CIBSE News

Article category: News
Published on: 24 Aug 26

Lessons Learnt the Hard Way: 2026 CIBSE ANZ Seminar Wrap-Up

CIBSE ANZ's flagship 2026 seminar, Lessons Learnt the Hard Way, brought engineers together across six Australia/New Zealand venues for a day of candid project insights, with communication and teamwork emerging as the throughline across nearly every session. A highlight was the Soft Landings Workshop on overcoming barriers to better building outcomes and overwhelmingly positive attendee feedback. Thanks to Gold Sponsors Seber Recruitment and Optergy for supporting the day and Aurecon for their AV and venue facilities.

Article category: News
Published on: 10 Aug 26

We check tomorrow's weather. Why are we still designing buildings for yesterday's climate?

CIBSE Environmental Data Scientist Jasmine Ng explores why designing buildings around historical weather data is no longer enough as the UK’s climate changes. CIBSE’s future weather files enable engineers to take a risk-based approach, stress-test buildings against plausible future climates and create more resilient, safe and comfortable spaces

Article category: News
Published on: 07 Aug 26

CIBSE Economic Life Expectancy Tables 2026 now live with improved alignment with other industry data standards

The 2026 CIBSE Economic Life Expectancy Tables will strengthen data consistency across the industry to improve asset investment planning, maintenance and sustainability outcomes, and introduce expanded asset coverage – that has been embedded into a variation factoring tool, to support more accurate life-cycle forecasting

Article category: News
Published on: 06 Aug 26

SLL are supporting LiGHT 26

The SLL are delighted to be supporting LiGHT 26 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, on the 18th and 19th of November 2026.

Article category: News
Published on: 04 Aug 26

Khorshid Meihami is the recipient of the Jean Heap Bursary 2026

Khorshid Meihami is the recipient of the Jean Heap Bursary 2026.

Article category: News
Published on: 29 Jul 26

CIBSE ANZ announces judging panel for 2026 Young Engineers Awards

CIBSE ANZ is pleased to introduce the ten industry leaders who will judge the 2026 CIBSE ANZ Young Engineers Awards, chaired by Enda Seyama-Heneghan, CIBSE ANZ Young Engineers Network Chair.

Article category: News
Published on: 28 Jul 26

Aligned and ready: Verification to the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard is now open

From today, buildings and their evidence can be submitted for verification by Bureau Veritas, allowing robust Net Zero Carbon Aligned claims

Article category: News
Published on: 28 Jul 26

Sustainability Unfiltered - series of lighting events

The Society of Light and Lighting and The Lighting Industry Association join forces to present Sustainability Unfiltered: a new event series repeated in Manchester, London and Edinburgh. Think you've heard it all before? Ready to move on to something new? Sustainability is no trend. It's a defining challenge for our industry.

Article category: News
Published on: 28 Jul 26

Fundamentals of Drainage Design in Reactive & Unstable Soils Now Open for Registration

Following January's announcement of CIBSE's Memorandum of Understanding with AHSCA (QLD), HCAA and ICC, the new Fundamentals of Drainage Design in Reactive & Unstable Soils course is now confirmed and open for bookings — the first time this training has been delivered to industry.

Article category: News
Published on: 23 Jul 26

Building confidence in Whole Life Carbon Assessment through recognised professional competency

As demand for Whole Life Carbon Assessments continues to grow, demonstrating professional competence has never been more important. CIBSE Certification's Whole Life Carbon Assessor competency scheme provides independent recognition of expertise while giving clients and the wider industry confidence in the quality of assessments

Article category: News
Published on: 23 Jul 26

CIBSE Certification launches Whole Life Carbon Assessors Register to support low-carbon expertise

CIBSE Certification has launched the Whole Life Carbon Assessors (WLCA) Register to recognise competency in assessment of carbon and reducing whole-life carbon in buildings.

Article category: News
Published on: 16 Jul 26

CIBSE honours Chris Skidmore with Honorary Fellowship recognition for outstanding contribution to climate leadership and net zero

Presented by 2026-2027 CIBSE President Dave Cooper, the event celebrated Chris Skidmore’s influential role in shaping climate policy and supporting the transition towards a more sustainable built environment