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Roofing
Course Format: Classroom
To provide Home Inspectors and other professionals with a detailed understanding of the principles of roofing, and highlight the responsibilities of the Inspector to work within the principles of good practice. Specifically that Home Inspectors: Understand and comply with best practice roofing principles Understand legislation relating to roofing Know the principal differences in constru...
 

Timber Defects
Course Format: Classroom
To ensure that all Home Inspectors understand the use of timber in buildings and are able to identify defects and deleterious conditions. Specifically that home inspectors: Understand basic design and usage principals Recognise structural in adequacy and other performance Identification of timber deterioration Identification of the need for remedial work or further specialist investigati...
 

Inspection of Non-Traditional and Modern Methods of Construction
Course Format: Classroom
To ensure that Home Inspectors and other professionals understand and are aware of the different forms on non-conventional construction, both older ’non-traditional’ constructions and their more recent counterparts, ’modern methods of construction’. The course will be based on BRE’s extensive knowledge of non-conventional forms of construction after many years in inv...
 

Heritage Buildings
Course Format: Classroom
To ensure that Home Inspectors and other professionals understand the principles of construction of heritage buildings, and highlight the responsibilities of the Inspector to work within the principles of good conservation practice. Specifically that Home Inspectors: Understand and comply with best practice conservation principles Understand legislation relating to the built heritage Know...
 

Building Defects
Course Format: Classroom
To provide Home Inspectors and other professionals with an overview of the most commonly occurring defects encountered in housing construction, and highlight those issues frequently encountered during inspections. Specifically that Home Inspectors: Are able to understand the cause of commonly occurring defects Are able to identify and assess the severity of those commonly occurring defects ...
 

Sustainable Refurbishment
Course Format: Classroom
With rising housing and energy prices, owners are looking to stay in their properties longer and to adapt/enlarge their environment to meet the changing needs of the household. This course will give an introduction to the elements of a refurbishment that can deliver significant reductions in CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions.
 

Sustainable Construction Materials
Course Format: Classroom
Increasingly, ’environmentally sustainable’ materials are being requested and this raises questions as to what constitutes a sustainable material and how they can be sourced and selected? This course also looks at the methods behind some of the measurements of environmental performance, including Environmental Profiling. To register for this event, please follow the online booking...
 

Low Carbon Technology Briefing: Small Scale Wind
Course Format: Classroom
UK buildings are responsible for about 45% of the total UK carbon emissions While energy conservation and energy efficiency measures should help to reduce the building energy demand, low carbon and renewable energy technologies are seen to have the potential to provide the rest of the energy demand with low or zero carbon impact. In April 2006 the DTI launched the Low Carbon Building Programm...
 

The Code for Sustainable Homes
Course Format: Classroom
The Code for Sustainable Homes aims to minimise the environmental damage caused by new development and will ensure that all new homes in have been designed with sustainability in mind. BRE and DCLG have worked closely together to ensure the Code meets the latest regulatory requirements and addresses issues that emerged from an earlier industry wide consultation. BRE will be running a seri...
 

Energy Management in Buildings
Course Format: Classroom
Emissions of greenhouse gases are significant from the built environment, contributing to approximately 45% of energy use in the UK. The Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (EPBD) will soon require all buildings to carry an energy certificate that compares its performance to benchmarks. The course will cover basic energy efficiency measures and methods for monitoring energy consumption ...
 

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