HCNE Presentations
Our past presentations can be found in the list below. These sessions are arranged by the Home Counties North East Committee and feature special guests to present on a variety of topics.
To suggest an idea for a future presentation, either speak to the Committee members at the next meeting or email [email protected]
Past Presentations
Past Presentations in Detail
21 Febuary 2024
Dr Hywel Davies presented to all the Home Counties on the Building Safety Act.
This CPD traces the journey from basic switches to connected building eco-systems, looking into the technology, and applications of data harvesting, maximising energy consumption and creating dynamic spaces with lighting quality taken to even new heights.
Speaker: Steve Shackleton
Steve is Lighting Applications Manager for Fagerhult UK and has spent 41 years in the lighting industry, initially as a lighting designer but more latterly in management roles encompassing design, systems, marketing, technical and sales, in both the UK and Europe
The UK has signalled that it will be a zero carbon country by 2050 and is focused on building safety and efficiency as the key areas that need to be addressed urgently. What can we expect to change? This presentation gives an overview on the timeline for Building Regulations, Future Homes Standard, and the Building Safety Bill.
Introduction to BMS (Part One), delivered by Andrew McKenna, Operations Director at Global Associates, on 26 October 2020.
Introduction to BMS (Part Two), delivered by Andrew McKenna of Global Associates on Tuesday 23 February 2021.
Presented by Bosch UK on 24 November 2020.
A lecture on the changes to BS 7671:2018 introduced by the Second Amendment released on the 28th March 2022.
Speaker: Eur Ing Leon Markwel MSc BSc CEng MIET MCIBSE
CIBSE HCNE: General introduction to UPS systems
This webinar addresses:
- Identifying the need for UPSs
- Basic operation and building blocks of a UPS system
- Comparison of UPS technologies
- Energy storage options
- Adding system redundancy
- Communication and monitoring options
Speaker: Dr Joe Short, Technical Director, Recirc Energy
Joe presents a whistle stop tour of wastewater heat recovery with a focus on municipal wastewater heat recovery, including:
- Fundamentals of how the system works – hydraulics/schematic, plant requirements etc
- Energy performance – what is achievable, reliability, technology options
- Interfaces with the water authority
- What are the limits for use (scale of development, scale of sewer etc, adjacent developments)
In this webinar, Martin Hine from Prolojik discusses the key aspects of smart control systems within the built environment including, smart buildings and sensing networks, lighting controls, The WELL Standard and the technologies now available. Martin also discusses the application of smart technologies, within buildings, including interfacing with systems and future trends in smart technologies.
The UK has signalled that it will be a zero carbon country by 2050 and is focused on building safety and efficiency as the key areas that need to be addressed urgently. What can we expect to change? This presentation gives an overview on the timeline for Building Regulations, Future Homes Standard, and the Building Safety Bill.
CIBSE HCNE and SPACES Annual Event. Online seminar on Latest Developments with the Building Safety Bill, delivered by Dr Hywel Davies on Tuesday 8 December 2020.
by E&I Engineering, on 26 May 2020