Electrification Training
2024-10-16 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Integrate existing knowledge learned in previous NCI training to the unique circumstances surrounding every heat pump upgrade project you take on.
Attendees must have attended Residential System Performance from NCI to attend this half-day training.
Open to contractors and technicians in the state of California who are enrolled in TECH Clean California. Not enrolled yet? Click here (opens in new window) to learn more about the program and enroll.

Residential Heat Pump Water Heaters: Technology, Sales and Installation Challenges - Part 2 (Webinar)
2024-10-16 09:00 - 11:00 | Online
Course Description:
This course establishes a clear value proposition for residential heat pump water heater scenarios, while addressing key barriers to their adoption. It also provides targeted sales training to identify customers and opportunities for client-facing staff and stakeholders while delving into key installation considerations including space limitations, noise, condensate management, sizing, operational modes, and error codes.

Optimizing Residential Forced-Air HVAC Systems: Efficiency, Comfort and Low Loss Duct Systems
2024-10-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
Improved design, installation and commissioning practices lead to a dramatic improvement in building energy consumption, indoor air quality, and comfort. There are six performance factors that can be applied to HVAC design, installation and/or commissioning. In the Optimizing Residential Forced-Air series, we will review how each factor can be specified at design, implemented during installation, and tested/adjusted during commissioning. We will also look at how we can redesign our approach to high performance HVAC systems to support CA climate goals, help manage the peak electrical load on the grid as well as the owners operating cost under the time-of-use billing structure.
The Optimizing Residential Forced-Air series is informed through commissioned systems, where real examples from completed projects are used to support class content. We have designed, built, and commissioned both retrofit and new construction projects that exemplify the concepts covered in class. Course content will include design examples, photos installations, and test results from commissioning.
The HVAC equipment, materials and knowledge required to dramatically improve the performance of HVAC systems is readily available. This class will assist the designer, installer, and rater in their efforts to improve the HVAC systems we build.

Cutting Edge Ventilation to Improve IAQ Even With Tight Air Sealing
2024-10-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
A home today must not only be high performing, resilient and built using sustainable methods, the home must provide the individuals living within it a healthy environment. There are many factors that contribute to the overall healthy environment we provide our homeowners, but one of the most critical is the quality of the air they breathe. This webinar will briefly cover some ventilation basics before delving into the pros and cons of the various system types. Particular focus will be placed on the efficiency and indoor air quality advantages of balanced ventilation systems with recovery (HRVs/ERVs) and how indoor air quality automation will shape the future.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand why tighter homes without good ventilation can be problematic for indoor air quality
2. Understand the basics of quality ventilation including product certification and airflow optimization and verification
3. Understand the options for whole home ventilation along with the pros and cons of each
4. Understand in particular the health and efficiency benefits and installation options of balanced ventilation with recovery (HRVs and ERVs).

Building the Future: Electrification Strategies for Electricians
2024-10-18 08:00 - 09:30 | Online
Electrification is taking form in California – over 70 municipalities have policies phasing out gas appliances and the state aims to have 6 million heat pumps installed by 2030. The massive infrastructure transition from gas to electric will “spark” giant demand for skilled electricians and presents a unique business opportunity. In this session, Electrify My Home will introduce these business opportunities and cover some of the most important electrical best practices for long-term home electrical planning.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the importance of comprehensive electrification planning.
Name two technologies that help avoid panel upgrades.
Explain why electrification presents unique business opportunities for electricians

E-CONTRACTOR ACADEMY - Bay Area Fall 2024
2024-10-22 15:00 - 2024-11-12 18:30 | San Jose Environmental Innovation Center, 1608 Las Plumas Ave, San Jose, California
E-Contractor Academy is a FREE weekly workshop series building technical, financial, and operational capacity with small minority/BIPOC, women, veteran-owned and/or disadvantaged (MWVDBE construction businesses to successfully do business in climate-critical decarbonization fields such as building electrification, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
Emerald Cities Collaborative’s E-Contractor Academy is a FREE weekly workshop series that builds technical, financial, and operational capacity with small minority/BIPOC, women, veteran-owned and/or disadvantaged (MWVDBE) construction businesses to successfully do business in climate-critical decarbonization fields such as building electrification, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
Priority will be given to firms with the following characteristics:

Licensed contractors in or seeking to expand into electrical, plumbing, and HVAC trades
MWVDBEs: Minority/BIPOC-owned, Women-owned, Veteran-owned and/or Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (certification not required)
Business revenue $25K – $3M
Project scopes up to $1M
Owners seeking to grow their residential decarbonization business!

