BRE Trust Receives Prestigious 'Lamp of Knowledge' Award 2007

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) has selected the BRE Trust as the recipient of its prestigious David A Lucht 'Lamp of Knowledge' Award for 2007. This is the first time this award has been made to an organisation outside the US.

Over recent years the Trust has supported higher education and research in fire safety engineering at a number of institutions including Queen Mary London, Bolton and Cranfield Universities and has contributed to establishing the BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.

Sir Neville Simms (pictured holding the award), the chairman of Trust said “The BRE Trust is honoured to receive the Lamp of Knowledge Award from the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. In making this award the Board of Directors of the SFPE has recognised the substantial contribution the BRE Trust is making to increasing the opportunities for higher education and research in fire protection engineering”

Professor Jose Torero, who holds the BRE Trust/Royal Academy of Engineering chair in Fire Safety Engineering at the University of Edinburgh accepted the Lamp of Knowledge on behalf of the Trust at the recent annual meeting of the SFPE held in Las Vegas.