Kinsella Appointed CIBSE Vice President
Kinsella Appointed CIBSE Vice President
| 28 Jun 2010 |
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| AE Smith’s Peter Kinsella has been appointed Vice President of international peak body – the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) in London. Peter is the first person from outside of the UK to be appointed a CIBSE Vice President; a role that complements his existing position as the CIBSE Regional Chairman of Australia and New Zealand. His appointment comes at a time when there’s increasing global recognition of the role that buildings can play in reducing a nation’s energy requirements and resultant carbon emissions; and an understanding that lessons learnt from case studies or research in one part of the world can also provide valuable information in other regions of the globe. “The building services industry has slowly been shifting its focus from considering only the lowest initial cost to genuine consideration of the efficiency, comfort and sustainability of the building. Part of this can be attributed to the increased awareness and adoption of rating schemes and part due to the higher prevalence of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) projects, but it’s certainly seen as a good move for the industry and should provide building owners and their occupants with better performing buildings,” comments Peter. With over 10 years at AE Smith leading the Victorian engineering team, Peter is also a Green Star Accredited Professional, a director of ARBS and a NEBB Certified Professional. AE Smith congratulates Peter Kinsella on his prestigious appointment. Photo: Peter Kinsella is presented with the Vice Presidency Medal by Mike Simpson, former CIBSE President at Cumberland Lodge in the grounds of Windsor Park, London, May 2010. The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers is organised on a regional basis – there are 16 regions in the UK and 3 overseas, in the Republic of Ireland, Australia & New Zealand, and Hong Kong with CIBSE members in 87 countries outside the UK. There are country representatives in Sri Lanka, UAE and mainland China and Qatar. Source: www.cibse.org |