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Heat Pump Water Heater Day
2024-10-23 | Online
An entire day dedicated to heat pump water heater (HPWH) education and awareness. We know that collectively we have the power to create a clean energy, low-carbon future. On HPWH Day we connect with advocates, manufacturers, installers, homebuilders, and HPWH owners to showcase ENERGY STAR certified HPWHs and the ways they help create a better future. Your ticket gives you full free access to the day of online events.

BayREN and Energy Code Ace C&S Training: 2022 Single-family Standards HERS-Verified Quality Insulation Installation (QII)
2024-10-24 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course focuses on prescriptive quality insulation installation (QII) requirements in the 2022 Energy Code for new single-family buildings of any size and additions greater than 700 ft².
This presentation helps:

Designers and architects create projects that meet QII
Energy consultants clarify the minimum requirements and schedule of inspections the team needs to succeed when the Certificate of Compliance (CF1R) calls for QII
Contractors coordinate with HERS raters and subcontractors on inspection dates and other QII requirements
Building departments support QII projects at plan check and inspection to ensure the QII process goes smoothly
HERS raters communicate with the construction team on how to prepare a project to meet QII requirements during HERS inspections

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Identify quality insulation installation (QII) requirements that may be unique or atypical for single-family construction
Recognize how a project should start off on the right foot with good documentation in the design drawings to support QII
Organize construction team for the QII construction inspection schedule and understand what the HERS rater will evaluate
Discover additional resources available to learn more about QII (HERS providers, HERS raters, Energy Code Ace)

Available CEUs:
AIA (1.5 LU), ICC (0.15 CEU) and CABEC (1.5 LU)

Airflow Testing & Diagnostics
2024-10-29 08:00 - 16:30 | PG&E Stockton Conference Center, 3136 Boeing Way, Stockton, California
Learn the basics of Static Pressure and Airflow and prepare yourself for more advanced training in the NCI TECH training series with NCI’s simple Air Upgrade approach. This class provides technical training on performing static pressure testing, how to properly install static pressure test ports, and how to measure and interpret static pressures.
This FREE training is open to contractors and technicians in the state of California who are enrolled in TECH Clean California. Not enrolled yet? Click here (opens in new window) to learn more about the program and enroll.

Residential Electrification and Decarbonization with the Passive House Standard
2024-10-29 09:00 - 11:30 | Online
The Passive House Standard encourages all-electric building design and construction in homes and buildings, which can help achieve the widescale decarbonization required for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Passive House Network will demonstrate how Passive House principles align with the California’s decarbonization goals. This session will cover the technology options for all-electric homes and outline the many reasons to electrify with the Passive House Standard for better health, comfort, and cost benefits.

TECH & ESMAC Heat Pump Water Heater Education
2024-10-30 07:00 - 09:00 | Online
Manufacturers Heat Pump Water Heating (HPWH) Education session focused on technology features and benefits, appropriate applications, energy efficiency comparison to other water heater types, installation techniques, and best practices, service support and warranty, proper maintenance, troubleshooting, and selling strategies

Refrigerant-Side Performance
2024-10-30 08:00 - 2024-10-31 16:30 | PG&E Stockton Conference Center, 3136 Boeing Way, Stockton, California
Learn to improve heat pump refrigeration cycle performance through both air and refrigerant-side diagnostic approaches. This National Comfort Institute two-day advanced certification class provides you with real-world lessons and hands-on training. It’s based on proven techniques on how to best approach refrigeration-side issues.
This FREE training is open to contractors and technicians in the state of California who are enrolled in TECH Clean California. Not enrolled yet? Click here (opens in new window) to learn more about the program and enroll.

Heat Pump Water Heater: Installation, Decision Guidance, and Load Shifting
2024-10-30 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
Presented by Nick Brown and Gary Klein, this webinar will look at the best practices for installing a heat pump water in residential homes. This course will help plumbers, builders, architects, homeowners, and home energy consultants understand what is different about heat pump water heaters from the water heaters they are more familiar with, so that installations get done correctly. We’ll provide a quick recap of heat pump water heater basics and then explore the retrofit process, beginning from site preparation and installation considerations at the home, to operation and grid flexibility that heat pump water heaters can provide.

