{"id":5019,"date":"2014-10-09T11:48:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T11:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2014-10-09T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T11:48:40","slug":"mark-stephens-accredited-in-environmental-services-by-the-riai-paulmknally-mentioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/mark-stephens-accredited-in-environmental-services-by-the-riai-paulmknally-mentioned\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Stephens Accredited in \u2018Environmental\u2019 services by the RIAI (@paulmknally mentioned)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark Stephens is now RIAI Accredited in \u2018Environmental\u2019 services.<\/p>\n

In addition to the core competencies as defined in the RIAI Standard of Knowledge Skill and Competence for an Architect; an architect with RIAI Environmental CPD Accreditation can provide advice on (information from riai.ie):<\/p>\n

Sustainable Fundamentals:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Site selection and orientation
\n\u2022 Passive solar design
\n\u2022 Airtightness and ventilation
\n\u2022 Indoor Air Quality: Pollutants
\n\u2022 Material selection
\n\u2022 Thermal Comfort
\n\u2022 Heat Transfer
\n\u2022 Thermal Mass in Buildings
\n\u2022 Sustainable Insulation Materials
\n\u2022 Primary and Embodied Energy
\n\u2022 Energy Conservation and Renewable<\/p>\n

Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Water and Waste
\n\u2022 Legislation and Compliance<\/p>\n

Renewable Technologies:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Biomass
\n\u2022 Heat Pumps
\n\u2022 Solar Thermal
\n\u2022 Solar Photovoltaic
\n\u2022 Wind
\n\u2022 Micro-Hydro<\/p>\n

Finance and Payback:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Conceptual framework for energy-efficient retrofits
\n\u2022 Cost analysis energy-efficient retrofits and optimising payback to clients
\n\u2022 Grants available<\/p>\n

Legislation, Compliance and Best Practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The concepts behind key issues for compliance with TGD L 2011
\n\u2022 Introduction to Acceptable Construction Details
\n\u2022 Low Thermal Bridge Design
\n\u2022 DEAP as Design Tool
\n\u2022 Awareness of compliant and best practice ways of building for a specific range of construction types, both new build and retrofit
\n\u2022 Airtightness in old buildings and the regulations
\n\u2022 Understanding which insulations suit which refurbishment
\n\u2022 The relationship between airtightness and air quality, different systems, critique of Part F
\n\u2022 Introduction to DC-MEV
\n\u2022 Basic sizing of boilers & MVHR, heating controls & troubleshooting<\/p>\n

I am now part of a select group of RIAI architects (I think there are at present only 4) with this Accreditation; of which Paul McNally is another; for details of his accreditation CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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