This intermediate-level course is aimed at employees in small, medium or large-scale businesses or anyone who wants to gain an understanding of the best methods for taking Climate Action with measurable results. The course is designed so that participants can use the learnings to create opportunities to improve business excellence and increase productivity while also reducing the carbon footprint of the business. It uses methods applied in some of the world’s largest companies and scales these to suit smaller organizations. It builds upon the introductory course, however, completion of the introduction course is not a prerequisite requirement of this course.
Course Overview and Expected Outcomes
- Become equipped with an understanding of the common standards used in the area of Energy, Environmental & Carbon Management. Standards such as ISO14001, ISO50001, GHG Protocol, ISO14064, ISO14067. What are these standards and how can a business use these standards to manage its environmental impacts.
- Get to grips with the basics of writing a Climate Action Policy.
- Learn how to apply the Plan, Do, Check, Act philosophy in a simple manner to effectively manage your energy, environmental aspects & carbon emissions.
- Equip yourself with the skills to undertake an internal audit of your business to identify opportunities for improvements, productivity increases, cost savings, and emissions reductions.
- Learn how to undertake basic energy & carbon savings calculations for common opportunities & how to calculate the return on investment using life cycle analysis.
- Introduction to metering systems – what are they and why are they important for taking Climate Action.
This programme is designed to empower you with the necessary skills to create a basic management system for energy, environmental aspects & carbon emissions to set the foundations for a long-term program on your pathway to net zero in 2050. It is designed to ensure that on completion you have the confidence to undertake a basic audit of your business and identify the low-hanging opportunities to begin to take action the day you complete this course.
There will be a number of exercises undertaken as part of this course:
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Steam Boiler Energy & Carbon Management:
- Identifying Metering & Measurement Points
- Creating Energy Performance Indicators
- Calculating base-case efficiency
- Identifying carbon emissions reduction projects.
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HVAC Systems Energy & Carbon Management
- Identifying Metering & Measurement Points
- Creating Energy Performance Indicators
- Calculating base-case energy performance
- Identifying carbon emissions reduction projects.
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Production Line Energy Efficiency
- Identifying Metering & Measurement Points
- Creating Energy Performance Indicators
- Calculating base-case energy performance
- Identifying carbon emissions reduction projects.
- Identifying productivity improvement project.