BEST – Built Environment Sustainability Training Launch
23 May 2013
Dr Julie Gwilliam Director, BEST:
Built Environment Sustainability Training
Aims
BEST seeks to:
– enable a transition to a lower carbon, sustainable built environment sector
– through the funding, development and provision of new training courses
Aims
BEST seeks to:
– unite stakeholders with responsibilities for skills in:
• Energy
• Water
• Waste
• Construction
Partners
Programme Lead:
Welsh School of Architecture,
Cardiff University
Joint Sponsors:
Introduction
• Funding: European Social Fund • Priority 3 Improving Skill Levels & the Adaptability of the Workforce
• Theme 2 Skills For Knowledge Economy: Higher Level Skills
• Training project budget: Maximum £5,747,000
• Intervention rate: Up to 50%
Aims
BEST seeks to create:
– 10 year strategy
&
– Training delivery roadmap
for built environment sustainability education
to better equip businesses, employees and training providers in Wales
Introduction
Key stages
• Phase 1 (to July 2013):
• Development of skills needs analyses
• Proposals for current training needs
• Phase 2 (to July 2015):
• Procurement and pilot delivery of training
• Monitoring & Reporting on the above
Structure
Low Carbon Energy
Lead:
Summit Skills,
Contributors: Asset
CITB CSkills EST
E&U (S.G.)
Waste
Lead: CEW
Contributors:
Asset / CITB Cskills ProSkills
SummitSkills , E&U (S.G.)
Water
Lead: Energy Saving
Trust
Contributors: Asset EST
SummitSkills E&U (S.G.)
Construction
Lead: CITB Construction
Skills
Contributors: Asset CEW
ProSkills SummitSkills
Existing Build: Lead – Asset Skills Contributors: CITB Construction Skills, EST, SummitSkills, E&U (S.G.)
New Build: Lead – CITB Construction Skills, Contributors: Asset, SummitSkills, E&U (S.G.)
Objectives
• Strengthen the knowledge base, supporting the knowledge economy.
• Focus upon up-skilling the existing workforce
• Redress gender imbalance issues
• Support uptake & promotion of females entering/gaining occupational qualifications
Objectives
• Ensure that the strategy, courses & skills delivered are evidenced and relevant
• Increase capacity for forward planning in skills for the sector.
• Collaborate with existing projects/organisations & avoid duplication
Objectives
• Respond to the need for advanced qualifications
• Focus on higher level / professional skills Level 4 & Above
• Enable skills development & progression from typical L2 craft skills/qualifications towards L3, L4
• Delivered in a flexible and accessible manner e.g. distance, blended and e-learning.
Learning on the Move
Blended Learning
Objectives
• Through a central Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship role:
– Investigate existing delivery of the ESDGC agenda within Wales
– Research best practice from wider UK and international delivery
– Ensure training embeds agenda within new courses
– Suggest modifications to existing courses
Objectives
• Through a central Equality and Diversity role:
– Deliver tailored funded support for business development
– Enable adoption of equality and inclusion policies in relevant industry in the convergence area
– Support changes in practice to enable business: • to employ the best people from the widest pool of talent
• Retain a happy and productive workforce
Targets
Total participants: 560 Gaining qualifications: 250 Employers assisted: 240 Adoption / improvement of Equality & Diversity strategies & systems: 125
Next Steps
• Skills Needs Analyses: Spring 2013
• Programme awareness raising: Ongoing
• Procurement workshops: North & South Wales
• Staged open procurement of
priority training courses: Ongoing
1st stage – May 2013
Legacy
BEST aims to leave a lasting legacy on the training and up-skilling in sustainable practises of the existing workforce in the Welsh Built Environment sector, not least through its 10-year strategy, but also through commissioning new pilot training courses.
These courses aim to set Wales apart and create a precedent for their development in neighbouring nations.
Contact Us
North Wales Launch Event: 23rd May 2013, Venue Cymru, Llandudno
web: www.best.cf.ac.uk @best_wales email: [email protected]
John W Edwards,
Assistant Director, CADW
Sustaining Traditional Buildings in Wales
www.cymru.gov.uk
www.cadw.wales.gov.uk
Sustaining Traditional Buildings in Wales
John Edwards MA, DipBldgCons, BCAS, CEnv, FRICS, FCIOB, IHBC
Assistant Director
We need energy efficiency and sustainability!
Climate change – our biggest threat!
•Flooding – effecting buildings
requiring well informed
mitigation.
•Making sure retrofit delivers
energy efficiencies and is
sustainable.
•Re-cycle, Re-use – ensure
retrofit does not create waste
problems!
