With a view to supporting heating engineers and installers who need to complete heat loss calculations for their oil boiler installations, Grant UK has introduced a new blog and free eLearning module which talk through the steps involved.
Following recent changes to Part L of the Building Regulations, a full room by room heat loss calculation now needs to be carried out before installing an oil or gas boiler. To help installers with this new step, Grant UK has developed an Oil Boiler Heat Loss Calculator tool which is available to download via the company’s G1 Portal. In addition, a new blog and eLearning module are also now online which guide installers through the calculator tool and how to use it.
In the blog, assistant training manager Steve Ellison provides a step-by-step guide to using the Oil Boiler Heat Loss Calculator. He also explains the purpose of a room-by-room calculation, giving engineers a context to this process. The blog is available via Grant UK’s website here: www.grantuk.com/about/blog/how-to-do-a-heat-loss-calculation-for-an-oil-boiler-installation.
Meanwhile, to support the blog, a ten-minute eLearning module is also available via the Grant eLearning Academy. This on-demand tutorial provides a visual step-by-step guide to the calculator, talking through each of the tabs within the tool and providing an explanation for the data input which installers need to complete. The eLearning module is free to access so installers can log onto www.grantelearning.com and visit the course catalogue to enrol (new users to the Grant eLearning Academy will need to sign up and create an account using the enrolment key GUKPR0820).
