Making a little energi go a long way
Minimising School
Capital Plant with MVHR
CIBSE Accredited CPDs
This CPD explores the relationship between ventilation strategy and the size and cost of the heating plant in schools. Traditionally, building services have treated ventilation and heating as separate systems. However, when designing low carbon buildings, particularly with heat pumps, these systems become highly interdependent.
CPD Agenda
Understanding the relationship between ventilation strategies and heating plant sizing in school buildings
Recognising how MVHR reduces space heating demand in classrooms
Identify how reduced heating loads can enable smaller, more efficient heat pump systems and associated infrastructure
Evaluate the impact of ventilation design on capital costs, plant space requirements and electrical capacity
Apply best practise approaches to designing low carbon school buildings using coordinated ventilation and heating strategies
Flexible delivery, practical insight and expert-led discussion
Built Around Engineers
Interactive
Learn through discussion, not lectures. Our informal CPD seminars encourage questions, conversation and knowledge sharing, creating an engaging learning experience built around practical engineering challenges.
Flexible
Designed to fit around your working day. Lunchtime sessions last up to 90 minutes, making it easy to gain valuable CPD without disrupting your schedule.
Flexible
Designed to fit around your working day. Lunchtime sessions last up to 90 minutes, making it easy to gain valuable CPD without disrupting your schedule.
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Continuous Professional Development
This CIBSE-accredited seminar explores the relationship between a school's ventilation strategy and the sizing, capacity, and overall cost of its central heating plant. It demonstrates how integrating Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) reduces heating loads, allowing for smaller, lower-cost low-carbon plant installations (such as heat pumps).
Traditionally, building services design treats heating and ventilation as separate systems. However, in low-carbon school design, ventilation heat loss accounts for a major portion of peak thermal demand. By addressing them holistically through heat recovery, designers can significantly downsize primary heating equipment, saving capital expenditure (CapEx) and operational costs (OpEx).
Capital Cost Reduction: How MVHR lowers required central plant capacity and upfront equipment spend.
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) & Thermal Comfort: Maintaining optimal $CO_2$ levels, temperature control, and fresh air supply for learning environments.
Low-Carbon Transition: Aligning ventilation strategies with heat pump adoption and decarbonization targets for educational facilities.
Integrated System Design: Practical layout considerations, energy efficiency gains, and real-world case studies in school buildings.
This CPD is tailored for M&E consulting engineers, building services consultants, school estate managers, local authority climate and education officers, and architects focused on sustainable educational infrastructure.
Format: An informal, interactive presentation (typically an in-person lunch-and-learn session) with Q&A throughout.
Duration: Up to 1.5 hours.
Booking: You can request a session directly on the SAV Systems Minimising School Capital Plant CPD page by filling out their booking request form.
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