Green Deal Advisor Training for Commercial Buildings

What is a Non-Domestic Green Deal Advisor?

Green Deal Advisors (GDA) will provide information and support to businesses and public sector organisations to help them improve their energy efficiency, thereby reducing their fuel bills and carbon emissions.

As part of the Home Energy Savings (HES) programme to move the UK towards becoming a low carbon economy, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) have jointly published a consultation on 'Heat and Energy Saving Strategy'. This document sets out the Government's vision up to 2020 and beyond, and two of the main objectives look at ways to address this by:

• Helping more people to reduce their energy bills by using less energy
• Reducing the UK's emissions and increasing our use of renewable energy in line with the ultimate target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050

In order to achieve these objectives in the Non-domestic / commercial sector, a new role will be created; A non-domestic Green Deal Advisor

The Green Deal Advisor (GDA) role more specifically will be to identify and promote how individual small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger businesses can reduce their energy usage through changes to their property (e.g. getting cavity wall insulation installed) and changes to their energy consumption behaviour (e.g. not leaving IT equipment on or how to manage the heating and ventilation controls more efficiently).

It is anticipated that a combination of private sector and government backed funding will be available to householders to pay for this energy advice offered by Green Deal Advisors, which will mean that they will receive this support at a highly subsidised rate or may even get it for free (if the recommeded energy efficiency measures are installed). If this is the case, then demand for qualified Green Deal Advisors is anticipated to be very high.

Only qualified Green Deal Advisors will be able to undertake this work and access this funding. Call 01925 633233 to register your interest in our forthcoming Green Deal Advisor training courses.

Who is the Commercial Green Deal Advisor training course suitable for?

This course is ideal for qualified Non-Domestic Energy Assessors, as it compliments their existing skill-set. However, the course is also open to New Entrants to the energy adviser industry who are looking for a change in career.

Fast Track to the Green Deal now Subject to approval by asset skills and the ABBE, it is likely that a fast-track Commercial GDA training course will be available for those who currently hold qualifications in Non-Domestic Energy Assessment and/or Display Energy Certificates (also known as Operational Ratings). Learn more about how to get these qualifications now so that you can fast-track to becoming a Green Deal Advisor.

What will the Green Deal Advisor training cover?

The requirement for the new Green Deal Advisor training / qualification and the specific work opportunities that will be available is under final consultation. However, Green Qual plans to begin this training in Spring 2012 (subject to the qualification award being finalised and available from the ABBE). It is anticipated that the Commercial Green Deal Advisor training course will include 5 days of classroom based training. A fast-track Non-domestic Green Deal Advisor training course will also be made available for qualified Non-Domestic Energy Assessors and Operational Rating Assessors.

The latest version of the draft National Occupational Standards for the Non-domestic Green Deal Qualifications can be viewed on the Asset Skills website (in pdf format).

Non-Domestic Green Deal Advisor training course summary

Cost per delegate: TBC
Training period: 5 days (plus distance learning and support)
Qualification: ABBE Green Deal Advisor (GDA) Level 3 Diploma
Location: UK wide. Distance learning courses will also be available.

 

Call or email now to register your interest in the forthcoming Green Deal Advisor training courses. Pre-book courses and be kept up-to-date with all the latest developments.

 

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Previous proposals for Community Energy Adviser Training

Candidates interested in Green Deal Advisor / Green Deal Energy Assessor training, (also known as Green Deal Energy Assessor) may also wish to learn more about the previous proposals for Community Energy Advisors, which was proposed to be a more extensive role offering energy advice at a community level (as opposed to the individual home or business level). Although this role is no longer part of the current Green Deal Plans, it demonstrates how this energy advisor role could progress.

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