Remodeling – A Great Time to Improve Efficiency and Electrify

This class is intended to equip homeowners planning remodeling projects to work effectively with their design and building team to incorporate high-performance goals of efficiency, comfort, electrification, etc.—and avoid common pitfalls. Managing even a simple project can be challenging enough, but when you’re targeting high performance, it takes extra care to make sure you get the results you hope for.

Home Assessments for Decarbonization

This class is designed to prepare building practitioners, who have basic to advanced knowledge of residential building, to assist homeowners on their pathways to electrification and decarbonization. We will cover all phases of the assessment process from understanding homeowner goals and setting expectations, through a methodical investigation and documentation of existing conditions and potential issues, to proposing and prioritizing solutions and offering implementation resources. A homeowner questionnaire template, existing condition form, and annotated electrification resource directory will be included as class handouts.

Home Remodeling – Fire Resiliency & Electrification

This class is designed for both homeowners and professionals who are planning residential remodeling projects, regardless of whether the remodel is focused on electrification or fire resiliency, or those are just part of a larger plan. In this 90-minute session, green home consultant Ann Edminster will describe electrification options along with upgrade opportunities that improve comfort while also reducing your home’s climate impacts and wildfire risks.

Our Changing Climate and Evolving Building Practice

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.