1 Attendance and Apologies

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1 EPG STEERING COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING FULCRUM CONSULTING, ROSEBERY AVE 8 TH JULY 2009, :00 PRESENT NAME (ABBRV) Phil Jones Jason McDonald Roger Hitchin Andy Hutton Michael Birnie Chani Leahong Ellen Salazar JM AH MB ES 1 Attendance and Apologies Apologies from: Keith Calder Mike Cookman Brian Spires Bruce Boucher John Field Debbie Hobbs David Frank Sarah Royse Jodi Willis Iain Fraser Ben Cartmell 2 Minutes Acceptance Minutes Accepted 3 Minutes Actions Outstanding Please refer to previous meeting minutes. ALL 4 Group Membership Update

2 Confirmation provided from Nyree Hughes that membership currently stands at 3,861. Note: Previous membership stood at ~7,900 and dropped to ~2,200 following data cleansing exercise Nyree Hughes also has provided confirmation that the committee cannot access the members list. Citing clauses in the group manual that specify, restrictions on access. and to reiterate concerns over membership to CIBSE board. In addition to raising issues related to website content. to investigate possibility to hold extraordinary meeting of special interest group members prior to CIBSE board meeting in order to review shared concerns / 5 Website Positive results from monthly web report. Continued thanks to Keith and Ellen for stats and website. i. What s New c/f KC actions from March meeting KC About the group i Industry News Continued positive hits results indicate news would be a worthwhile focus of expansion/development. Note Huge thanks again to Ellen for News. iv. Events Calendar Calendar under review. and to discuss with CIBSE board / v. Useful links All to continue to feed useful links to Keith. ALL vi. Learning Zone v Case Studies Not discussed. vi Expert Zone (should this be a part of the Learning Zone?) The Expert Zone in future is to run quarterly, therefore:

3 CRC to run June/July/August Experts for CRC: - John Field - Debbie Hobbs Next Expert Zone topic confirmed: DECs To run September/October/November Experts proposed for DECs: - Archie Spence - Richard Hipkiss - Paul Martin - Tony Johnston ES Future Expert Zone topic: Air Conditioning Inspections to run Dec/Jan/Feb Experts proposed for Air Conditioning Inspections : - Darren Brian - Andy Greenwood to ask Hywel Davies AH Future Expert Zone topic suggestions: Less is more Dec/Jan/Feb - go back to basics, don t get hypnotised by eco-bling, etc. Experts proposed for less is more : - Julius Brinkworth - Andy Ford?? to ask -??? to draft revised leader text for EG survey to attempt to draw more responses in a refresher round of the survey. to include link/intro to survey n next reminder introducing current and future expert zone topics JB 6 General Activities i. EPG Events

4 Next Conference: actions carried forward from previous minutes. EPG to undertake joint events with Sponge Part L evening consultations on non-domestic buildings, time and venue to be confirmed: 18th August - Manchester 19th August - Bristol 20th August - London For committee member information, the Zero Carbon Hub intends to undertake Part L consultations focusing domestic buildings: 4 th Aug: Birmingham 5 th Aug: Nottingham 6 th Aug: Cambridge 18 th Aug: London 25 th Aug: Liverpool 26 th Aug: Manchester 27 th Aug: Leeds 28 th Aug: Newcastle 2 nd Sep: Bristol 3 rd Sep: Exeter Article / Press releases i Marketing leaflet iv. EPG Think Tank (TT) 7 Other Activities i. Members Survey General members survey remains on hold. Revisit at next meeting. Embodied energy e in building services s project leading proposal to review methodologies and develop case studies Group is very supportive of idea and approach proposed by i Hurdles to accreditation

5 Reminder from Committee meeting minutes 12 th March 2009: Various reports of examples of issues with the accreditation process were cited including: a/c inspection attendee - 3 weeks to acknowledge application. 12 week process minimum. Many example of people with 6 months to get accredited. Example of 3 month wait to be told that CV was missing from submission. Debbie Hobbs (DH) has had lack of clarity of on what to do in Scotland (G issue) Clear guidance for CIBSE and accreditation bodies, regarding processes. Ways forward: - Survey question to members regarding their experiences of accreditation. Make clear an internal survey within the Group, with anonymous reporting of any results back to CIBSE. radio button approach. DH to draft question and circulate to selection of committee members for comment. Sarah Royse (SR) to assist Keith Calder (KC) to implement. DH SR/KC Demo version to be circulated to whole committee for testing. 8 AOB 9 Next 2 Meetings September 16 th 10am-12:30pm 12:30pm Venue: Fulcrum Consulting (62-68 Rosebery Ave, London, EC1R 4RR) ALL PLEASE NOTE & DIARY November 18 th 10am-12:30pm 12:30pm Venue: TBC