Energy manager : Training

It is essential to keep up to date with legislation, compliance and reporting requirements through training and continuous professional development (CPD) and it is usual to take postgraduate qualifications part time whilst in employment. Energy professionals often become members of the Energy Institute (EI)  who offer a range of training options including the Level 4 qualification, Training in Energy Management through Open Learning (TEMOL), the Diploma in Energy Management and Utilisation and the recently developed European Energy Manager qualification.

The Energy Institute holds further details of these and other approved postgraduate courses.

There are a number of specific training courses, which deal with the effectiveness of the energy conservation strategies that are being put into place. The Building Research Establishment (BRE)  has developed BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method), which is used to assess and improve the environmental performance of buildings, and this forms the basis of many of the courses. New legislation and changes to building regulations mean that assessment standards are likely to change in the future, so this training is becoming more important.

Since the role demands high-level information technology skills, training in specialist software designed for monitoring and targeting energy efficiency is available.