Traditional buildings
All traditional buildings
Republic of Ireland 10%
Northern Ireland 16%
Scotland 20%
England 22%
Wales 34%
Traditional Buildings – how many?
Percentage Built pre 1919
Republic of Ireland 10%
Northern Ireland 16%
Scotland 20%
England 22%
Traditional Buildings – how many?
Percentage Built pre 1919
Wales 34%
These buildings are the different
Modern Traditional
but this is not understood by the majority…
THE PROBLEM!
They perform differently
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Treated the same – when it should be different
Treated differently – when it should be the same
Treated the same – when it should be different
Treated differently – when it should be the same
Treated the same – when it should be different
Treated differently – when it should be the same
Wall build up
Build Desk U-value 2.56 W/m2K Insitu U-value 1.75 W/m2K
Lime Plaster 15
Granite 400
Cement render 13
Lime roughcast render 25
Overall 453mm
Solid wall (homogenous)
Solid Walls U-Value Research by the SPAB
Courtesy Caroline Rye / SPAB
Walls – what is the thermal value?
Wall build up
Build Desk U-value 2.56 W/m2K Insitu U-value 1.75 W/m2K
Lime Plaster 15
Granite 400
Cement render 13
Lime roughcast render 25
Overall 453mm
Solid wall (homogenous)
Solid Walls U-Value Research by the SPAB
Courtesy Caroline Rye / SPAB
Walls – what is the thermal value?
46.3% better
Walls with Cavities – Limestone & Plasterboard
Insitu U-value 0.96 – 0.97 W/m2K Build Desk U-value 1.90 W/m2K
Wall build up
Gypsum skim 3
Plasterboard 13
Cavity 10
Limestone (ashlar) 170
Overall 196mm
(Without Dry Lining = 2.0 W/m2K)
Courtesy Caroline Rye / SPAB
Walls – what is the thermal value?
Walls with Cavities – Limestone & Plasterboard
Insitu U-value 0.96 – 0.97 W/m2K Build Desk U-value 1.90 W/m2K
Wall build up
Gypsum skim 3
Plasterboard 13
Cavity 10
Limestone (ashlar) 170
Overall 196mm
(Without Dry Lining = 2.0 W/m2K)
Courtesy Caroline Rye / SPAB
Walls – what is the thermal value?
95.9% better
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In-s
itu
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es
(W
/m2
K)
Build Desk U-values (W/m2K)
BuildDesk/In-situ U-value Comparison
In-situ U-values
Linear (Build DeskU-values)
Overestimates In-situ U-
value performance.
Underestimates
In-situ U-value
performance in
79% of cases.
Walls – what is the thermal value?
Poor maintenance = dampness and …. Heat Loss
Traditional buildings misunderstood
Poor maintenance = dampness and …. Heat Loss
Traditional buildings misunderstood
Poor maintenance = dampness and …. Heat Loss
Traditional buildings misunderstood
Dampness can increase heat loss by over 30%
Appropriate
Professional
Expertise
Correct/
Appropriate
Work
Specified
Appropriate
Craft Skill &
Expertise
Deployed
Work
Properly
Undertaken
b
Sustaining traditional buildings
Whose responsible?
Lack of
Professional
Expertise
Risk of
incorrect/
inappropriate
Work
Specified
Wrong Craft
Skill &
Expertise
Deployed
Wrong
Work !
Whose responsible?
Sustaining traditional buildings
Appropriate
Professional
Expertise
Correct/
Appropriate
Work
Specified
Inappropriate
Craft Skill &
Expertise
Deployed
Work not
Properly
Undertaken
b
Whose responsible?
Sustaining traditional buildings
1. A quarter of professionals find it difficult to specify traditional materials because of a lack of knowledge!
2. Almost two thirds of professionals felt that their formal education did not prepare them adequately for working on pre 1919 buildings.
3. New recruits are not considered to be adequately prepared for the built heritage sector.
4. For mainstream professionals, 35% of their work is on pre 1919 buildings whereby it equates to 76% of conservation or heritage specialists workload.
Training & Education today
Knowledge of the professions / surveyors/specifiers
Knowledge gap research by the National Heritage Training Group 2007
1. 100% of mainstream craft training /assessment on new construction.
2. Majority of professional /technical undergraduate training based on new construction.
3. Only half the construction industry output is in new construction (some estimate it is less).
4. Miss match on what it required and what is delivered. 5. 85% of the buildings that will exist in 2050 are with us today. 6. Sustaining existing buildings require knowledge, skills and
expertise in work to existing buildings.
Training & Education today
IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. 100% of mainstream craft training /assessment on new construction.
