CPPHES4007 - Assess thermal performance of existing residential buildings

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Unit code: CPPHES4007 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
N/A
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to source and analyse information on the thermal performance of existing residences. It includes providing advice on ways to improve thermal performance accounting for ownership and type of building, costs and practicalities of implementing improvement recommendations.This unit is for individuals who work independently as home sustainability assessors using specialised knowledge to complete thermal performance assessments. It involves completing routine and non-routine tasks and dealing with predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.

Assessment

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Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
A candidate must meet the performance criteria of this unit by conducting thermal performance assessments and identifying thermal performance improvements for a minimum of two different existing residential buildings.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge of:

  • Australian climate zones, characteristics and data used in thermal performance assessments:
  • diurnal temperature range
  • humidity
  • irradiance
  • minimum and maximum temperature
  • solar geometry
  • wind speed and direction
  • building thermal performance principles:
  • glazing, shading and insulation for controlling temperature
  • orientation impacts
  • thermal mass for storing
  • ventilation
  • definition of thermal comfort and its role in thermal performance assessments
  • hazards and risks and types of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used when conducting on-site thermal performance assessments
  • impact of building design and materials on thermal performance:
  • condensation
  • constraints on choice of building materials
  • embodied energy and lifecycle properties of building materials
  • thermal performance properties of common building materials
  • key requirements of codes, standards, regulations and government incentive programs associated with improving the thermal performance of existing residences
  • options for improving thermal performance of existing residences
  • passive energy design principles
  • physical factors that influence thermal comfort
  • relationship between building design, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
  • relationship between building thermal performance and thermal comfort
  • requirements, documentation and uses of thermal performance ratings
  • safe work requirements for on-site thermal performance assessments
  • types, advantages and disadvantages of non-rating tools and techniques used to assess thermal performance of residential buildings
  • units of measurement for energy and power associated with thermal performance assessments.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VU Polytechnic and/or via the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Advanced Diploma of Building Surveying
CPC60121 | Diploma | Duration:

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