The DIT Building Services Student Awards were presented at a ceremony in Bolton St recently with a capacity attendance including lecturers, students and members of their families. The event was sponsored by Hevac and supported by CIBSE Ireland. Seamus English and David Doherty were the Hevac representatives present.
A full lecture theatre heard presentations by all six finalists across the Level 7 and Level 8 final programmes (final year). In the interval when the judges were doing their final assessments, the attendees heard some useful industry news from Darragh Canning of Axis Engineering. The winners were then awarded a cash prize and medal, with a special award going to the highest scoring student in 2011.
The awards were presented as follows:
Level 7
Winner: Paul Cleary – Legionella;
Runner up: Shane Toolan – Heat Recovery for Commercial Buildings;
Runner up: Cathal McDermot – Rainwater Harvesting For Domestic Use In Ireland.
Level 8
Winner: Carlos Gonzalez – Fire Simulation Software;
Runner up: Christina McHugh – Natural Lighting;
Runner up: Mark Foley – CHP.
Albert Byrne Memorial Gary Tormey, Delap & Waller.