Construction Professionals' Energy Efficiency Knowledge and Upskilling - A Short Review

Consultation

As the lack of investment in skills at all levels of the construction industry supply chain represents one of the main risks to large scale energy renovation in Ireland, the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) is exploring the opportunity of introducing a customer-friendly energy efficiency accreditation system for building professionals - ECCoPro. The objective of the scheme would be to support closer alignment between professionals, and to allow end-users to clearly identify building professionals who have upskilled in energy efficiency related skills, thus incentivising professionals to upskill in the area.

As part of this process, the IGBC launched "Construction Professionals' Energy Efficiency Knowledge and Upskilling - A Short Review" in late September 2017. The report is intended to be used as a source of reference by all organisations involved in the ECCoPro process.

The IGBC is now inviting comments from interested parties on this report. Feedback will allow us to refine the consultation process and the content of upcoming workshops, as well as to better identify areas of concerns and opportunities.

Completing this questionnaire should not take more than 5 minutes. Your participation in the survey and your individual responses will be strictly confidential to the IGBC team and will not be divulged to any outside party.

The consultation is open until Friday, 6th October. If you have any other questions on the process, please contact Marion@igbc.ie.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Organisation Name

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* 3. Email address

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* 4. A map of stakeholders who have been identified as key in successfully developing and implementing a customer-friendly energy efficiency accreditation system for building professionals is available here. Are we missing anyone? Who else should join this conversation?

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* 5. Although energy efficiency and sustainability are often considered technical fields, research has shown that building professionals need both hard (technical) and soft (e.g. communication) skills. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being the most important and 5 being the least important), how would you rate the level of upskilling required among building professionals?

	1	2	3	4	5
Understanding of basic building physics	Understanding of basic building physics 1	Understanding of basic building physics 2	Understanding of basic building physics 3	Understanding of basic building physics 4	Understanding of basic building physics 5
Building conservation	Building conservation 1	Building conservation 2	Building conservation 3	Building conservation 4	Building conservation 5
Compliance with building standards	Compliance with building standards 1	Compliance with building standards 2	Compliance with building standards 3	Compliance with building standards 4	Compliance with building standards 5
Risk evaluation	Risk evaluation 1	Risk evaluation 2	Risk evaluation 3	Risk evaluation 4	Risk evaluation 5
Understanding the co-benefits of energy efficiency	Understanding the co-benefits of energy efficiency 1	Understanding the co-benefits of energy efficiency 2	Understanding the co-benefits of energy efficiency 3	Understanding the co-benefits of energy efficiency 4	Understanding the co-benefits of energy efficiency 5
Costing retrofit options	Costing retrofit options 1	Costing retrofit options 2	Costing retrofit options 3	Costing retrofit options 4	Costing retrofit options 5
Effective communication	Effective communication 1	Effective communication 2	Effective communication 3	Effective communication 4	Effective communication 5
Customer care	Customer care 1	Customer care 2	Customer care 3	Customer care 4	Customer care 5
Psyschology	Psyschology 1	Psyschology 2	Psyschology 3	Psyschology 4	Psyschology 5
Multidisciplinary skills	Multidisciplinary skills 1	Multidisciplinary skills 2	Multidisciplinary skills 3	Multidisciplinary skills 4	Multidisciplinary skills 5

Other, please specify

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* 6. In your opinion, what is key in developing a successful energy efficiency training framework for building professionals? Please rank the criteria that you consider as key from this list from 1 to 7 (1 being the most important and 7 being the least important).

Make it multidisciplinary to encourage a high level of cooperation between professionals

Ensure most modules are available online or can be completed in a flexible way

Cover more than energy efficiency e.g. topics such as indoor air quality and communications

Ensure it is certified and recognised by all main professional bodies

Make (at least part) of the modules mandatory

Develop strong quality assurance mechanisms

Acknowledge prior learning and knowledge

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* 7. People who participated in previous events suggested that the whole construction supply chain need to upskill in energy renovation. ECCoPro is a 7 months project. In your opinion, should we focus on some specific groups? On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being the most important and 5 being the least important), how would you rate the level of priority we should give to each group?

