Energy prices, grid reliability and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing building owners to understand exactly how their premises perform. Offices, hospitals, hotels, schools and factories often waste a fifth or more of their energy through poor controls, oversized equipment and neglected maintenance, and that waste can be found with ordinary tools and a systematic approach.

This programme gives participants a repeatable method. They start by establishing a baseline from bills, meter readings and building data, then learn to benchmark against comparable buildings. Audit practice follows: inspecting cooling, ventilation, lighting, hot water, compressed air and the envelope, recording findings and sizing opportunities. The latter part of the week covers retrofit economics, on-site solar and storage, building management systems, behaviour change and the carbon accounting needed to describe progress honestly.

Each day mixes explanation with calculation. Participants work through data from real building types, use spreadsheet templates supplied for the course, and produce a prioritised list of measures with costs, savings and a phasing plan. The outcome is an approach that can be applied to their own portfolio straight away.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Establish an energy baseline and calculate energy use intensity for different building types.
• Normalise consumption for weather, occupancy and operating hours.
• Conduct a structured walk-through audit of building services and the envelope.
• Identify and size low-cost, medium-cost and capital efficiency measures.
• Evaluate solar photovoltaic and storage options against a building's load profile.
• Estimate savings, payback and net present value for retrofit packages.
• Convert energy savings into avoided emissions using recognised emission factors.
• Prepare a phased decarbonisation roadmap with an owner for each action.

The course is suitable for people who operate, design or advise on buildings, including:

• Facilities and estates managers
• Building services, mechanical and electrical engineers
• Energy managers and sustainability officers
• Property and asset managers
• Architects and project managers on retrofit projects
• Hotel, hospital and school operations managers
• Energy service company and solar installer staff
• Government and county facilities and public works officers

Participants leave the course with:

• An energy audit checklist and report template ready for use.
• A spreadsheet model for baselines, savings and payback.
• A ranked list of efficiency measures for a sample building.
• A method for sizing rooftop solar against actual demand.
• A simple carbon calculation they can repeat each year.
• A phased decarbonisation roadmap outline for their own buildings.
• A measurement and verification checklist for confirming savings after each retrofit.
• A marginal abatement cost chart ranking measures by cost per tonne of carbon saved.

The programme is deliberately applied, so participants practise the same steps an energy consultant would take. It uses:

• Concise technical sessions followed immediately by calculations
• Spreadsheet templates for baselines, savings and economics
• A site-style audit exercise using photographs, plans and meter data
• Group presentation of a retrofit package and its business case
• Open clinics on the buildings participants manage

Participants who take part in all sessions and complete the audit and roadmap exercises receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.

The baseline model, audit findings and decarbonisation roadmap produced during the week remain with each participant and can support CPD records or an internal energy management proposal.