Level 3 Award in Home Energy Advice

Reading List

This reading list is designed to supplement the training materials that will be provided by ABBE approved assessment centres to their candidates. Candidates are not required to read everything on the list; it should be used as a guide to further study in those areas where improvement in knowledge and understanding is required.

ABBE Qualification documentation:

 ABBE Level 3 Award in Home Energy Advice Qualification Handbook http://www.abbeqa.co.uk

Energy Advice Handbook by Julia Green, see http://www.energyinform.co.uk/

Domestic Energy Assessors Handbook by Parnham and Russen

Construction of Houses by Marshall and Worthing

Understanding Housing Defects by Marshall, Worthing and Heath

Surveys of Timber Frame Houses published by TRADA

Inspections And Reports On Dwellings: Assessing Age by Melville and Gordon

The Government's Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings revision 3

RICS Code of Measuring Practice 6th edition

Fixing Fuel Poverty by Brenda Boardman, see http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=101788

Online

SAP 2005 v9.83 rev.3: http://projects.bre.co.uk/sap2005/pdf/SAP2005_9-83.pdf

Code of Practice: http://www.goodenergyadvice.org.uk/

Building Regulations Approved Document ADL1b (NB: this will change to the 2010 version from Oct 1st 2010): http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADL1B_2006.pdf

Information on smart meters: http://www.reuk.co.uk/Smart-Electricity-Meters.htm EST publications, all available from: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/business/Business/Resources/Publications-and-Case-Studies

 Sustainable refurbishment (CE309)  Energy efficient refurbishment of existing housing (CE83/GPG155)  Refurbishment of high rise dwellings - A strategic guide for local authority managers (GPG80)  Refurbishing dwellings - a summary of best practice (CE189)  Cavity wall insulation in existing dwellings: a guide for specifiers and advisors (CE252)  Practical refurbishment of solid-walled houses (CE184)  Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) funding  Opportunities to improve hard to treat homes within CERT  The effect of Building Regulations (Part L1 2006) on existing dwellings (CE53) (NB: new Regulations will apply from Oct 1st 2010)

Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes factsheets for energy advisers:  www.eeph.org.uk  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS6.1 biomass  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS3.1 boilers  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS1 glazing  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS5.1 heatpumps  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS4.1 heating controls  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS1.1 hot water systems  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS8.1 insulation around the home  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS7.1 solar hot water  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS9.1 wall insulation  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS3.1 roof and loft insulation  Advisor Factsheet November 2008 KS2.1 appliances           

Guidance from English Heritage: Home Information Packs Advice for Domestic Energy Assessors: http://www.helm.org.uk/upload/pdf/EH_Web_Advice_on_DEAs_Dec_07_SE.pdf2.pdf?1274875501 NB this guidance from 2007 has not yet been updated to take note of the instructions from CLG relating to recommendations for historic buildings. These mandatory instructions, now captured in SAP appendix S, (p109), therefore take precedence. Health and Safety NB: although Health and Safety is not a specified subject area for the examination, candidates will find the following to be generally useful reading:  Safe Use of Ladders and Step Ladders (HSE) http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg402.pdf  Surveying Safely published by RICS http://www.rics.org/site/download_feed.aspx? fileID=4078&fileExtension=PDF