Forthcoming CarbonLite Training Courses
Please find below details of our 2012 training courses. These courses frequently sell out and early booking is advised.
CARBONLITE PASSIVHAUS DESIGNER COURSE & EXAM
AECB CarbonLite is offering a Passive House Designer programme specifically for the UK. The course will be delivered by UK professionals with Passivhaus experience. Courses are running in Birmingham during February/March 2012, London during April/May 2012 and Plymouth during May/June 2012.
Introduction to Passivhaus
This course is aimed at the design team who are new to low energy buildings and the use of the Passivhaus standard. It introduces the principles behind the Passivhaus standard and methodologies for a variety of building types and the use of the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) for achieving low energy performance. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the Passivhaus design and certification process and associated costs.
Science of Passivhaus *NEW COURSE*
What makes the Passivhaus standard different? How does it work? This course addresses the fundamental physics of heat loss and gains and shows how each of the required values can be calculated. It looks at what is necessary for thermal comfort. It deals with the energy balance of windows, and the balance of the whole buildings, and how to calculate the remaining heating requirement. It also deals with primary energy requirement for the whole building, ie hot water, appliances and lighting. This is a course for those who want to understand the Physics of energy in buildings.
Construction of Passivhaus *NEW COURSE*
How do I build a Passivhaus? How is it different from normal construction? This course answers these questions along with some specific guidance on achieving the standard of airtightness and thermal bridge free construction required by the standard. It also looks at the contractual side and suggests ways that care in the allocation of responsibility can help achieve your goal.
Thermal Bridging
Find out how to minimise the effect of thermal bridging when designing low energy and CO2 buildings to AECB standards. This course shows attendees how to use free numerical modelling software on a number of practical examples. This course is not part of the Passivhaus Designer course, but we recommned that this course is booked as a supplementary course.
Building Services for Passivhaus *NEW COURSE*
You have won a contract for the design of buildings services, but the contract has a requirement for Passivhaus certification. What do you need to know? The course majors on all aspects of ventilation design, from concepts through to calculation. It then moves on to the choice of heating system, the provision of hot water, and calculations of lighting appliances and Primary Energy, with reference to the inputs required in the Planning Package for Passivhaus (PHPP).
Using PHPP to Design Low Energy Buildings
This practical hands-on course will provide energy consultants, technical building designers and architects with the skills necessary to design low energy and CO2 buildings to AECB standards using the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP). Delegates will need to bring a laptop with mouse, pre-loaded with a copy of the PHPP software for this course.
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