With over 70 years of experience in the HVAC industry, our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) presentations will help you collect accredited hours while giving useful, relevant, and up-to-date information on how to improve how you specify the systems within your buildings.
Our CPDs are designed to help building professionals understand different HVAC technologies, from project application to potential routes to compliance. All our presenters are trained by GDHV, and have extensive experience within the HVAC industry to better understand your requirements.
Our CPDs presentations and courses can be delivered at your offices or online, via Microsoft Teams.
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How smart can electric heating be?
This presentation demonstrates the demand for electric heating products in relation to the many environmental policy changes affecting our industry. It includes the many features and benefits of smart electric products, and their potential uses for meeting environmental the targets of the future. Housing developers, architects, and energy and social housing professionals will gain a valuable insight into understanding this important consideration that should be made when heating buildings.
Finding the path to Part L compliance
This presentation explores some of the potential routes housing developers can take to achieve 2013 Part L compliance with electric heating. It is aimed at housing developers, architects, consultants, engineers, energy professionals, and social housing professionals looking to integrate electric heating into domestic dwellings or those looking to increase their knowledge of electric heating systems.
Ground source heat pump collectors; evaluating the options
This short CPD course covers the different GSHP collector options available on the market and highlights the technical advantages and limitations of each system. It provides some rules of thumb used within the industry and guidance on where to go when more detailed analysis is required. This CPD is suitable for anyone considering a GSHP project and wants to understand the different collector options available on the market.
Introduction to heat pump technology
This CPD presentation is an ideal introduction to heat pumps. The presentation covers a wide range of topics. It starts with how they work and the types of applications they are suitable for. The presentation also introduces the main benefits for new build and refurbishment projects. This CPD is suitable for anyone who needs an introduction to heat pump technology. It is aimed at architects, building service engineers and building services professionals.
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How does the Zeroth Energy System address domestic hot water demand and reduce primary energy use in apartments?
Domestic hot water (DHW) is typically the dominant energy load in modern, well insulated buildings. Ambient loops, such as the Zeroth Energy System can significantly reduce the annual CO2 emissions and primary energy use of large residential properties in two ways:
Balancing the DHW demand and output
Heating water to the required temperature at the point of use
We will consider how the technology achieves these reductions and what the impact is on modern developments.
How do ambient networks that use in-apartment heat pumps work?
Ambient networks typically consist of in-apartment water-to-water heat pumps connected via a central loop to a central plant. Each heat pump uses ambient water from the central loop to provide heating, hot water and even cooling into the apartment. For domestic hot water use, the heated water is stored in an unvented, integrated cylinder that sits below the heat pump module in the apartment, whilst the heating circuit could use emitters such as radiators, fan coils or underfloor arrays.
How do I know what capacity fan coil I need?
Working out what capacity fan coil unit you need requires a lot of factors to be taken into consideration from the outset of a project, including solar gains. These include building orientation, geographical location, envelope construction materials and infiltration alongside internal gains such as lighting, equipment and occupancy. These will have to be considered with any potential plans to install solar shading, as they all have an impact on the predicted performance of a building.