CIBSE Australia and New Zealand 30th Anniversary

CONFERENCES AND COLLABORATION
SBSE
2008 CIBSE / SBSE
SOFT LANDINGS ?
THE NEXT BIG THING
LEAN AND GREEN?
Soft Landings is a concept that is changing the way we think about design and delivery of
Adapt or DIE!
sustainable buildings. It provides a way to radically improve sustainability and overall building
performance. If you have any interest in delivering better buildings, then you will not want to miss
this incredible opportunity to hear from two of the world's leading experts.
CIBSE believes this is such an important issue that we have organised these half day workshops
in each of our key chapters throughout Australia and New Zealand.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT
SOFT LANDINGS?
“As an industry, we have often seemed incapable of
learning about the performance of our own creations, with Soft Landings is embedded in the entire procurement
Over 95% of buildings are not green, deliver the inevitable result that buildings regularly fail to meet their process from initial scope to well beyond project
owners’ operational expectations or, worse, are demolished completion. Soft Landings helps to minimise the chances of
a suboptimal workplace environment and less than a generation after their completion. For those unsatisfactory performance, addresses and even
outside the industry the idea of continual improvement – pre-empts problems during the early occupation phase and
could be considerably more productive. ploughing back the lessons from one completed project to ensures that lessons from closer interaction with occupiers
the next – must be obvious but, with few exceptions, this is are learnt and shared.
With sustainability comes complexity. This rarely done by an industry too obsessed by capital cost.
Soft Landings can be used for new construction,
Shortcomings are not only irritating and coheir own right,
refurbishment and alteration. It is designed to smooth the
requires more flexible and creative solutionsbut also undermine attempts to achieve high levels of
transition into use and to address problems that post
sustainability”.
occupancy evaluations show to be widespread.
to create an intelligent building.
Rab Bennetts, Bennetts Associates, June 2009
Soft Landings starts by raising awareness of performance
BUT WE’RE WAKING UP in use in the early stages of briefing and feasibility, helps to
set realistic targets and assigns responsibilities. It then
There is a growing realisation that sustainability, energy
efficiency and the overall performance of new and existing
VIP KEYNOTE SPEAKER buildings need to improve radically. Clients, governments THE NEXT BIG THING?
WORKSHOP SERIES and society are looking to the construction industry to meet Soft Landings provides a unified vehicle for engaging with
increasingly challenging targets by creating robust outcomes throughout the process of briefing, design and
sustainable investments that satisfy occupiers and tread delivery. It dovetails with energy performance certification,
building logbooks, green leases and corporate social
lightly on the environment.
Challenges & Opportunities
responsibility.
for the Built EnvironmentWITH SOFT LANDINGS Soft Landings can run alongside any procurement process.
Soft Landings is the tool that will ensure both clients and It costs very little, well within the margin of competitive bids.
occupiers get the best out of their new or altered buildings.
Green Intelligent Buildings It is designed to reduce tensions and frustrations that so
Most of all, Soft Landings creates virtuous circles for all, and
offers the best hope for truly integrated, robust and
often occur during initial occupancy. At its core is a greater
From Promise to Reality
sustainable design.
involvement of designers and constructors with building
users and operators before, during and after handover of It provides the best opportunity for producing low-carbon
building work, with an emphasis on improving operational buildings that meet their design target.
Creating the Productive readiness and performance in use.
Workplace
Schedule of Workshops Dates & Locations
PERTH
WELLINGTON
Monday 1st November
Friday 12th November
ADELAIDE
AUCKLAND
Wednesday 3rd November
Monday 15th November
CANBERRA
SYDNEY
Friday 5th November
Wednesday 17th November
BRISBANE
MELBOURNE
Monday 8th November
Tuesday 23rd November
CHRISTCHURCH
Wednesday 10th November
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Collaboration between CIBSE and Engineers Australia
resulted in the formation of the Society of Building
Services Engineering (SBSE) in 1996. This alliance
also led to the first of many jointly organised events
including ‘The Big Picture’ Regional Conference
and Exhibition in 1996, and literally hundreds of
subsequent technical sessions in WA, SA Victoria,
NSW and Queensland. CIBSE and Engineers Australia
remain kindred organisations, with an alliance
captured in a formal Mutual Recognition agreement.
This was ratified by the Engineers Australia Board of
Management, February 1997.
A similar agreement was signed in 2000 with The
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
(IPENZ) to provide ‘mutual recognition for members
of both institutions residing or practising building
services in New Zealand’.
In 1998, CIBSE ANZ joined forces with major
industry associations AIRAH; AMCA; AREMA; ARWA
& RACCA to form the CIBSE ANZ Air Conditioning,
Refrigeration and Building Services (ARBS)
Exhibition. It is Australia’s only international trade
exhibition for the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) and building services
industry. As a member of ARBS, CIBSE is represented
on the board of directors that meets regularly to plan
and oversee the development and success of the
exhibition to benefit and support the industry.
CIBSE ANZ has participated in successful ARBS
exhibitions, held every two years, alternating venues
between Melbourne and Sydney. In 2018, the ARBS
Exhibition will return to Sydney to celebrate its 20th
anniversary with an expected participation of over
350 exhibitors and more than 10,000 visitors. ARBS
Exhibition will continue to provide an industry wide
business networking and knowledge platform for
all HVAC&R and building services professionals and
trades well into the future.
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