Having the Chartered Environmentalist accreditation gives me formal recognition of my knowledge and experience of sustainable forms of construction and their application in helping to deliver a sustainable environment. I would recommend CEnv registration to other CIAT members because of this formal recognition and the increased professional credibility it provides.
Barry Ford CEnv
FAST Architecture, Chartered Architectural Technologist and Environmentalist
Barry started in architectural practice in 1988 and has been a Chartered Architectural Technologist since 2000. He has a wide range of experience, evenly split between new build and refurbishment projects, many of which have been work to listed or historic buildings, and in the sectors of education, industrial, commercial, healthcare, residential and community/ ecclesiastical buildings. Barry has found the greatest reward working on community projects and accommodation projects for people with special needs: each project is very different and brings its own design and technical challenges, but most important is the satisfaction of knowing that the completed project has made a positive difference to people’s lives.
Whilst having a long-standing interest in sustainable design Barry started to take this more seriously when he was a member of an award-winning design team for a RIBA Sustainable School competition in 2001. Barry has been a proponent of sustainable design on the projects he has worked on; discussing the possibilities with clients and design teams, and he has worked on a number of buildings designed and detailed to Passivhaus standards.
When CIAT first announced their collaboration with the Society for the Environment, enabling members to become Chartered Environmentalists, it seemed a natural step for Barry to take and he is very proud to be amongst the first Architectural Technologists to gain the CEnv qualification in 2008.
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