Making a little energi go a long way
Achieving Passivhaus & BB101
Standards for
School Ventilation
CIBSE Accredited CPDs
The CPD is designed to demonstrate that by linking Passivhaus standards and those of BB101, we can achieve schools with much lower carbon footprints, whilst discussing the merits of the guidance in these documents.
CPD Agenda
Design Standards
Learn BB101 requirements and Passivhaus principles for indoor environments.
Ventilation Strategies
Advantages of Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) for school environments
Occupant Comfort
Understand the influence Carbon Dioxide (CO2) has on the human body and the importance of CO2 management in classrooms. The relationship between outdoor air quality and indoor air quality. Improving thermal comfort using thermal mass.
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.
Frequently asked questions
Continuous Professional Development
This seminar explains the key updates introduced in the 2018 reissue of Building Bulletin 101 (BB101) regarding ventilation, indoor air quality (IAQ), and thermal comfort in schools. It demonstrates how Smart Mechanical Ventilation (SMV)—such as decentralized MVHR systems—helps school design teams seamlessly comply with these stringent regulations.
The CPD covers vital regulatory shifts, including:
Stricter $CO_2$ threshold targets (such as maintaining daily averages below 1,000 ppm for mechanical/hybrid systems).
The adoption of adaptive thermal comfort models (aligning with CIBSE TM52 / EN 15251) to prevent summertime overheating without relying blindly on air conditioning.
Acoustic performance standards and draught prevention during winter operation modes.
Traditional natural or manual window-based ventilation often struggles to consistently meet modern $CO_2$ standards, especially in urban areas dealing with external noise and traffic pollution. Smart mechanical ventilation units provide automated, demand-controlled fresh air distribution, efficient heat recovery, and optimal indoor climate control without disrupting learning.
This seminar is tailored for M&E consulting engineers, building services designers, school estate managers, local authority property officers, and architects involved in the design, expansion, or retrofitting of educational facilities.
Like other SAV Systems seminars, it is run as an informal, interactive session—frequently formatted as a 1.5-hour lunch-and-learn—with open Q&A throughout and supplementary learning resources provided afterward.
Achieving Passivhaus & BB101 Standards for School Ventilation
This video provides additional context on how smart mechanical ventilation and heat recovery strategies help educational buildings comply with BB101 and low-energy design standards.
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