Commissioning Heat Pump Systems: Fundamentals and System Types
2024-10-30 09:30 - 13:30 | Online
Part 1 of 5 – October 30, 2024 (9:30am – 1:30pm)
This training series will focus on the design, commissioning and operational issues associated with heat pumps and heat pump systems with a focus on how this type of equipment can facilitate electrification of buildings and building systems. The content will be divided into five half-day sessions. Each session will stand alone, but the different training modules will also be interrelated. Ideally people interested in using heat pumps as part of building electrification projects will attend all five sessions.
This session will provide an overview of the heat pump concept and contrast it with electric resistance and natural gas heating. The refrigeration cycle will be touched upon with resources provided for more in-depth self-study for those who are interested. Common heat pump configurations, system types and applications will be discussed and illustrated.
Register HERE for the entire Commissioning Heat Pump Systems (5 Part Series).
Agenda:

Introduction and safety message
How buildings use heat
Heat pumps, electrification, and the fundamental goals of HVAC
Fundamental heat pump concepts
Heat pump system types

The objective of this training series is that at the conclusion, participants will be able to:

Discuss some of opportunities associated with applying heat pumps as a source of heating and cooling for buildings as we move towards electrification
Describe how buildings use heat and how heat pumps can be used to meet this need along with the fundamental goals associated with building HVAC systems
Recognize the typical components of the vapor-compression (refrigeration) cycle
Identify the common heat pump system types and describe their general characteristics (ground source, air source, water source, variable flow refrigeration, etc.)

Optimizing Residential Forced-Air HVAC Systems: Load Calculations, Equipment Selection, System Airflow and Layout
2024-10-31 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
Improved design, installation and commissioning practices lead to a dramatic improvement in building energy consumption, indoor air quality, and comfort. There are six performance factors that can be applied to HVAC design, installation and/or commissioning. In the Optimizing Residential Forced-Air series, we will review how each factor can be specified at design, implemented during installation, and tested/adjusted during commissioning. We will also look at how we can redesign our approach to high performance HVAC systems to support California climate goals, help manage the peak electrical load on the grid as well as the owners operating cost under the time-of-use billing structure.
The Optimizing Residential Forced-Air series is informed through commissioned systems, where real examples from completed projects are used to support class content. Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Performance has designed, built, and commissioned both retrofit and new construction projects that exemplify the concepts covered in class. Course content will include design examples, photos installations, and test results from commissioning.
The HVAC equipment, materials and knowledge required to dramatically improve the performance of HVAC systems is readily available. This class will assist the designer, installer, and rater in their efforts to improve the HVAC systems we build.

Residential Solar PV, Energy Storage and Microgrid Technologies (Webinar)
2024-11-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Course Description:
Home renewable energy systems including solar, energy storage and microgrids, have been growing at the speed of light! Now is the time to learn how these systems are put together. In this class we will learn about the basics, including application, safety, electricity, solar energy, PV modules (aka solar panels), batteries, system components, maintenance, performance, industry ethics, mechanical and electrical design.
Taught by Sean White this class is geared to include homeowners and will provide attendees with a basic technical knowledge of these types of systems. This class will also provide prerequisite and continuing education credit for NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) certifications. There is no better class to get a head start into the fastest growing industry.
Instructor Information:
Sean White
Sean White teaches customized solar PV courses for NABCEP credit globally. He is a NABCEP Associate Provider and a NABCEP Registered Continuing Education provider. Sean has authored 8 Solar PV and Energy Storage books and is always working on more. He teaches course for various entities. Sean teaches NEC workshops at SPI and Intersolar. Sean was the 2014 IREC Trainer of the year and the SNEC Online Trainer of the Decade in 2020.
Agenda:

Markets and Applications
Safety Basics
Electricity Basics
Solar Energy and Storage Fundamentals
PV Module and Battery Fundamentals
System Components
PV and ESS Sizing Principles
PV and ESS Electrical Design
PV and ESS Mechanical Design
Performance Analysis, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
How to Identify an Ethical Installer

Learning Outcomes:

Explain the basics of how residential solar and storage work.
Discuss how electricity goes from the sun, to a solar PV system, an energy storage system and to utilization circuits in a home

Target Audience:

General Audience
Homeowners

Learning Units:

This class will also provide prerequisite and continuing education credit for NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) certifications

Learning Level:
Basic Class: Content is introductory in nature and requires no prerequisite knowledge or experience to grasp the concepts or participate in exercises. Basic educational activities and materials are meant to establish a foundation of knowledge and competence that will be expanded upon in practice or in higher level seminars and workshops.

