The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineering (CIBSE) is a professional body that aims to further advance the field of building services engineering through providing education, research and support with a strong community of professionals. The CIBSE organisation has its origins in the closing years of the Victorian era when technical solutions to improve comfort in buildings were becoming more prevalent.
As a global body, CIBSE supplies professional expertise and support all around the world. CIBSE’s influence can vary from spearheading advancements in the most influential regions in the world to aiding developing sectors in the world to provide a better and sustainable living standard.
Building services engineering makes buildings meet the needs of the people that work and live inside them. As you are reading this, you are most likely in building right now without even being conscious of the lighting, temperature, air flow, plumbing, safety systems etc. This luxury is available to you due to the minds and work of innovative and holistic building services engineers. These are the people who bring buildings to life and this goes just beyond your home or work office.
Imagine the air filtration systems you’d need in a clean computer manufacturing facility. The heating controls in a special care baby unit? The airflow systems needed to control bacteria and humidity in an operating theatre? What about security systems at an airport or in the Headquarters of MI5? Lighting the Olympic Stadium? Coping with a power cut in the dealing room of a City banker? This is everyday work for a building services engineer.
At any sports event, think about what the spectators and athletes are experiencing. People movement, communications for scoreboards, security and safety. All these systems are designed, installed and maintained by Building Services Engineers.
There will always be a need for building services engineers as there will always be a demand for buildings in society which makes it a great career to head into. It is a career which provides a variety of options and experiences of different environments, and its holistic nature allows you to work with people from all disciplines.
Building services engineers are now more important than ever as sustainability is an ever-growing objective for humanity. With global energy crisis’s, climate change, a lack of resources and an array other issues, means creating living and working environments that are sustainable for generations to come is the new challenge. This means people with creative and innovative minds can thrive in positively impacting the world with their ideas through building services engineering.
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