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Awareness in Environmental Technologies

Course code: P12300

Subject area: Net Zero Skills Hub

Study level: Part Time

Course level:

Course details

Course time:

09:00 - 12:00

Days of week:

Various

Course date:

6th Oct 2025 - 31st Jul 2026

Course location:

Abingdon Campus

Contact details

Email:

enquiries@abingdon-witney.ac.uk

Phone:

01235 555 585

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This free half-day course will give you a basic understanding of the main environmental technologies used in domestic settings to make efficient use of our natural resources to heat our homes. The decarbonisation of heating and hot water provision, as well as the issues, risks, impacts, and opportunities available will also be discussed.
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to different environmental technologies and energy efficiency measures that will enable businesses and individuals, homeowners and tenants to reduce or eliminate their reliance on fossil fuels.
The course is designed to run in combination with one of our other introductory half-day courses on the same day:
• Introduction to Solar Thermal
• Introduction to Solar PV
• Introduction to Heat Pumps
The content covered can be applied to any job role across sectors. The course is intended as a stepping stone to respond to the environmental and technological challenges and opportunities in the way energy is used/generated in our homes and businesses.
Course units
Subject areas included are renewable technology in context, photovoltaics and battery storage, solar thermal, heat pumps (ground and air source), thermal Insulation. Please note that this is delivered in combination with one of our other half-day courses, which you have to enrol on separately.
What next?
The Net Zero Skills Hub offers a range of introductory courses, including Introduction to Solar Thermal, Introduction to Solar PV, Introduction to Heat Pumps, Understanding Domestic Retrofit (accredited) and Carbon Literacy.
Entry criteria
There are no entry requirements and no prior knowledge is needed.
Fee information
There are no fees for this course.

*This course is fully funded - free, for individuals living or working in West Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and Cherwell District areas.

As part of your course we may organise trips to assist you with your learning. Trips are optional, and you will not be penalised if you choose not to participate.

There are bursaries available to help you with other course costs. Call 01235 216 212 for more information.

The rules on fee reduction are complicated and we would encourage you to talk to our Admissions staff on 01235 216 400 to discuss your options. You can find more information on our Fees and Bursaries page - search "Fees and Bursaries" at the top of the page.

19+ Fee:

£0.00

19+ Reduced Fee:

£0.00

Qualifications received
There is no formation qualification
Learning & method assessment
Powerpoint presentation in combination with demonstrations of some of our live displays in our Renewables Training Centre.
User skills
A great understanding of renewable technology and the knowledge to communicate to others.

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