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Navigating Indoor Air Quality Challenges While saving energy

We will explore the intersection of indoor air quality (IAQ) and green home building. While the green building movement is delivering on sustainability and energy efficiency, it often overlooks a critical component: the health of the home's occupants. Many green building initiatives inadvertently compromise IAQ, leading to environmentally friendly homes that are not necessarily healthy. Building codes need to catch up to modern technology. The idea that a home's square footage and number of bedrooms plus one somehow leads to proper ventilation to ensure breathable air needs to be updated, especially when modern software algorithms can instantly ascertain the Goldilocks scenario as to when and for how long fresh air rates are required. We will explore what IAQ is and the role that early intervention with pollutant source awareness can play in more innovative, more energy-efficient, healthy homes.

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Green Home Financing 101: Lenders, Loans, and Incentives Explained

Let us help you navigate the complexities of financing residential green projects and transportation. From solar panels to energy-efficient upgrades, our webinar will teach you about incentives, loans, leases, and more. Giving you and your clients the confidence to make informed decisions, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint.

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Green Home Financing 101: Lenders, Loans, and Incentives Explained

Let us help you navigate the complexities of financing residential green projects and transportation. From solar panels to energy-efficient upgrades, our webinar will teach you about incentives, loans, leases, and more. Giving you and your clients the confidence to make informed decisions, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint.

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LEED Green Rater Virtual Training

You need complete the on demand portion of this training first before attending the live course

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Healthy Building With HempWood and LEED Certification - Free CEU Webinar

Hemp is a more sustainable alternative wood source with no VOCs, low to negative carbon attributes, and additional benefits, such as compliance with FSC in other components and the USDA Biobased Materials program. Learn about this more sustainable alternative wood source.

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Managing Indoor Air Quality - Don't forget the "V" in HVAC

Several studies have shown that the air inside our homes and buildings is 5 - 7 times dirtier than the air outside. The Building Science industry has been tasked with improving indoor air quality. However, more training is needed, as this industry section is misunderstood and often neglected. This session will help attendees learn about some key IAQ issues, how to measure them, and how to effectively mitigate them to improve indoor air quality for building occupants.

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Local Govt Leads The Way to Empowering Communities for Sustainable Living

Local governments can help lead the ways on transforming our housing stock to reduce energy bills, increase comfort, improve health and help us live a more sustianable lifestyle. Join us as we discuss two such successful programs that will inspire your community to take action. We will feature The Frederick Co MD Green Homes Challenge which helps homeowners "find actions within each of the challenges that apply to your household, and add them to your “Actions To Do List”. Once you complete the actions you will and earn points and you’ll be on your way to becoming a Certified Household!" Next we will feature the City of Holland’s ‘Home Energy 101’ education program, which partners with local non-profit agencies to deliver free home energy education for all Holland-area residents. After completing an in-home education visit, participants save an average of $200 on their combined utility bills, and show increased engagement with other rebate programs. Holland has also created a guide to help other communities launch similar programs in their own communities Join us to learn about these programs and how you can be inspired to create programs in your community to help people live, BETTER.

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Solar Shingles That Pay For Themselves?

This course will describe how the energy landscape in the US is evolving and how residential solar is projected to be growing at a rapid rate over the next decade. With more homes installing Solar, the demand for products that are optimized for roof top installation is increasing resulting in next generation solar roofing products being developed and commercialized. This course is designed for roofing contractors, solar contractors, architects, builders, homeowners who are interested in learning more about solar technology with specific focus on solar shingles and how they compare to traditional solar panels.

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Free Heat: Heating and cooling buildings entirely with ambient energy

Throughout history, buildings have been heated and cooled by ambient energy from the sun, air, ground and sky. Sun shining through windows makes nearly every building at least partially passive solar heated. Before mechanical air conditioning, ventilation and evaporative cooling were prevalent. Over the past century, a few pioneers pushed the technology to reach 100% ambient conditioning in several historic homes. Today, the science is available to reach this goal in buildings across the US. This course will discuss the balance of envelope losses, internal heat gains, solar gains and thermal mass that leads to 100% ambient conditioning. The effect of local weather will be compared. The target audience for this course are architects, engineers and homeowners who are motivated to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions, and increase resilience to power outages. Basic knowledge of passive solar heating and passive cooling is helpful, but not essential.

