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Building Performance Training is tailored for current and prospective building professionals—with expert instruction, technical trainings, soft skills development and certifications on the latest energy efficiency methods and measures.
- Grow your business and expand your services
- Keep up with industry trends
- Gain technical skills
- Add value for your customers
What is a high-performance building?
A high-performance building is one that operates as a system, where all parts work together as efficiently as possible—improving the overall comfort, health, efficiency and life of the building.
Building Performance Trainings benefit everybody:
- Builders: Contractors, plumbers, electricians and other building trades
- Designers: Architects, engineers and other design professionals
- Real estate professionals: Realtors, appraisers, inspectors, and others
- Emerging professionals: Students, young professionals or those looking for a career transition
Examples of Topics:
- General building science such as the building envelope
- Specific building systems such as HVAC and water heating
- Decarbonizing technologies such as heat pumps
- Passive House and Zero Net Energy (ZNE)
- Policy issues like CA climate goals and electrification
- Other emerging topics related to high-performance buildings
Check out our events calendar below to register for upcoming trainings.
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September 2021
DIY Home Energy Savings (Hill Road Library)
September 23 @ 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm
IN-PERSON EVENT 3C-REN and the Ventura County Library have partnered to bring you the DIY Home Energy Savings Toolkit. The toolkit includes tools, equipment and a guide to help you save energy and increase the comfort of your home. The kit has items for you to keep like LED light bulbs, outlet gaskets, weatherstripping, and water leak detection dye tablets; and tools you’ll return like an infrared laser thermometer and a Kill-A-Watt meter. Join this event for a demo of…
Find out more »All About ADU’s for Real Estate Professionals
September 29 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
REGISTER To meet the growing demand of states and municipalities creating programs and incentives that reward Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU)-style development, professionals need to be prepared to help homeowners and developers understand energy code requirements and energy efficiency opportunities, as well as general considerations like site selection, development process, costs of development, and return on investment. Learning Objectives: Learn what makes a property ADU-ready/eligible Understand what is involved in the approval process to build an ADU Learn taxation, valuation…
Find out more »October 2021
Flexible Dates: Communicating the Value of High Performance
October 1
INTEREST FORM 3C-REN wants to help you cultivate businesses development skills and grow your professional network with a free, 4-session training series. This online, interactive web series teaches you how to get in front of top prospective clients, close the deal --- and, most importantly, increase average revenue and profit through consultative selling. With a small cohort of 5-10 professionals from across the design and construction trades, this series equips you to: Win the business a higher percentage of the time Understand your customer's…
Find out more »Ventilation 101
October 5 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am
REGISTER Description: Ventilation 101 will cover the fundamentals of ventilation and will provide information to enable learners to achieve the following learning objectives: Articulate why tighter construction means residential buildings need ventilation Identify and articulate the pros and cons of the three types of ventilation currently available: supply only, exhaust only and balanced ventilation Describe the factors to consider when planning for a home’s ventilation system. Audience: Architects, designers, general contractors, other new and existing building professionals. Instructor(s): Albert Rooks,…
Find out more »DIY Home Energy Savings (Virtual Event)
October 7 @ 6:00 pm - 6:40 pm
REGISTER 3C-REN and the Ventura County Library have partnered to bring you the DIY Home Energy Savings Toolkit. The toolkit includes tools, equipment and a guide to help you save energy and increase the comfort of your home.The kit has items for you to keep like LED light bulbs, outlet gaskets, weatherstripping, and water leak detection dye tablets; and tools you’ll return like an infrared laser thermometer and a Kill-A-Watt meter.Join this event for a demo of the kit, to…
Find out more »3C-REN Multifamily Home Energy Savings Program Launch
October 12 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am
REGISTER 3C-REN is celebrating the launch of its new Home Energy Savings program for multifamily housing. Hear about the program’s offerings from staff and industry experts. The Multifamily Home Energy Savings program works with property owners and managers directly to identify and provide rebates for optimum energy improvements for tri-county multifamily properties over 5 units. Join 3C-REN, industry-leading experts, and community members to discuss how you can receive no-cost assessments, technical assistance, and rebates on multifamily properties throughout the tri-county…
Find out more »CEA/AEA Exam: Central California
October 14 @ 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
REGISTER Certification as a Certified Energy Analyst (CEA) or Associate Energy Analyst (AEA) signifies that a consultant understands the California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6) and has an understanding of broader energy efficiency issues, is committed to providing quality service to clients, and that he/she has made a commitment to conduct business in an ethical fashion. Because CEAs have also made a commitment to ongoing educational requirements, attending advanced industry training puts them on the cutting edge.…
Find out more »Efficient Yields Tri-County: Automation & Controls Best Practices for All Cultivation Environments
October 14 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
REGISTER Efficient Cannabis Cultivation to Increase Profit & Productivity: Automation & Controls Best Practices for All Cultivation Environments Learn how environmental control systems managing lighting, HVAC, and water processes are crucial for growers to achieve maximum yields in all cannabis production environments. Understand how automation of resource-consuming systems can drive competitive performance by improving efficiency and productivity to increase profits. Topical areas include: Compete & Comply to Maximize Profit & Productivity Retrofitting Buildings and Systems for Cultivation Compliance with Title…
Find out more »CEA/AEA Exam: Southern California
October 15 @ 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
General Services Agency Training Room,
800 S. Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009 United States + Google Map
Ventura, CA 93009 United States + Google Map