Special Instructions:
This is a Webinar class and internet access is required. Customers will receive a link to the webinar the Friday prior to the event.

Residential HVAC System Performance & Electrification
2024-11-05 - 2024-11-07 | PG&E Stockton Conference Center, 3136 Boeing Way, Stockton, California
Learn to apply ASHRAE 221-compliant testing to heat pump systems and qualify for Enhanced TECH Incentives. This National Comfort Institute training package includes a two-day advanced certification in Residential System Performance and a special half-day training focused on applying your knowledge and skills to residential HVAC electrification. This training program provides the keys to delivering true system performance with real-world lessons and hands-on training.
Open to contractors and technicians in the state of California who are enrolled in TECH Clean California.
Training Schedule:
November 5: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
November 6: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
November 7: 8:00 AM – Noon
Held at PG&E Stockton Conference Center. Includes lunch, beverages, and snacks.

2025 Title 24, Part 6 Essentials — Residential Standards: What’s New
2024-11-05 08:30 - 11:00 | Online
This online live event summarizes the new and revised requirements in the 2025 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6 or Energy Code) for single-family and multifamily buildings, and directs participants to informational resources and training that provide more in-depth information on the Energy Code. Join us to begin learning what the 2025 code means to you and your customers.

Heat Pump Water Heaters for Building Departments
2024-11-07 09:30 - 10:30 | Online
Heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) are an increasingly popular technology that are a highly efficient means of providing hot water to houses. This training will describe HPWHs, code requirements for HPWHs, resources for permitting and compliance, and best practices for enforcement. Topics Covered: Overview of water heater technologies and trends, identifying HPWHs in the field, Energy Code requirements for HPWH installations and replacements, Energy Code compliance forms, and requirements specific to HPWHs.

High Performance Homes Valuation 2 Parts 1-3
2024-11-12 09:00 - 10:00 | Online
For RE Appraisers This is #3 of a 3-Course Series.
Those who complete the series will earn a Special Certificate.
1. Solar PV: Technology and Valuation ( agents, appraisers) Held 10/28/2024
2. Carbon Free Homes: Features, Benefits, Valuation ( agents, appraisers) (Held 11/4/2024)
3. High Performance Homes Valuation 2 (This Webinar) Classes will be delivered in 3 segments on the same morning. 9am-12:20pm PST 3 hrs CE: BREA, BOE
Topics covered:
– Client’s Journey. We consider 4 different scenarios related to buyers and sellers, their various motivations and the connections to the benefits of higher performance homes.
– How & why HP homes can be superior to code-built. We examine 12 distinct benefits.
– Advancing knowledge of building science: orientation, enclosures, mechanical systems, solar and storage. We refer to a real project in-progress of construction, a Passive House zero-emissions home.
– Recognize features during inspections, understand their benefits, and be equipped with key questions to ask about subject homes and comparables. – Review the three standard valuation approaches and discuss a key challenge to completing an appraisal; what questions to ask about comparables.
– Class exercise: Appraisers will gain practice in application as they consider a real, in-progress of construction, zero-emissions home. The ensuing group discussion of valuation approaches and challenges is a highlight of this session and of the entire 3-course series.

Nov 12, 2024 09:00 AM
Nov 12, 2024 10:10 AM
Nov 12, 2024 11:20 AM

Practical Efficient Hot Water Delivery: Structured Plumbing Applied in Retrofit and New Construction
2024-11-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
On the average Californians consume less water than the residents of other states. Even so there is a need for us to conserve even more water. The construction community has an opportunity to further reduce residential water use in ways that do not feel like conservation to our customers. In this class, Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Performance looks at changing the way hot water is stored and delivered to the tap in residential buildings. The theory behind our approach is called “Structured Plumbing”. This will be a practical class focusing on how to install or modify hot water plumbing following the principles of “Structured Plumbing”. The presentation is based on completed projects including retrofits and new construction.

