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Construction Scotland Innovation Centre<\/a> (CSIC) has launched the UK\u2019s first training course designed to equip construction workers with the skills to retrofit buildings for a low carbon future<\/h2>\n

The Low Carbon Learning programme will upskill and reskill more than 700 people to deliver low energy buildings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The \u00a3450,000 programme begins as a webinar on September 30<\/a> and will feature experts from the Passivhaus Trust, Renfrewshire Council, John Gilbert Architects, and CSIC.<\/p>\n

Low Carbon Learning is supported by the Scottish Government and Scottish Funding Council through the National Transition Training Fund and builds on the successful Passivhaus in Practice initiative, delivered by CSIC earlier in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u2018Helping energy efficiency become more mainstream\u2019<\/h3>\n

Caitriona Jordan, future skills manager at CSIC, said: \u201cSkills will be an absolutely critical part of helping the construction sector \u2013 and the UK and Scottish economies, more generally \u2013 move towards a net zero future<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Passivhaus in Practice programme was highly successful in helping construction workers develop their knowledge and expertise of the gold standard for energy efficient homes, and this second phase will build on that by bringing in more people and providing the opportunity for participants to learn about EnerPHit as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore people in the sector with knowledge of, and the skills necessary to deliver these types of buildings will help energy efficiency become more mainstream.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will also help ensure we have a workforce fit for the future and could help create new jobs in the construction supply chain<\/a>, while addressing societal issues such as fuel poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Pierpoint, chief executive of The Retrofit Academy<\/a>, added: \u201cLow Carbon Learning is a great step in providing much-needed low carbon retrofit skills in the construction sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe built environment is responsible for a significant amount of the UK and Scotland\u2019s carbon emissions, with the vast majority of the buildings that will exist in the decades to come already built.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a huge opportunity to train our existing workforce with new skills, and bring much-needed new talent into the sector, which will help contribute to the challenge of decarbonising our existing stock and address skills gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Face-to-face training will be delivered to 200 people at CSIC\u2019s Innovation Factory near Hamilton on Passivhaus standards<\/a>, with 100 of them going on to become certified practitioners.<\/p>\n

In collaboration with industry partners, Morrison Construction is providing a \u00a375,000 steel rig to support the Passivhaus standard training, helping participants to explore different construction systems.<\/p>\n

Another 500 participants will have the opportunity to train online with retrofit and the EnerPHit standard, the global benchmark for retrofitting existing properties to Passivhaus guidelines. 200 will be trained in person and can gain limited accreditation.<\/p>\n

The training programme is aimed at construction workers who may be out of work or are facing the prospect of redundancy, supporting them to get back into construction with new skills and knowledge aligned with the future demands of the sector. \u2018Skills and workforce\u2019 is one of the areas of focus in the Scottish Construction Industry Recovery Plan.<\/p>\n

The programme will run from now until the end of July 2022.<\/p>\n

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