To be admitted to the Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Building Energy Consultant, you must have a Federal Diploma of Higher Education or a comparable qualification in the field of building services engineering as well as the building manager qualification in the field of building envelope or a comparable qualification. However, which apprenticeship qualification you hold is irrelevant for the FPE as a building energy consultant.

Building energy consultants with a federal certificate are responsible for the energy analysis and renovation of buildings, draw up building energy performance certificates, submit funding applications and work professionally with external partners in building envelopes and building technology. As specialists, they develop individual solutions for energy-efficient building renovations that always take sustainability into account as well as an environmentally friendly component. Thanks to their specialist skills, they can determine the energy consumption of buildings, identify weak points in the building envelope and initiate renovation measures if necessary. Energy consultants for buildings with a federal certificate act as an intermediary between architects, craftsmen and building owners, taking into account both economic and legal aspects.

The advanced training course to become a building energy consultant with Federal Diploma of Higher Education consists of seven modules. These are: Building Physics; Building Technology and Renewable Energies; Building Construction; Implementation Planning; Verifications and Funding Applications, Networking Workshop and a GEAK training course. You will cover topics such as the basics of thermal insulation and thermal bridges, air exchange and fire protection, as well as measurement technology, energy consumption, opaque and transparent building envelopes, shading, building ecology, weak points in building envelopes, electrical engineering, sanitary engineering, heating technology, air conditioning and ventilation technology, as well as renewable energies and the energy market. During the continuing education, further training in energy consulting, you will also cover the areas of thermal energy in building construction, applications for subsidies, creating and interpreting building energy certificates, building entry, thermal insulation certificates, legal bases, work contracts and orders, economic efficiency, resource planning, installation management, occupational safety, order completion, customer consulting and networking of the individual modules to become a building energy consultant.

The further training to become a building energy consultant with a federal certificate is divided into seven modules, which have fixed course dates and take place over a period of around seven months on a total of 22 seminar days. The diploma training with higher specialist examination to become an energy and efficiency consultant with a federal diploma lasts one and a half years with a total of 720 lessons.