Natural Insulation for Low Carbon Builds
Event Description Natural Insulation has many benefits for builders and occupants but not everyone is familiar with these products. Discover how natural insulation products can be the perfect solution for […]
Reducing Carbon Emissions from MEP Systems
Event Description As we move to reduce carbon emissions from our buildings and align with California carbon-reduction goals, we often overlook the impacts, and opportunities, in mechanical, electrical and plumbing […]
Builder’s Perspective: Insulation and Air Sealing
Event Description Insulation and air sealing are critical aspects of construction, contributing to improved energy performance, reduced operating costs, greater indoor air quality and resiliency during a wildfire emergency. Insulation […]
Multi-Family Domestic Hot Water
Event Description Moving from fossil-fuel boilers to other forms of domestic hot water heating can be challenging, but it’s definitely doable. This training offers experience and strategies for providing DHW […]
Energy Performance and Fire-Resistant Construction
Event Description With increasing fire intensity throughout the state and more areas designated with high fire severity zones, our region is naturally interested in building construction that decreases fire risk. […]
Ask the Experts: Load Calculations
Event Description This is an office-hours style open discussion about heating and cooling load calculations. Bring your questions about load calculations procedures, specific and general. Ask about data collection for a […]
Next Generation Passive Solar
Event Description We all learned the principles of passive solar design in school – south facing orientation, strategic windows, thermal mass, etc., but the old rules don’t apply in the […]
Ask the Expert: Enclosures
Event Description This is an office-hours style open discussion about high-performance building enclosures with Home Performance Pro Judy Rachel. We’ll be talking insulation, windows, air sealing, blower door testing, and […]
A Builder’s Perspective on Zero Net Energy
Event Description For the contractors and trades involved in residential and small commercial projects, Zero Net Energy (ZNE), or near-ZNE, is on the rise, to meet the energy code as […]
Practical Ways to Address Embodied Carbon
Event Description Embodied Carbon, the term that identifies the collective impacts of extracting, manufacturing and transporting building materials, is appearing on everything from requests for proposals to the next round […]