NEWS Presidents medal awarded to Peter Raynham Contributions by individuals to the lighting industry were recognised at the SLL AGM. A significant lifetime contribution resulted in the Presidents Medal being awarded to Peter Raynham, professor of the lit environment at University College London, past president of SLL and former principal author of the Code for Lighting. Atkins associate David Mooney received the Lighting Award for his outstanding service to the society. Most recently, he led and authored LG12 on emergency lighting. Peter Hunt, recently retired COO of the Lighting Industry Association, was given an Honorary Fellowship, while the SLLs Regional Award was presented to designer Bonnie Brooks, director of Lighting Bee. The Leon Gaster Award for best paper concerned with lighting applications published in the Lighting Research and Technology Journal went to Christopher Kyba, Andreas Ruby, Helga Kuechly, Bruce Kinzey, Naomi Miller, Jessie Sanders, John Barentine, Ralph Kleinodt and Brian Espey for Direct measurement of the contribution of street lighting to satellite observations of night-time light emissions from urban areas. The Walsh Weston Award for best paper covering more fundamental lighting matters went to Ayesha Batool, Peter Rutherford, Paul McGraw, Timothy Ledgeway and Sergio Altomonte for View preference in urban environments. Finalists announced for Ken Dale award The Ken Dale Travel Bursary awards the winner up to 4,000 to do research within the built environment. This years finalists and their projects are: Samuel Shuttleworth: A study into the influence that the Nabers rating scheme has had on Australian buildings, to highlight the benefits of implementing the rating scheme more widely in the UK. Agha Hassan: Future-proof supermarkets: A study to enhance the building performance under future climate change. Eyob Kibrom: Solar energy and buildings in Eritrea. Aluwaine Tanaka Manyonga: Assessing the impact of using offgrid solar-powered DC LED lighting systems on improving reliability and access to lighting in Southern Africas rural buildings (case study of schools and residential buildings). Kyle Thirwell: An investigation of the commercial, technical and end-user experience of existing heat and cooling networks in the Nordics capturing lessons learnt in which the UK data centre market will look to follow. New SLL president says future is bright Andrew Bissell believes lighting designers can improve peoples lives Andrew Bissell has been inaugurated as the new president of the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL). He took over the role from Ruth Kelly Waskett MCIBSE FSLL at the societys AGM and awards, held at the Peoples History Museum in Manchester last month. After more than 15 years as director of Light4 at Cundall, Bissell recently became a partner at property and construction consultancy Ridge. In his presidential address, he was optimistic for the future of the lighting industry. Light and lighting can, and will, have a pivotal role in conserving the planet, benefiting society and improving the lives of every individual, he said. Bissell believes progress in knowledge, research and awareness are leading to a better understanding of how lighting and its absence can contribute to wellbeing. He focused on the importance of better access to daylight, particularly with the increase in home working. He said: Most of us chose our own lighting at home and when to use it, even preferring lower lighting levels if it meant we were lighting our Andrew Bissell spaces with daylight. He went on to highlight the ecological benefits of limiting the use of light at night, drawing attention to the SLLs LG21: Protecting the night-time environment. Bissell emphasised that, regardless of the issue, the expertise of lighting designers was key: As lighters, we have the knowledge, ability, products and passion that can improve peoples lives. He called on those in the audience to ensure the next generation of lighters continued to make the society relevant and ambitious. Krebs calls for more involvement as he takes up chair of SDE Andrew Krebs The Society of Digital Engineering (SDE) welcomed new chair Andrew Krebs at its AGM in June. He takes over from Les Copeland, to whom Krebs paid tribute. He praised Copeland for steering the society since 2017 from a mere idea to an industry touchstone devoted to digitising the built environment. His contribution to the industry cannot be overstated. Krebs outlined three areas of initial focus for the SDE: creating a complete and equitable membership setup; developing and improving the SDEs communications with members; and increasing the visibility of the SDE within the built environment and wider society. On taking up the role, Krebs called for more people to come forward and be involved. There is a lot of work to do and we need you to help us in defining how we move forward and shape the built environment, he said. Whatever background you come from, whichever part of the industry you work in, I want the SDE to be a home for you to connect with peers and to make the world better, one digit at a time. I feel really very grateful to be given the chance to lead the society after the immense hard work that has gone into the past 5-6 years, he added. For more information on the SDE visit: www.cibse.org/sde 10 July 2022 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE July 22 pp10-11 CIBSE News.indd 10 24/06/2022 15:08