Web Class

UK & Ireland Residential Retrofit - 5 Part Series

• 7.5 Hours Formal CPD

Online

From £249 + VAT

Course information

September / October 2024 Schedule

11/09/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)
18/09/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)
25/09/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)
02/10/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)
09/10/2024 | 09:30 - 11:00 (BST)

The Retrofit Standard was created in response to a growing demand for retrofit services in the UK. It ensures that consumers carrying out retrofit upgrades to a residential property receive advice from skilled, regulated professionals, and protects the public interest by upholding high standards in a growing market. The retrofit standard will be effective 31^st October 2024.

Join our comprehensive course designed to equip professionals with the essential skills and knowledge to excel in retrofit projects. Our five web classes offer a deep dive into critical aspects, ensuring you're poised for success at every stage.

The sessions will cover essential aspects of retrofit projects, including effective coordination, expert advice provision, detailed assessment and data interpretation, retrofit design installation and project handover, and performance review and project evaluation. These sessions will provide practical insights and strategies to optimize retrofit project success.

The five web classes are:

Project management
Property inspection
Design and specification
Contract administration 
Project evaluation

Enhance your professional toolkit and elevate your expertise in retrofit projects. Enrol now to gain practical insights and strategies that will propel your career forward.

Learning outcomes

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Grasp the extent of the RICS Retrofit Standard

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Explore the stages of a retrofit project from conception, planning and implementation

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Explain the basic principles of retrofit and retrofit coordination

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Describe the main features of the retrofit service with regard to retrofit inspection

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Evaluate a dwelling for condition/occupancy

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Identify data from online/desktop sources to input to the retrofit inspection

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Determine the optimum choice of retrofit measures and other work

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Create robust designs and specifications

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Comprehend how to work to appropriate standards and guidance

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Determine installation issues to be considered at the design stage

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Understand why quality compliance is so important

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Evaluate optimum methods to monitor design and specification compliance

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Determine the range of testing and monitoring methods

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Comprehend how to deal with and manage corrective action

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Demonstrate effective completion and handover

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Explain the main consequences of poor-quality retrofit

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List the main components of energy pathology

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Outline the BS40101 principles to inform the post retrofit assessment

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Explain the requirements and skills to carry out this work

Speakers

Larry Russen FRICS

Author of the residential retrofit standard, Russen & Turner

Professor Richard Fitton

Professor Building Performance, Salford University

Richard holds a PhD in Building Physics and is also a chartered building surveyor. He leads a task group for the development of international standards around energy performance. Richard is the Chairman of the upcoming British Standard for Retrofit Assessment. He is also active the International Energy Agency studying the use of smart meter data to provide energy efficiency data for dwellings. He holds a place on the SAP Scientific Integrity Group at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) which oversees the domestic energy model used in the UK. Richard is also the technical lead for the new Energy House 2 project, a building physics test lab.