SummitSkills is the sector skills council for the building services engineering sector, which incorporates the electrotechnical, heating and ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration and plumbing industries. It is an employer-led organisation which focuses on identifying the current and future skills and training needs of the sector. By setting National Occupational Standards and qualifications, and through working with Government and training providers, SummitSkills ensures that opportunities to develop the required skills are available to employers. SummitSkills works closely with a number of Government departments in relation to skills and the low carbon agenda. We led on the Skills and Knowledge chapter of the Microgeneration Strategy and are playing a key role in the skills agenda for Green Deal. We work hard to represent the views of employers in formulation of Government policy.

The Summit Briefings are ongoing series of seminars that SummitSkills and Rushlight Events are holding around the topic of business opportunities, regulatory/ financial/ commercial mechanics of the various initiatives and strategic issues arising from the move towards sustainable buildings.