Project and Collaboration and Digital Champion awards for its Digital Twins for Cities scheme. Red Engineering was highly commended in the Best Consultancy category, while the Best Contractor award went to BAM Nuttall. The Best Digital Engineer was James Thomson MCIBSE, deputy head of digital engineering at Ramboll UK. Kinship was named Best Manufacturer and WSPs Grasshopper Embodied Carbon and Thermal Analysis tool won the Best Process and its Application award. The inaugural Outstanding Contribution Award for services to the digitalisation of the built environment went to May Wineld, global director of commercial, legal and digital risks at Buro Happold. SDE chair Andrew Krebs, said: Mays contribution to the legal framework around BIM and digital information exchange on projects has, and Comedian Zoe Lyons to host Building Performance Awards Zoe Lyons, comedian and series regular on BBC2s Mock the Week and Radio 4s The News Quiz, has been announced as host of the 2024 CIBSE Building Performance Awards. The awards remain the only ones that recognise the actual measured performance of completed buildings. They will be presented at a ceremony taking place at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel, London, on Thursday 29 February 2024. To book your place to celebrate with the best in the industry, visit www.cibse.org/bpa will continue to have, a foundational impact on all of us. Entries to the awards were the most varied ever seen. Krebs said: I would like to thank every entrant for their time and effort in submitting to the awards. The judges also deserve immense credit, and my thanks go to them for enabling the awards to take place. Krebs presented the outgoing CIBSE head of digital engineering, Carl Collins, with a life membership of the society for his unsurpassable contribution to the creation and running of the Society from its inception. Best Process and Application went to Decarbonomics Carrasco takes title with new circadian light assessment tool Teresa Aguilar Carrasco has been named SLL Young Lighter 2023 for her project CircaLight, a new circadian light assessment tool for Grasshopper environment. Carrasco was announced as the winner at Light2Perform in December, following the nals in November, when the four nalists presented their papers at LiGHT23, in Islington, London. Carrasco, who graduated from the University of Seville in 2019, is a researcher in the Department of Architectural Construction at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Seville, studying for a PhD in architecture. Her doctoral research encompasses lighting and energy efciency, and focuses on the impact of lighting on visual comfort and the health of individuals, particularly its effect on circadian rhythms. The judges felt that her work took a number of processes and presented a new way of tackling the challenges of daylight assessment of different metrics, delivering a consistent methodology to present and communicate the outcomes. The other SLL Young Lighter 2023 nalists were: Anna Freiesleben (Michael Grubb Studio), Irene Mazzei (Edinburgh Napier University/Stoane Lighting) and Tom Ruddle (EGG Lighting). All received a cash prize, plus a years free SLL membership. If you would like more information about the SLL Young Lighter competition and how to enter in 2024, email sll@cibse.org. Carrasco receives her award from SLL president elect Dan Lister CIC appoints Les Copeland to its board Les Copeland FCIBSE has been appointed to the board of the Construction Industry Council (CIC). Copeland is a CIBSE vicepresident and member of the Board of Trustees. He is also Buildings Global Major Projects & UK commercial director at Ramboll. His initial term of office on the CIC board is three years, which can be renewed for a further three years. The CIC is the representative forum for professional bodies, research organisations and specialist business associations in the construction industry. 12 January 2024 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Jan 24 pp10-12 CIBSE News.indd 12 21/12/2023 17:48