Cold Climate Air Source Heat Pump Roundtable
2024-11-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
New heat pumps remedy this issue largely with a technology called variable speed compressors. This type of compressor adjusts its speed based on outdoor conditions, improving efficiency and cold climate performance in the process.
Today’s top-of-the-line cold climate heat pumps maintain their output at 5°F and can keep your house warm well into the negatives. Join us on December 4th at 10am Pacific to learn more about this exciting technology from leading industry experts.
Samuel Beeson is a seasoned professional with over four decades of experience in the commercial refrigeration and air conditioning industry. He joined LG’s Utilities Team as a Senior Business Development Manager in March of 2024 and works on heat pump focused electrification activities and incentive programs at the federal, state and utility level. Sam primarily covers the western states for LG and lives in the Pacific Northwest in an all-electric home that he constructed in 2022 with his wife of 43 years.
Jonathan Moscatello, Business Development Manager, Daikin North America | Jonathan is a nationally regarded expert in residential contracting and heat pumps and a co-owner of The Heat Pump Store, a heat pump only contracting business based in Oregon that has installed heat pumps in over 20,000 homes. Sarah, his wife, runs the contracting business while Jonathan consults with utility programs, contractors, and distributors to help them grow their heat pump business. In 2021, Jonathan joined Daikin to help the company participate more fully in electrification initiatives.
Sam Lamos, Public Policy Manager at Gradient. She is deeply passionate about environmental justice and energy equity, which has directed her focus toward evaluation research in low-income and disadvantaged communities. Previously working in EM&V, she established herself as a successful project manager and data analyst, delivering actionable insights to utility and regulatory clients. Sam has evaluated and consulted state and utility programs that prioritize end-users
experiences, particularly those residing in disadvantaged areas. With a strong focus on decarbonization programs for residential and commercial buildings and extensive expertise in the HVAC and heat pump markets, Sam now assists Gradient in establishing policy goals and expanding into new areas.

Modeling All-Electric Homes in the 2022 Energy Code
2024-11-14 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
All-Electric Homes are having their moment, with state policies, incentives, and energy code providing builders, homeowners, and energy consultants a strong nudge toward all-electric designs. We will go over how to model all-electric homes (single family and multifamily) for maximum compliance benefit, including the Variable Capacity Heat Pump (VCHP) compliance credit and Heat Pump Water Heaters. We’ll also cover PV sizing and how that may differ for all-electric homes and mixed-fuel homes. Retrofits and new construction will also be covered with examples using tri-county climate zones.
Learning Outcomes:

Understand why all-electric homes are important
Learn the energy code requirements for heating and cooling, water heating, cooking, and laundry
Understand how electric systems perform under the performance method for Title 24 compliance
Hear best practices for modeling all-electric homes

Target Audience:

Energy consultants
Homeowners
General contractors
Subcontractors
Architects

Learning Units:
1.5 AIA LU approved for this course0.15 ICC CEU approved for this course
Instructor:
Nick Brown, Build Smart Group

Building Electrification: Lessons from the Field (Part 1 of 2)
2024-11-14 09:00 - 12:30 | Online
California is going through one of its most seismic shifts in building energy policy and design. The move towards full decarbonization of the building stock has started and the policy, technical and financial implications are being developed under our feet. We will share how heat pumps and other forms of electric heating can displace our long time carbon sources of heat. These systems are already available and many are cost effective today. Come discuss this shift and how it will impact your building or construction project with one of the industry’s leading experts.
This seminar will include details of how heat pump systems work and how to design residential and commercial buildings to take advantage of currently available heat pump systems. We will include case studies of heat pump systems and how they can fit into low energy buildings. We will also cover how to recognize opportunities for application of heat pump systems.
Instructor Bios:
Avril Levasseur
Avril is a Senior Associate at Point Energy Innovations, an MEP consulting firm specializing in highly cost-effective net-zero energy and sustainable buildings. She is a registered Professional Engineer who completed her graduate education at Stanford University. She strives to enable more efficient buildings through creative design and rigorous analysis. As the Program Manager for the Stanford Building Decarbonization Accelerator, she employs her passion for teaching to promote decarbonization education. She has collaborated in teaching several courses and is the co-author of multiple papers on the topic. In 2023, Avril was named the Association of Energy Engineers Young Energy Professional of the Year for the Western US.
Rami Moussa, P.E.
Rami Moussa, P.E. is a Managing Principal at Point Energy Innovations, an industry leading MEP consulting firm that specializes in the design of low cost high performance buildings for design-build project delivery. Rami is passionate about working with architects, building owners, contractors, facility engineers, and end users to create tailored solutions that are low energy, low carbon, and provide the best value. His pioneering work includes the design of the zero embodied and operational carbon AIA HQ renovation in Washington, D.C., and the fast-tracked developer-led zero operating carbon office headquarters of Exelixis in Alameda, CA. Decarbonization of the country’s real estate is Rami’s primary motivator. In 2022 he led decarbonization assessments for an existing real estate portfolio of over five million square feet across 30 buildings.
The objective of this course is that at the conclusion, participants will be able to:

