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.
CPD Topics
How smart can electric heating be?
This presentation demonstrates electric heating product demand in relation to environmental policy changes affecting our industry. Housing developers, energy and social housing professionals will gain a valuable insight into understanding considerations that should be made when heating buildings.
Read moreFinding 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 professionals looking to integrate electric heating into domestic dwellings or those looking to increase their knowledge of electric heating systems.
Read moreGround source heat pump collectors; evaluating the options
This short CPD course covers the different GSHP collector options available on the market, providing some rules of thumb used within the industry and guidance on where to go when more detailed analysis is required.
read moreIntroduction to heat pump technology
This CPD is suitable for anyone who needs an introduction to heat pump technology, introducing the main benefits for new build and refurbishment projects. This CPD is aimed at architects, building service engineers and professionals needing an introduction to heat pump technology.
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Flexibility or snap: How bending energy demand can reduce need for expensive investment
Ofgem’s consultation on their Forward Work Programme to build a fairer and greener energy system in Great Britain closes today. They have recommended demand shifting, storage, and interconnection as measures to “dampen the growth in peak demand” brought on by the electrification of heat, transport and services. Ofgem argue that reducing the peak electricity demand through a flexible energy system could save £5 billion per-annum, as there will be less need for investment in expensive network upgrades and plant generation.
Five Top Tips for Keeping your Hay Fever at Bay
With one in five Brits suffering from hay fever and this number growing in recent years, the symptoms often mean we spend the summer months reaching for the tissues. However, with pollen season lasting from January to November, it’s important to find ways to manage it in your home throughout the year. Karen Trewick from air treatment specialists, Dimplex, offers her top tips on keeping hay fever at bay.
Fighting fuel poverty in social housing
Since 2014, Wilmcote House in Portsmouth, owned and managed by Portsmouth City Council (PCC), has been undergoing major refurbishment as part of the EuroPHit project, retrofitting the building in accordance with Passivhaus principles to ensure ultra-low energy emissions.