Net Zero: Practical Pathway Programme

Overview

Your Business. Your Project. Your Pathway.

A powerful and dynamic programme giving you the direction and confidence to:

1. Build Your Net Zero Knowledge.
2. Identify Your Net Zero Goals. 
3. Create & Implement Your Net Zero Pathway. 

With commercial demand for net zero exceeding supply, there is a clear opportunity for building services professionals to be industry leaders and drivers for change.  The winners will be those that plan for the future and embrace a more efficient, dynamic and net zero way of working.  Can your organisation afford to be left behind? 

"The trainer was superb and a real expert in his field.  He blended the right amount of technical expertise with clarity into the presentation, which related well to what the University is trying to achieve.  I felt that I had learned a significant amount by the end of the day" - University of Bristol

"The expertise and quality of the lecturers was superb. They made the training really relevant to the challenges we are facing" - University of Bristol

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Who should attend

This course is suitable for anyone who wishes to understand net zero terminology and work towards a net zero future. It is adaptable for a wide audience of built environment professionals and organisations, including consultants, contractors, building owners/operators.

Course content

Day 1 - Net Zero Knowledge:

• Net zero whole life carbon - what it is
• Operational energy: 
  • Defining what good looks like
  • How to calculate Energy Use Intensity & Space Heating Demand
  • How to achieve net zero operational carbon energy:
    • Energy efficiency
    • Low carbon heating
    • Demand response
    • Renewable energy generation
    • Data disclosure 
•  Embodied carbon:
  • Upfront embodied carbon and life cycle embodied carbon
  • Design principles and how to assess embodied carbon
• Carbon offsetting
• Regulations and policies

Day 2 - Identifying Net Zero Projects & Setting A Net Zero Roadmap:

• Identifying net zero projects: 
  • Investment boundary
  • Scope of carbon emissions
  • Current performance (baseline)
  • Net Zero Objectives
  • Timeframe
• Setting a net zero roadmap
  • Stakeholders - audience and accountability
  • Challenges and solutions:
    • Objectives
    • Steps to achieve
    • Measuring success
    • Resources
    • Timescales