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Environmental Benefits of Solar Heating
With huge environmental issues and soaring energy prices in the U.K. more and more people are learning the benefits of installing a Solar Powered System to create their own energy directly from the Sun.
Solar Thermal is one of the best ways to lower your carbon footprint and help protect the environment. Typically over 20% of a home's Green house gas emissions come from heating water. For many commercial businesses, water heating can account for over 50% of green-house emissions.
A solar water heater is one of the most influential and economical ways to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.
Here are a few more environmental reasons to install a solar thermal system:
- Reduce Greenhouse gas emissions:
- 2-collector domestic hot water system can offset over 2 tons of CO2 per year or 50 tons over life of system
- 10-collector pool system can offset over 8 tons per year
- On-site generation: Reduce the need to mine and transport fossil-fuel energy
- Local products: Many solar thermal collectors are manufactured locally
- Increased water heater life expectancy
Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating
It is estimated there are currently 50,000 solar hot water installations nationally. That number is continuing to increase and with it there is a growing demand for competent, qualified installers.
Able Skills provides quality training to the plumbing industry and now offers the Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating Installers Course.
Able Skills has been approved by the CTIB to provide training, assessment and certification in Solar Domestic Hot Water.
This 2 day course is to give an entry level qualification for experienced domestic heating installers or plumbers, wishing to extend their work scope into solar heating. The course is recognised under the Low Carbon Building Programme for accredited installer status. It covers all major indirect system & panel types.
Any potential candidate should hold a G3 certificate in domestic unvented hot water systems and It is also essential that the trainee holds one ODPM recognised competency in a conventional fuel i.e. gas, oil or solid fuel; or for those in the plumbing field an NVQ level 2 or equivalent plumbing qualification.
Experience in basic electrical practice would also be desirable and a basic knowledge of the Water (fittings) regulations will also prove to be beneficial.
Plumbers currently practising in the industry, who do not hold any qualifications but have suitable experience at this level, should contact us first for advice before applying.
The Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating course enables installers to gain the knowledge and skills needed to specify, install, commission and maintain solar domestic hot water heating systems. It also studies theory including: current legislation, system selection and design.
This qualification will compliment any Plumbing qualification you have or are looking to gain and will also enable you to provide a more complete plumbing service.
Able Skills has the staff in place to train, assess and internally verify every aspect of each course we offer and this ensures that the entire process is completed here at Able Skills and without delay.
Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating – The Qualification
Candidates will undertake assessment during the course, and when successful will be awarded a CITB Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating Certificate.
Holders of this CITB Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating qualification can apply to become installer members of the Solar Trade Association.
www.solartradeassociation.org.uk
2 Days £375.00 (Price includes the certification fee)
If you require any additional information about any of these courses, please feel free to contact us on 01322 280202 where staff are on hand 7 days each week to answer any additional questions you may have.
To Book please freephone our booking line on 0808 100 3245
For more information on our Plumbing courses please Contact us.
Courses are held Monday to Friday. All Course Times are: 08.30am-16.30pm.
