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Wood Fuel Heating & CHP Training

Next course date:
6th November 2008
Venue: Milton Keynes

This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course will help you identify how using wood fuel can help you meet regulatory targets on renewable energy generation and carbon reduction.

 
 
  ::  About the Training Course     ::  Who should attend

This one day training course will give an overview of the many ways in which wood fuel can be used to reduce carbon emissions both in the generation of heat and in the generation of heat and electricity (Combined Heat and Power). Topics covered will include:-

•  Introduction - to include the carbon cycle, energy value of wood, requirements for efficient combustion and the main types of wood fuel (logs/chips/pellets), their characteristics, standards etc

•  Choosing a wood fuelled boiler - indicator for choice, technical information on boiler types and maintenance requirements

•  Boiler sizing and system requirements

•  Fuel management and storage

•  Planning and Regulatory issues

•  Economics of wood fuel heating

•  Large scale systems - district heating, combined heat power.

 

This course is aimed at building professionals and companies interested in the potential of wood heating and energy generation to reduce carbon emission and how it can help meet renewable energy targets in the context of planning requirements.

As part of our CPD programme this course can assist you in meeting your learning objectives.

  

  :: What you will Learn     :: Dates & Registration

By the end of the day delegates will have gained expertise in the characteristics of the different types of wood fuels, the indicators for choice of fuel, boiler sizing and system requirements together with other aspects of wood fuel heating and energy generation which will enable them to make an informed choice to use wood as a source of renewable energy

 

 

Venue : Milton Keynes

Date: 6th November 2008

The course will cost £210 plus VAT.  Members of the Solar Trade Association and the Ground Source Heat Pump Association are entitled to a 20% discount.  Members of the Renewable Energy Association are entitled to a discount of 10%.  The course fee includes the training day, a copy of the presentations, lunch and refreshments. 

To book your place, please complete the booking form and return it to us by e-mail or by fax (01908 665577). Alternatively, you may post it to the National Energy Foundation, National Energy Centre, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes MK5 8NG together with your payment.  

If you have any questions, including enquiries about discounts for group bookings, please contact Carol Price on 01908 665555

 : :  The Trainers

This training day will be lead by Rob Gwillim who has been working in the Renewable Energy Industry for the past eighteen years. During his career as an engineer and consultant at the Centre for Alternative Technology and the National Energy Foundation, he was involved in projects covering all of the major renewable technologies.

 

Since his first installation of a biomass boiler in 1995 Rob has been involved in many biomass projects. He has also acted as a consultant for the Wood Energy Business scheme in Wales.

Rob is now Course Leader for the University of East London masters course in Renewable Energy and the Built Environment at the Centre for Alternative Technology and Technical Director for Perpetual Energy Ltd an energy development company specialising in offering renewable energy solutions for industry and the building sector.

 

Rob will be assisted by Sandra Hayes, a Consultant at The National Energy Foundation since 2000. During her career at the National Energy Foundation Sandra has been responsible for a number of wood fuel projects, the most well known of which is Log Pile ( www.logpile.co.uk ), a DEFRA funded project that aimed to promote and aid the use of wood as a source of renewable energy and sustainable heating. Sandra is currently responsible for collecting data on wood and mixed biomass pellet suppliers and manufacturers in Ireland as part of a European Funded project, Pellets@las ( www.pelletcentre.info ). Other partners in the project are responsible for collecting data from suppliers and manufacturers across the rest of Europe.

 

Sandra also has experience in delivering training in wood fuel heating, grants and planning and has spoken at numerous events on these issues.

 
       
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