Construction professionals are already planning their autumn training schedules – with Actis’ RIBA-approved CPD sessions among the educational courses they have lined up.
The free modules, which look at how to tackle part L and Part O of the building regulations and achieve as built performance, offer vital advice to architectural practices, building control officers and building firms on how to meet The Future Homes Standard.
The sessions have been invaluable to thousands of participants wrestling with the complexities of ensuring a thermally efficient new build or conversion over the years, and both modules have been recently updated to include additional information on thermal modelling, refurbishment options and key aspects of The Future Homes Standard.
Tomorrow’s Insulation Solutions for Future Homes Standards gives guidance on how to meet energy efficiency targets which see new build homes having to reduce carbon emissions by 31% over previous levels, while Addressing the performance gap with reflective insulation looks at how to achieve as-built performance.
The updated versions contain more information on thermal modelling psi values to calculate heat loss at junctions, the provision of construction details at both design and as built stage, the replacement of SAP methodology in 2025 with the Home Energy Model (HEM) to calculate energy efficiency, and the addition of information on the benefits of new reflective insulation technologies.
Amaret Chahal, Actis regional specification manager and co-author of the Future Homes Standard CPD, who worked on revisions for both modules explained: “These updated versions give further insight into implementing more stringent thermal efficiency standards and the steps towards achieving the Future Homes Standard.
Co-author Actis UK and Ireland technical director Thomas Wiedmer, himself an architect, added: “Addressing the performance gap with reflective insulation, which we initially created a decade ago to help construction professionals uncover ways to combat thermal bridging and achieve optimal energy efficiency, has been augmented with additional information about thermal modelling as well as about new reflective insulation technologies, products which are particularly useful in reducing thermal transmission of elements as well as construction details and airtightness. An additional benefit is seen in roof refurbishment scenarios.”
An example of this type of product is Actis’ Eolis HC, a two-in-one reflective insulation with an integrated vapour barrier which enables builders and roofers to reduce the number of steps required to achieve an impressive U-value as well as airtightness in roofs
RIBA-approved CPDs are worth double the points of a standard CPD, with 76% of RIBA members choosing training which has been specifically approved by the professional body.
For more information or to book a free CPD session contact solutions@insulation-actis.com.
