Multi-Family Domestic Hot Water

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 in multifamily […]
Hemp Beginnings

This seminar covers the beginning stages of hemp as a plant, as a material, and it’s uses in the built environment. We will cover hemp history in society and government, […]
Detailing for High Performance Roofs and Walls

We know the concepts behind providing a great building envelope – air tight and well-insulated– but how, exactly, do we do that? In this course, we’ll provide ‘sketch-level’ details of […]
Energy Code Compliance: Using HERS Measures (Part 2)

Third-party verification through HERS measures is a great way to improve energy performance and, more to the point, meet the Title 24 Energy code. In this two-part course, we’ll cover […]
Energy Code Implementation: Single Family Additions and Alterations

Energy Code Implementation Series Since the energy code update took effect in January 2023, the industry is adjusting to design, detailing and construction to meet compliance. In this series, we’ll […]
Recovery Ventilators: Energy Savings and Compliance Credit in the 2022 Energy Code

Improved health and cognitive performance. Easier Title 24 compliance. Utility bill savings. These are the reasons to consider incorporating Heat Recovery Ventilators & Energy Recovery Ventilators (collectively Recovery Ventilators or […]
All-Electric People’s Self Help Housing Building

Would you like to see inside an all-electric, Zero Net Energy commercial building, right here on the Central Coast? In this 3-minute video we walk through People’s Self-Help Housing’s new […]
Residential Load Calculations and Duct Design for Building Departments

Proper residential HVAC design has been required by code for many years, but has been poorly enforced. With the new emphasis on heat pumps, proper design is more important than […]
Practical Ways to Address Embodied Carbon

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 of the […]
Energy Code Implementation: Single Family New Construction

Energy Code Implementation Series Since the energy code update took effect in January 2023, the industry is adjusting to design, detailing and construction to meet compliance. In this series, we’ll […]