Identify heat pump components and system types
Recognize appropriate heat pump applications and constraints in both new construction and existing building projects
Acknowledge how heat pump applications in buildings are beneficial in the California regulatory context
Apply lessons learned from recently-completed decarbonized projects that leverage heat pumps and other forms of electric heating

Balanced Ventilation for Better Health, Comfort, and Energy Efficiency: IAQ, OAQ, Ventilation and Filtration
2024-11-14 09:00 - 13:00 | Online
More and more buildings are being constructed with high-performance building envelopes. For these buildings, a well-designed and installed ventilation system is a must. Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Performance delves into why ventilation and filtration are so important. We will look at indoor and outdoor air quality and discuss the effectiveness of ventilation and filtration at managing various pollutants. In addition to the large body of evidence we already had supporting the need for ventilation and filtration in residential buildings, we will consider the current impacts of building electrification, the pandemic, and wildfires on our systems.
This four-hour class is designed to help participants identify and understand critical issues relating to healthy buildings. The class will help participants improve their ability to discuss these issues with customers and will also lay the groundwork for the other course in the Balanced Ventilation series about the design and installation of balanced ventilation and filtration systems.

Multifamily Energy Efficiency Program Opportunities
2024-11-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
Join the PG&E Single Point of Contact (SPOC) service for a roundtable webinar on multifamily incentive programs for existing multifamily properties. You’ll learn about energy efficiency, renewable energy, and financing options that can be combined to maximize funding for property upgrades and retrofits.
Programs featured operate in PG&E service territory, including:
– Low Income Weatherization Program (LIWP)
– Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH)
– ESA Multifamily Energy Savings
– California Energy-Smart Homes Program
– Bay Area Multifamily Building Enhancements Program (BAMBE)
– TECH Clean California
– GoGreen Affordable Multifamily Financing

Building Electrification: Lessons from the Field (Part 2 of 2)
2024-11-15 09:00 - 12:30 | Online

2024 Community Power Coalition Symposium: Empowered by Community Choice
2024-11-15 09:00 - 16:00 | MCE’s Concord Office, 2300 Clayton Rd, Concord, California
Join us in-person at MCE’s Concord Office on Friday, November 15th from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. to explore new technologies, engage in climate crisis conversations, and develop new partnerships! The Symposium is an opportunity to bring your voice to MCE and bridge the gap between energy experts and local leaders like YOU.
Explore the agenda and register here: https://cloud.info.mcecleanenergy.org/com-pow-symposium

Health and Resilience of Clean Energy Homes Parts 1-3
2024-11-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
Homeowner interest in our capacity to control indoor air quality and increase resilience has skyrocketed. Ventilation is recognized as vital beyond a few seconds of bathroom exhaust, we should be delivering continuous fresh filtered air to main living areas. Concerns around the ability to shelter in place during power losses and extreme weather events range from far-flung rural areas to cities.
Are our homes safe havens?
Can air pollutants like respiratory viruses and wildfire smoke be prevented from entering homes and affecting occupants?
Common efficiency improvements can result in better indoor air quality, low infiltration of pollutants, thermal comfort, sound attenuation, quality lighting, outstanding durability, and safe shelter for extended periods of time without power.
It’s also possible that certain upgrades, if not installed correctly, can cause health problems.
– Discover the possibilities of homes that exceed the norm by facilitating Health by Design
– Meet homeowners who’ve realized health improvements as a result of efficiency upgrades
– Learn what experts have determined to be the six “pollutants of most concern”. Understand what pollutants exist in homes, their sources, potential harms, and preventive solutions
– Explore details of a recent fire rebuild in Santa Cruz. The Firesafe council inspector reported that “this is the most fire-resistant house I’ve ever inspected and will likely ever see”!
– See how many days houses maintained heat without power in the Passive House Challenge!
– Resilience section focuses on fire resistance and power losses
