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Residential Eco-Auditor
Description of course content:
REA is a 2 day course which thoroughly explores the residential environment of a home and teaches the learner how to assess and identify solutions across all areas. The course outlines recommendations for behavioral changes, correct maintenance practices and green retrofits to green a home. Filled with practical exercises, videos, examples and case-studies, this course is ideal for those wanting to consult to the residential sector
Many reasons to do the course:
- Individuals looking for a new, or part time, career in the green industry as a Residential Eco Auditor
- Residential service providers wanting to add a competitive advantage to their services by recommending green changes to customers (interior designers, architects, plumbers, electricians, handymen)
- Hotel and Guest owners looking to be more profitable by reducing water, electricity and managing waste streams
- Homeowners looking to green their own houses
Benefits of the course
- Obtain the skills to turn any home into an efficient, low-impact, cost-effective household
- Begin a new career in the green industry by becoming a Residential Eco-Auditor
- Learn skills that give you specialist knowledge in the Eco industry
- Residential consultants to gain competitive advantage
- Forms the basis for your green marketing strategy of your residential business
- Generate extra income with a green career
- Work in your neighborhood
- Do more than spreading awareness: make a tangible difference to the world we live in
Course outline
- Introduction: Why Eco auditing?
- The Eco-Audit
- Methodology
- Tools
- Report generation
- Energy Efficiency
- Practical examples and payback calculations in the following areas:
- Heating and Cooling
- Lighting
- Appliances
- Hot Water Systems
- Pools and Spas
- Water Efficiency
- Measurement of water flow
- Reduction strategies
- Practical examples
- Calculating payback
- Waste Management
- Waste stream facilities
- Reduction strategies
- Practical example
- Domestic Contaminants
- Environmental impact
- Replacement and reduction strategies
- Introduction to Renewable Energy
- Renewable energy options
- Basic understanding of how they work
- Advantages and disadvantages
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