Welcome to the AECB CarbonLite™ Training Centre

The AECB offers a number of courses and training routes for the buildings sector to upskill towards decarbonising buildings and heating, as part of efforts to meet zero carbon targets.  We have well established courses in Retrofit training written by leading industry experts.

Much of the course content supports the AECB CarbonLite™ New Build Standard and Retrofit Standards which are invaluable in creating and retrofitting low-carbon, low energy buildings.  Suitable for professionals and enthusiasts alike, our on-line self-directed courses have been welcoming students for many years.

Please view our courses below and click on the links for more in-depth information.

You need to be a member of the AECB to take the AECB CarbonLite™ courses so please visit our membership pages or you may wish to consider a training bundle (courses and membership).

If you would like further help please email training@aecb.net.or contactus@aecb.net.

AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Foundation Course

Our most popular course and the first step in learning about Retrofit.

35 PHI credits are awarded.

Visit our dedicated course page to read more and register.

 

AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Coordination Course

The follow on from the Foundation course.

Learn about the PAS 2035 process.

Visit our dedicated course page to read more and register.

 

Understanding Building Physics Course

  

This course aims to make daunting concepts more palatable, provide methods of critical thinking that can be applied to design and empower those working in the built environment, breaking down the barriers created by a lack of knowledge and confidence about building physics.

Visit our dedicated course page to read more and register.

 

CPD Cert. Building Energy Modelling Using PHPP

     Passive House Planning Package

Run in conjunction with Technological University Dublin.

Learn how to take a project through PHPP from inception to completion, and tailor it to meet the required building standard.

50 PHI credits are awarded.

Visit our dedicated course page to read more and register.

 

AECB PHribbon Course

Hribbon makes using PHPP easier!

PHribbon makes using PHPP easier!

PHribbon makes using PHPP easier!

Learn how to use PHribbon to perform detailed embodied and operational carbon calculations.

Live online with the PHribbon developer, with plenty of opportunity to practice and ask questions.

Visit our dedicated course page to read more and register

 

FREE taster course - Introduction to retrofit

     

The AECB has worked in conjunction with BE-ST (Built Environment - Smarter Transformation) to develop a free introductory online retrofit course.

This course is ready to access on the BE-ST learning Hub.  To access the course please search the catalogue for the course title which is "Developing a Net-Zero Built Environment".  (You will also need to create a free account on the site to take the course.)

The course is a self-directed one with tests at the end of each chapter.  The material is a combination of slides and video exclusively developed by the AECB.