	1	2	3	4	5
Architect	Architect 1	Architect 2	Architect 3	Architect 4	Architect 5
Architectural technologist	Architectural technologist 1	Architectural technologist 2	Architectural technologist 3	Architectural technologist 4	Architectural technologist 5
Auctioneer	Auctioneer 1	Auctioneer 2	Auctioneer 3	Auctioneer 4	Auctioneer 5
Estate agent	Estate agent 1	Estate agent 2	Estate agent 3	Estate agent 4	Estate agent 5
Building control officer	Building control officer 1	Building control officer 2	Building control officer 3	Building control officer 4	Building control officer 5
Building services engineer	Building services engineer 1	Building services engineer 2	Building services engineer 3	Building services engineer 4	Building services engineer 5
Building surveyor	Building surveyor 1	Building surveyor 2	Building surveyor 3	Building surveyor 4	Building surveyor 5
Contract manager	Contract manager 1	Contract manager 2	Contract manager 3	Contract manager 4	Contract manager 5
Facilities manager	Facilities manager 1	Facilities manager 2	Facilities manager 3	Facilities manager 4	Facilities manager 5
Quantity surveyor	Quantity surveyor 1	Quantity surveyor 2	Quantity surveyor 3	Quantity surveyor 4	Quantity surveyor 5
Other surveyor	Other surveyor 1	Other surveyor 2	Other surveyor 3	Other surveyor 4	Other surveyor 5
Planner	Planner 1	Planner 2	Planner 3	Planner 4	Planner 5
Site manager	Site manager 1	Site manager 2	Site manager 3	Site manager 4	Site manager 5
Structural engineer	Structural engineer 1	Structural engineer 2	Structural engineer 3	Structural engineer 4	Structural engineer 5
Valuer	Valuer 1	Valuer 2	Valuer 3	Valuer 4	Valuer 5
Asset Manager	Asset Manager 1	Asset Manager 2	Asset Manager 3	Asset Manager 4	Asset Manager 5
Specialised financial consultant	Specialised financial consultant 1	Specialised financial consultant 2	Specialised financial consultant 3	Specialised financial consultant 4	Specialised financial consultant 5
Specialised insurance consultant	Specialised insurance consultant 1	Specialised insurance consultant 2	Specialised insurance consultant 3	Specialised insurance consultant 4	Specialised insurance consultant 5

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* 8. 21 training programmes and certification schemes are presented in "Construction Professionals' energy efficiency knowledge and upskilling - A short review". Would you be interested in learning more from any of them at upcoming workshops? Select up to 3 in the list below.

Green Building Professional - Training and Certification Programme - Croatia

Sustainable Renovation for the Construction Sector - Germany

Domestic Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management - UK

MSc in Building Performance - Energy Efficiency in Design - Ireland

RIAI Environmental CPD Accreditation - Ireland

Training for rebuilding Europe - EU

Training Programme for bank managers in building, infrastructure and real estate - the Netherlands

Renovalue: Integrating Sustainability into Valuation Practice - EU

Construction Skills Certification Scheme - UK

UD-Cards - Denmark

ID06 Skills Database - Sweden

Build Up Skills App - The Netherlands

CIBSE Certified low carbon consultants - UK

Domestic BER Assessors - Ireland

DEC Assessors - Ireland

Non-domestic BER Assessors - Ireland

RIAI - Conservation Accreditation System - Ireland

Bedrebolig: Better Housing Advisor - Denmark

Construction worker skills register - Ireland

Registered Energy Auditor - Ireland

Approved Thermal Modellers Scheme - Ireland

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* 9. Any other comments / suggestions that may be useful in developing a customer-friendly energy efficiency accreditation system for building professionals?