The Practical Guide to All-Electric Residential Buildings (Part 1): Why All-Electric, Solar, Cooking
Event Description The case for building all-electric is stronger than ever. All-electric homes are cheaper to build and operate, healthier and more comfortable to live in, and have GHG emissions […]
Home Improvements for a Healthier, Resilient, and Clean-Energy Future
Event Description Overview of a new one-page guide for homeowners. With the premise that most home improvement projects have the potential to improve or harm performance, it’s helpful to be […]
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: No More Heat Pump Headaches!
Event Description Bring your toughest “no” and your real-world roadblocks to this interactive session about any and all electrification projects. Your questions from the field, your trickiest case studies, and […]
Intro to Heat Pump Technology
Event Description It’s Heat Pump Week! Let’s kick-off the week with an introduction to heat pumps for heating, cooling and generating hot water for our homes and businesses. We’ll cover […]
2025 Energy Code in Practice: Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
Event Description Sorting through tables and reading the fine print in the energy code may get you the specific language of the code, but what does that really mean in […]
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 […]
Enclosure in Detail
Event Description Passive House is an enclosure-first approach that empowers architectural design to drive comfort, resilience, health, and efficiency outcomes. The Passive House enclosure is fundamental to overall building performance […]
Unitary Versus Split Heat Pump Water Heating Systems
Event Description This course introduces the key differences between unitary and split heat pump water heater systems, with a focus on what they are, what they do, and how they […]