TrainEnergy
Upskilling of Irish Tradespersons for retrofitting and building of low energy buildings is a key goal of the Tipperary Energy Agency. The TEA in conjunction with Cork institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Blanchards town developed an upskilling course, supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe program. The project Website can be visited here. The summary report will be available shortly.
This 9 day course was run in March and April 2011 and included 2 days on site in Tipperary, one day in the Eco-Village in Cloughjordan, one day visiting existing retrofitted houses from the SERVE project.
As part of this project 50 Irish tradespeople were trained with the Pilot Training materials. These materials are all available free to download and are in-depth and relevant to the tradesperson as part of their upskilling. The modules available cover the following topics (click through for the links):
Module 1 – Energy Stats and Legislation – Ireland.pdf
Module 2.2 – Heat transfer mechanisms.pdf
Module 2.3 – Fabric and ventilation heat loss.pdf
Module 3.1 – Introduction to U-values.pdf
Module 3.2 – Resistance of air layers and surface layers.pdf
Module 3.3 – Calculation of U-value – simple construction.pdf
Module 3.4 – Caclulation of U-value – thermal bridging.pdf
Module 3.5 – Calculation of U-value – Concrete slab ground floor.pdf
Module 3.6 – Calculation of U-value – adjacent to unheated spaces.pdf
Module 3.7 – Thermal Bridging.pdf
Module 3.8 – Window U-value.pdf
Module 5.6 – District Heating.pdf
Module 6 – Water heating systems.pdf
Module 9 – Renewable Energy Systems.pdf
Module 10 – Approved construction details.pdf
Module 12 – Improvement Exercise.pdf
