Build the skills behind low-carbon heating and cooling.
Modular master classes and vocational training for the people who plan, build and operate district energy systems – with colleges, universities, operators and the supply chain.
Learn heating & cooling the way it is built.
Two ways in. One goal.
An international platform for modular training, built to close the skills gap in decarbonising heating and cooling – through hands-on training, collaboration and sharing best practice.
Master Classes
The strategic side of smart energy infrastructure: political, strategic, legal, financial, commercial, technical, leadership and communication.
For decision-makers, planners and project leaders →
Vocational Training
The practical side: design, installation, operations and maintenance of systems – with local colleges, universities and the supply chain.
For engineers, installers and operators →Energy operators, municipalities, consultants, contractors, investors and the supply chain – from decision-makers to technicians.
Free online introduction seminars; Master Class modules of seminars and workshops; vocational training with local colleges; apprenticeships.
Scope and content are adjusted to your organisation, your market and your investment case – and can run alongside the project itself.
Join a free introduction seminar or tell us about your project – we propose a programme.
The whole system, part by part.
Every course maps onto the six parts of a heating and cooling system – from where the energy is produced to how it is operated for decades.
Heat provision
Plants, sources and the technologies that produce low-carbon heat.
Cooling provision
District cooling – from seawater and free cooling to chillers.
Distribution
Pipes, chambers and networks that carry heat and cooling to users.
Connect & control
Substations, metering and controls that link network and building.
Building efficiency
Demand, renovation and the energy performance of buildings.
Operations
Running, maintaining and upgrading systems over their lifetime.
From the first plan to the next one.
Vocational training follows the life of a real project. Each stage is a set of topics – and the last stage leads straight back to the first.
- 1Strategic plan. Now.Feasibility, objectives, market research
- 2Leadership & teamPolitical, financing and business strategy
- 3Preliminary designCommercial plan, simulations, final design
- 4Decision: go / no-goPrepare roll-out, specification, procurement
- 5Quality systemsHealth & safety, budget control, commissioning
- 6OperationsMaintenance, upgrading, expansion
- 7Strategic plan. Next.The cycle starts again
Building a network of competence centres.
Collaboration and sharing best practice speed up the energy transition. The Heat Academy's ambition is a network of competence centres in different markets – sharing experience and investing in innovation together, towards net-zero heating and cooling by 2050.
Build the skills your energy project needs.
Tell us about your organisation, your project or your market – we tailor the training to where you are.