AECB CarbonLite™ Training Centre

Welcome to the AECB CarbonLite™ Training Centre

The AECB’s CarbonLite Training Centre offers a comprehensive suite of expert-led courses designed to support the built environment sector in upskilling for a net zero future.

Whether you’re new to retrofit or a seasoned professional, our training centre provides flexible pathways to develop the knowledge and skills needed to decarbonise buildings and heating systems.

Choose from a growing library of on-demand courses, live learning events, and blended options — alongside a range of free publications for both members and non-members.

From foundational retrofit principles to advanced modelling and embodied carbon, our flexible courses are developed by experts, grounded in evidence, and trusted across the industry.

AECB members enjoy exclusive discounts and access to additional content and tools.

Funding is now available for a selection of our most popular training courses!

Take a look at our funding page for more details.

Join thousands who’ve trained with us since the 1990s — and become part of a movement that builds better.

Courses currently available include:

CarbonLite Retrofit Foundation

CarbonLite Route to Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Assessment

Understanding Building Physics

Whole Life and Embodied Carbon Calculation Using PHribbon

Explore our course catalogue below — or reach out to [email protected] to co-create bespoke training packages, partner on delivery, or find the right starting point for your team.

Our learning content draws on the strength of the AECB’s CarbonLite Retrofit and New Build Standards…

… providing the structure, robustness, software and support to decarbonise buildings that perform in practice, not just on paper.

Ward Grove is a whole dwelling retrofit to the AECB CarbonLite Retrofit Standard that has won the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards in the Retrofit Category.

Our holistic retrofit training ...

Retrofit Foundation Course

This comprehensive course brings together a wealth of knowledge on low energy building retrofit and methodology.

Gain knowledge of how to do advanced energy efficient retrofit and deepen your understanding of building physics and the risks associated with measures, to enable you to make informed decisions.

Funding is now available!

Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Assessment

Retrofit Coordination Course

Developed to provide an in-depth knowledge of the PAS2035 process, become proficient in retrofit coordination and risk management in order to facilitate the accredited Retrofit Coordinator (there would be the option to progress onto the full Level 5 qualification after completing the course should you wish).

Understand the PAS 2035 process in order to apply it to your own project management process, to add robustness and confidence to your approach.

Our subject specific courses ...

Understanding Building Physics

This course aims to make daunting concepts more palatable, provide methods of critical thinking that can be applied to design and empower those working in the built environment,
breaking down the barriers created by a lack of knowledge and confidence about building physics.