NEA Northern Ireland

Qualifications

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Introduction to Domestic Renewable
Low Carbon Technologies
(Level 2 Award – CQ11641/001)

The UK government set out a target, enshrined in the Climate Change Act (2008), to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions across the whole of the UK by 2050.

Decarbonising homes is central to achieving that target and there is an urgent need to address the carbon emissions produced in heating and powering domestic properties. While the electricity powering lighting and appliances is decarbonising fast, the majority of homes still rely on burning fossil fuels for heating, hot water and cooking.

This course will provide an introduction to the role domestic scale renewable technologies can play in reducing carbon emissions. It will provide a non-technical explanation of how the technologies work, the factors to consider when installing these technologies, costings, potential carbon savings and their advantages and drawbacks.

Course Audience

Anyone who requires an introduction to decarbonising energy use in the home through the installation of the main renewable technologies.

Pre-requisite 

The course requires no prior knowledge of biomass, heat pumps (air and ground source), solar thermal hot water and solar photovoltaics.
As this is a level 2 qualification, learners will require basic literacy and numeracy skills.

Course Aim

The overall aim of the course is to explain the role the key domestic renewable technologies – biomass heaters and boilers, heat pumps, solar thermal hot water and solar photovoltaics – can play in decarbonising energy use in the home.

Course Objectives

Explain:
• Decarbonisation;
• The main renewable heat technologies – biomass, heat pumps and solar thermal hot water;
• Renewable electricity – solar photovoltaics;
• The factors to consider before installing domestic renewable technologies;
• Advantages and drawbacks of the main technologies.

Delivery Method:

Webinar

Assessment

The assessment consists of one open book exam which will take around 3 hours to complete.

Duration 

Two half-day webinars followed by an open book assessment. There are no set timescales for the assessment, but it is expected to take around 3 hours.

For further details, fees and booking please contact

Nichola MacDougall, Training Officer (NI), National Energy Action NI
Tel: 028 9023 9909