2. Majority of professional /technical undergraduate training based on new construction.
3. Only half the construction industry output is in new construction (some estimate it is less).
4. Miss match on what it required and what is delivered. 5. 85% of the buildings that will exist in 2050 are with us today. 6. Sustaining existing buildings require knowledge, skills and
expertise in work to existing buildings.
Training & Education today
Appropriate training is required –
to sustain one third of the Wales building stock
IMPORTANT ISSUES
“Research has shown that existing single glazed windows can easily be
upgraded to provide better U Values than provided by
replacement modern double glazed windows – costing less
and a greener approach”
Did you
know?
Research by
Historic
Scotland/English
Heritage/ Glasgow
Caledonian
University
Does mainstream understand?
What is the real knowledge gap?
Character and Aesthetics
No Listed Buildings and no Conservation Areas
but still lots of character!
Character and Aesthetics
Suitable for External Wall Insulation?
Character and Aesthetics
Suitable for External Wall Insulation?
Cared for by conservation experts…
•Listed Building /Scheduled Monument Consents
•Building Regulation exemptions
•More likely to have proper expertise
•Green Deal – more expert approach
Will mainstream properly care for these?
•No planning consents for most measures
•Building Regulations – ‘Special Considerations’ –
but will they be applied for or granted?
•Much less likely to have proper expertise – from
‘mainstream’
•Green Deal – risks to buildings, paybacks.
Unlikely to receive ‘expertise’ from the Green
Deal Advisor
• Ministerial Skills Summit 2012
• Ministers Historic Environment Group (HEG)
• HEG Climate Change Sub Group
• HEG Skills Sub Group
• Historic Environment Strategy
Cadw
Sustainability, climate change, knowledge,
skills and training
Subsequent actions….
Knowledge: Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA) and its partners (e.g. CIOB,
CIAT, RIBA, IHBC, SPAB, Good Homes Alliance, Historic Scotland, English Heritage), Sector Skills Councils, BRE, CEW/WLZCH, Existing Homes Alliance Cymru and its partners. Cadw research and that of its partners and collaborators.
Training: Development of NOS for Green Deal Installers and Advisors for older and
traditional buildings, ‘Certificate in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings’ (with Asset Skills), WLZCH/ CEW seminar series and other awareness sessions. Working with Construction-Skills, Asset-Skills, BEST, Wales Traditional and Sustainability Skills Advisory Group, Universities.
Training based on “Knowledge”
Cadw working on Best Practice (not necessarily
Common Practice) with others
Cadw working with BEST
To promote a better understanding
To help sustain the traditional buildings
of Wales – 1 in 3 of all buildings
Cadw working with BEST
To promote a better understanding
Sarah Harris - Programme Manager, BEST
Developing and delivering training under BEST
What does the BEST Programme offer to providers?
• An opportunity to broaden curriculum offer
• Research based information on training needs
• Outline course content to support the development of new courses
• A grant of up to 50% of the development and delivery costs
• Technical advice and support to build blended learning models
• A centralised e-learning platform for providers to use
Funding available
• Grant provides 50% of costs of development and delivery
• Providers need to provide 50% match
– Staff time
– Overhead costs
– Participant time
Zoe King, Communications & Business Engagement Officer, BEST
Equality and Diversity Support for Employers
• Specific targets related to equality and diversity – profile of participants & support for business.
• Tailored support to help businesses adopt of improve ways of working.
• Any size company is eligible and support is tailored.
Why have the targets?
• The sector continues to have underrepresentation from several areas of society.
• The image of the sector is improving in this respect, but the workforce profile suggests there is some way to go.
• Women in informal or non-paid roles.
• Recent EHRC report – ‘green shoots of delivery’ and ‘just one thing’.
Current Challenges
• Skills shortages in specialist areas.
• Loss of valuable skills and experience with retirement of older generation.
• Under-employment of fit for work disabled people.
• Visible ethnic minority people are still persistently underrepresented in construction training, employment and the supply chain.
Benefits of inclusivity
• Finding the best people and filling skills gaps.
• Reducing recruitment costs.
• Ensuring a highly motivated workforce.
• Reducing the risks of tribunal costs.
• Understanding your customers and finding new markets.
• Small or medium sized business – ensuring a place on procurement lists.
Support Available
• A baseline assessment of current performance in this area – online or face-to-face meeting.
• Tailored guidance on realistic steps to improve performance – agreed action plan.
• Small changes can have a big impact.
• Guidance and support through the process – templates and toolkits to be developed.
Further information
• www.best.cf.ac.uk
• Contact Natasha Owens on 029 2087 0990 or 029 2087 0939
Lara Hopkinson - ESDGC Manager, BEST
Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship
North Wales Launch Event: 23rd May 2013, Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Contact us:
web: www.best.cf.ac.uk @best_wales email: [email protected]