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Renewable Energy
Awareness
We offer condensed
introductory courses to fit your availability as well as
full courses that lead to certification. Most courses
are held at our premises but we can also provide
training at your place too.
Course aim:
To provide participants with an understanding
of the issues, economics and technologies surrounding
the installation of renewable energy systems in a
domestic setting.
Expected learning outcomes
Participants will:
-Identify which renewable energy option(s) might be
appropriate in different circumstances
-Explain which end uses can be met by each technology,
i.e. space heating, power and lighting
-Discuss the various motivations for using renewable
energy
-List energy efficiency home improvements and behaviours
-Distinguish between different types of system
-Understand how systems work and their components
-Know where to access grants and the levels available
for each technology
-Calculate typical costs (including installation,
running costs, savings and payback times)
-Understand the issues to consider when installing
technologies in your own home (sizing, storage, grid
connection, maintenance)
-Understand planning and building control issues
-Calculate the CO 2 saving for each
technology
The full course
In the light of
rising fuel bills, the Governments commitment to carbon
reduction , BPEC has introduced a course designed to educate
and inform individuals about renewable energy heating
and energy technologies.
This course is aimed at ‘interested’ individuals who
wish to know more about existing and emerging renewable
energy technologies. The target market is householders,
housing associations, teachers, local building control
officers, housing developers, installers wishing to know
more before committing themselves to a full course, etc.
The course is designed to be as flexible as possible and
the sessions can be run as evening classes, day classes
or weekend seminars dependent upon customer preference.
The full course consists of 7 two hour sessions covering
1. Getting started, cost of fuel, climate change and
energy efficiency
2. Solar thermal water heating
3. Domestic scale biomass systems
4. Heat pumps
5. Wind power
6. Photo-voltaic systems
7. Micro-hydro
The course aim is to give background to each of these
technologies, to explain what each will do and will
not do and to cover costs, payback periods and
grants, etc. Individuals wishing to know more after
attending this course can progress to either the Full or
Defined Scope courses, depending upon their existing
skills and qualifications. For example a heating
engineer could undertake the full Solar Thermal Hot
Water course whilst an architect could undertake the
Defined Scope Solar Thermal Hot Water course.
Participants will be tested on their retention of
knowledge at the end of the programme and successful
candidates will receive a certificate of achievement.
Student materials
As the course aim is to provide an overview of
each technology there is no course manual supplied,
however there is student handout provided for each of
the technologies covering the key learning points.
Price
Course fees are £275 inc per candidate
There is no charge for the training and
assessment materials for BPEC approved centres.
The certification fee is £27.50 per successful candidate
For condensed courses please call us on
0845 094 3212
to
discuss your needs
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