ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY EAST MEETS WEST CIAT membership in China and Hong Kong Issue 90 July- August 2010 ISSN 1361- 326X £ 2.50 AT Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists

CONTENTS 3Membership 4President's Newsletter 6Regions 8Institute news 9Honorary positions 14Crossing the Bridge to Efficient Design 16Onsite Renewable Energy 18A Scottish Passive House 25Architectural Technology in the Far East 26Graduates' Charity Cycle 27Recycling and Waste Management Show Editor's Letter Six months have passed already and this is my last issue as Editor! I hope you have enjoyed the magazine under my tenure and will welcome back Hugh Morrison from his sabbatical. Vivien Macdona, Communications Assistant, has now left for pastures new, as her six month contract ended on 16 July. An apology is due for the misrepresentation of Wales in the Regional map printed on page three of the previous issue. The green line had not taken in the whole of North Wales resulting in a few counties being credited to England. Further to Paul Travis' article, also in the previous magazine, a mention must be given to www. understanding conservation. org which is recommended as a reference source for further reading on conservation. Don't forget that as part of the Institute's Specialist Registers, there is the Accredited Conservation scheme and full details can be found on our website. The Institute had a successful exhibition at Greenbuild Expo held in Manchester at the start of May. Seminar talks given by our members were well received and it was once again an excellent opportunity to promote the Institute, the discipline and you, the members. I am pleased to include in this issue a case study regarding the passive house, which follows the two part article by Steff Bell ACIAT in previous issues. I hope that this has been an interesting feature. I now hand you back to Hugh. Adam Cover: Guang Zhou New Bai Yuan International Airport by Yau Pak Man MCIAT AT magazine is published by The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists 397 City Road London EC1V 1NH UK Tel. + 44( 0) 20 7278 2206 Fax. + 44( 0) 20 7837 3194 info@ ciat. org. uk www. ciat. org. uk Chief Executive: Francesca Berriman Editor, Advertising: Adam Endacott adam@ ciat. org. uk Deputy Editor: Vivien Macdona vivien@ ciat. org. uk Copy deadline for next edition: 20 August 2010 Short articles from CIAT Regions and Centres accepted until 2 September Edition published 4 October Advertising deadline for next edition: Orders must be placed by 2 September Distribution: c. 9500 CIAT members plus c. 2500 related professionals ( Publisher's statement) The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists ( CIAT) represents over 9500 professionals working and studying in the field of Architectural Technology. CIAT is internationally recognised as the qualifying body for Chartered Architectural Technologists, MCIAT and professional Architectural Technicians, TCIAT. Printed by: The Lavenham Press Ltd, Lavenham, Suffolk. Publication of an article or item does not imply that CIAT or any of its staff is in agreement with the views expressed, nor does CIAT or any of its staff accept responsibility for errors or omissions. © CIAT 2010 2 ATJULY- AUGUST2010 Do we have your current email address? If not please email info@ ciat. org. uk.