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  • High-Performance Heat Pump – Sales and Marketing (Webinar)

    Course Description: (Online / 2:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific Time) This course walks through the complete sales process used by leading high-performance HVAC contractors – from the first website visit through referral generation. Topics include identifying your ideal customer, differentiating from the competition, websites that pre-qualify leads, intake calls and comfort surveys, setting expectations before the home visit, the home visit itself (including load calculation and airflow measurement), and delivering high-impact proposals and quotes. Emphasis is placed on reducing customer acquisition

  • Ask The Experts: Overview of the HVAC Design Process

    Event Description This is an office-hours style open discussion about the HVAC design process. Have you ever been in a building with even temperatures floor to ceiling and room to room?  Many of us have never experienced that particular form of comfort yet that is the main job of the HVAC system.  Why don’t our conditioning systems do a good job of conditioning our buildings?  The problem stems from a lack of design.  Rules of thumb and what’s available on the

  • Air Sealing and Insulating for Electrification Projects (3 Part Series) Part 2

    Air sealing and insulating are foundational to high performance homes, with numerous interactive benefits for the home and occupants. The Air Sealing and Insulating for Electrification Projects series will provide job ready strategies and techniques for building more durable, healthier, comfortable and energy efficient homes.   Instructor Bio: Dan Perunko Dan Perunko is cofounder of Balance Point Home Performance Company. In 2006, along with Gavin Healy, Dan started a successful company providing full service home performance analysis, retrofits, consultations, and

  • Electrify Efficiently: The Why and How of Home Performance for Electrification

    As heat pumps begin to proliferate the market, it’s important to recognize the importance of energy efficiency and home performance. Building systems are interdependent and it’s rare that addressing a single component will result in the most comfortable outcome. This session will highlight the importance of incorporating home performance concepts into heat pump projects or at least the home upgrade planning process. You’ll learn about unintended consequences of not incorporating home performance upgrades, as well as the huge upsides when

  • Heat Pump Water Heater: Installation, Decision Guidance, and Load Shifting

    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, ensuring correct installations. We'll provide a quick recap of heat pump water heater basics and then explore the retrofit process, beginning from site preparation and installation

  • Heat Pump Water Heater: Installation, Decision Guidance, and Load Shifting

    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, ensuring correct installations. We'll provide a quick recap of heat pump water heater basics and then explore the retrofit process, beginning from site preparation and installation

  • Gas Water Heater Down? The 120V Heat Pump Option

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    EFCA October Webinar - Gas Water Heater Down? The 120V Heat Pump Option Is your team ready for the next no-hot-water call? When a water heater fails, the clock starts ticking, and the contractor with a plan gets the job. Join us for an insightful conversation with leaders from A. O. Smith and Rheem about the products, programs, and practical approaches that make emergency heat pump water heater replacements work for contractors and homeowners alike. Whether you're new to heat

  • All-Electric Retrofits with Electrical Panel Constraints (Webinar)

    Description: The building industry needs to electrify buildings at a fast pace if cities and counties are to meet their carbon emissions goals. One of the obstacles commonly cited for keeping status quo gas systems in place is limited space in the electric panel serving the building. We will cover how electric panels are sized according to the electrical code and demonstrate tools to double-check those calculations. Options for making existing electric panels work will be covered, including circuit sharing

  • Heat Pump Water Heating Financing

    Upfront costs for both central and residential HPWHs can be a barrier to adoption. Even if HPWHs promise to save significant energy and money on utility bills, higher upfront costs can put them out of reach for both building and home owners. This panel will discuss innovative HPWH financing options and successful case studies which include leasing, on-bill financing and zero and low interest loans. Learning Objectives: Assess the impacts of higher upfront costs of HPWHs on the adoption of

  • Power Up Your Skills: Split System Heat Pump Water Heater Training & Trade Fair

    Boost your expertise in split system heat pump water heaters with training and direct access to top manufacturers. This special event features a presentation from a leading installer of heat pump water heater installations, along with interactive training, and a manufacturer trade fair during Heat Pump Water Heater Week. Event attendees will explore split heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) through an immersive learning experience featuring interactive instruction and a manufacturer trade fair. Participants will learn how split heat HPWHs work,