REGISTER Certification as a Certified Energy (CEA) or Associate Energy Analyst (AEA) signifies that a consultant understands the California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6) and has an understanding of broader energy efficiency issues, is committed to providing quality service to clients, and that he/she has made a commitment to conduct business in an ethical fashion. Because CEAs have also made a commitment to ongoing educational requirements, attending advanced industry training puts them on the cutting edge. …
Find out more »HVAC Design for Code Officials: ACCA Manual J, D, & S Report Training
October 28 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am
REGISTER Description: Event details coming soon. Audience: Plan examiners, building inspectors, and other public sector building and safety staff. Instructors: Jennifer Rennick, In Balance Green Consulting
Find out more »November 2021
Flexible Dates: Communicating the Value of High Performance
November 1
INTEREST FORM 3C-REN wants to help you cultivate businesses development skills and grow your professional network with a free, 4-session training series. This online, interactive web series teaches you how to get in front of top prospective clients, close the deal --- and, most importantly, increase average revenue and profit through consultative selling. With a small cohort of 5-10 professionals from across the design and construction trades, this series equips you to: Win the business a higher percentage of the time Understand your customer's…
Find out more »Exploring Energy Efficiency’s Role in Densification and Affordability
November 4 @ 9:00 am - 11:30 am
REGISTER Description: The tri-county region has begun addressing the increasing need for livable space by constructing accessory dwelling units (ADUs), tiny homes, prefabricated homes, and other nontraditional housing elements to accommodate housing needs and affordability. How will area building professionals handle the growing need for energy efficiency in these dynamic housing types? The current energy code and future iterations provide streamlined compliance for housing project development. In this forum, attendees will learn about energy code requirements, zoning, and permitting for nontraditional housing projects. Speakers will highlight housing market impacts and strategies for improving comfort and efficiency in various building types. Speaker Meet & Greet Following the Forum Continue…
Find out more »Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and the Energy Code
November 9 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am
REGISTER Description: New state laws encourage accessory dwelling unit (ADU) construction to help meet the state’s housing needs. ADU requirements can be confusing, so join us to learn how they comply with the 2019 Energy and Green Building Codes.Audience: Code officials, architects, designers, builders, contractors and other related fields.Learning objectives: Understand what accessory dwelling units are Learn about energy and green building code requirements for new and existing conversion ADUsClarify when solar is required, maximum and minimum square footage, and HVAC and water…
Find out more »Our Changing Climate and Evolving Building Practice
November 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
REGISTER Decarbonization and High Performance: Leveraging the Loading Order. Building Science, and Integrated Design & Delivery This class will provide an overview of the changes occurring within the building sector and the driving forces behind them. We will discuss what these trends foretell for those of us in the industry, and an array of actual and potential solutions available to address the challenges we face. Learning Objectives: Identify key issues driving evolution within the building industry Describe policies and…
Find out more »December 2021
Flexible Dates: Communicating the Value of High Performance
December 1
INTEREST FORM 3C-REN wants to help you cultivate businesses development skills and grow your professional network with a free, 4-session training series. This online, interactive web series teaches you how to get in front of top prospective clients, close the deal --- and, most importantly, increase average revenue and profit through consultative selling. With a small cohort of 5-10 professionals from across the design and construction trades, this series equips you to: Win the business a higher percentage of the time Understand your customer's…
Find out more »Efficient Yields Tri-County: Greenhouse Optimization – Aligning Your Systems with Your Surroundings
December 2 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
REGISTER Efficient Cannabis Cultivation to Increase Profit & Productivity: Greenhouse Optimization - Aligning Your Systems with Your Surroundings Greenhouse controls can be more complicated because they have to contend with more extreme variations in climatic conditions and solar radiation that are harder to predict. Learn best practices for lighting and environmental controls in greenhouses. Daily and seasonal variation of the Sun can quickly influence facility heat gain, plant photosynthetic rate, and transpiration rate at varying rates across the canopy in…
Find out more »2022 Energy Code Preview- What’s Next?
December 9 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am
REGISTER The 2022 Energy Code is effective January 1, 2023. This course will provide an overview of the changes from the 2019 Energy Code for both residential and nonresidential sections. Learning Objectives: · Understand what the Energy Code is · Learn what changes are coming under the 2022 code cycle and how they will affect your work. Audience: code officials, architects, designers, builders, contractors, and other related fields. Instructors: Lauren Hotell, Franklin Energy Amy Dryden, Association for Energy Affordability
Find out more »February 2022
Efficient Yields Tri-County: Indoor Optimization – HVAC & Lighting Best Practices
February 3, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
REGISTER Efficient Cannabis Cultivation to Increase Profit & Productivity: Indoor Optimization - HVAC & Lighting Best Practices Resource consumption of indoor cultivation environments is driven by operation of horticultural lighting and HVAC systems. Learn best practices for lighting and environmental controls in indoor grow operations. Understand how to compete and comply with upcoming code changes. Save energy by automating system controls to account for interactive effects. Topical areas include: Best Practices for Advanced Controls & Automation in Cultivation: Indoor Understanding…
Find out more »April 2022
Efficient Yields Tri-County: Sungrown Efficiency – Optimizing the Energy-Water Nexus
April 7, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
REGISTER Efficient Cannabis Cultivation to Increase Profit & Productivity: Sungrown Efficiency - Optimizing the Energy-Water Nexus Resource consumption of outdoor cultivation environments is driven by water usage, which has its own impact on energy usage. Additionally, starting plants in protected environments has associated energy impacts. Learn best practices for lighting and environmental controls for hardy starts before bringing plants to the field. Understand how to maximize productivity while minimizing water and energy consumption. Topical areas include: Best Practices for Hardy…
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