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New DOE Tools to Help Qualify for Thousands in Tax Credits from the Inflation Reduction Act

Hear about DOE’s new resources to help American households and home energy efficiency contractors understand how to qualify for thousands of dollars in federal tax credits, made available by the Inflation Reduction Act, for home upgrades. The resources include a Tax Credit Product Lookup Tool to help determine if new equipment is eligible for tax credits; information that walks contractors through key elements of home insulation products that can lower utility bills and qualify for tax credits; and a training module on how contractors can leverage a range of home energy efficiency incentives.

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Navigating Indoor Air Quality Challenges While saving energy

We will explore the intersection of indoor air quality (IAQ) and green home building. While the green building movement is delivering on sustainability and energy efficiency, it often overlooks a critical component: the health of the home's occupants. Many green building initiatives inadvertently compromise IAQ, leading to environmentally friendly homes that are not necessarily healthy. Building codes need to catch up to modern technology. The idea that a home's square footage and number of bedrooms plus one somehow leads to proper ventilation to ensure breathable air needs to be updated, especially when modern software algorithms can instantly ascertain the Goldilocks scenario as to when and for how long fresh air rates are required. We will explore what IAQ is and the role that early intervention with pollutant source awareness can play in more innovative, more energy-efficient, healthy homes.

When and Where

Location

Green Home Financing 101: Lenders, Loans, and Incentives Explained

Let us help you navigate the complexities of financing residential green projects and transportation. From solar panels to energy-efficient upgrades, our webinar will teach you about incentives, loans, leases, and more. Giving you and your clients the confidence to make informed decisions, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint.

When and Where

Location

Green Home Financing 101: Lenders, Loans, and Incentives Explained

Let us help you navigate the complexities of financing residential green projects and transportation. From solar panels to energy-efficient upgrades, our webinar will teach you about incentives, loans, leases, and more. Giving you and your clients the confidence to make informed decisions, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint.

When and Where

Location

LEED Green Rater Virtual Training

You need complete the on demand portion of this training first before attending the live course

When and Where

Location

Healthy Building With HempWood and LEED Certification - Free CEU Webinar

Hemp is a more sustainable alternative wood source with no VOCs, low to negative carbon attributes, and additional benefits, such as compliance with FSC in other components and the USDA Biobased Materials program. Learn about this more sustainable alternative wood source.

When and Where

Location

Managing Indoor Air Quality - Don't forget the "V" in HVAC

Several studies have shown that the air inside our homes and buildings is 5 - 7 times dirtier than the air outside. The Building Science industry has been tasked with improving indoor air quality. However, more training is needed, as this industry section is misunderstood and often neglected. This session will help attendees learn about some key IAQ issues, how to measure them, and how to effectively mitigate them to improve indoor air quality for building occupants.

When and Where

Location

Local Govt Leads The Way to Empowering Communities for Sustainable Living

Local governments can help lead the ways on transforming our housing stock to reduce energy bills, increase comfort, improve health and help us live a more sustianable lifestyle. Join us as we discuss two such successful programs that will inspire your community to take action. We will feature The Frederick Co MD Green Homes Challenge which helps homeowners "find actions within each of the challenges that apply to your household, and add them to your “Actions To Do List”. Once you complete the actions you will and earn points and you’ll be on your way to becoming a Certified Household!" Next we will feature the City of Holland’s ‘Home Energy 101’ education program, which partners with local non-profit agencies to deliver free home energy education for all Holland-area residents. After completing an in-home education visit, participants save an average of $200 on their combined utility bills, and show increased engagement with other rebate programs. Holland has also created a guide to help other communities launch similar programs in their own communities Join us to learn about these programs and how you can be inspired to create programs in your community to help people live, BETTER.

When and Where

Location

Solar Shingles That Pay For Themselves?

This course will describe how the energy landscape in the US is evolving and how residential solar is projected to be growing at a rapid rate over the next decade. With more homes installing Solar, the demand for products that are optimized for roof top installation is increasing resulting in next generation solar roofing products being developed and commercialized. This course is designed for roofing contractors, solar contractors, architects, builders, homeowners who are interested in learning more about solar technology with specific focus on solar shingles and how they compare to traditional solar panels.

When and Where

Location

Free Heat: Heating and cooling buildings entirely with ambient energy

Throughout history, buildings have been heated and cooled by ambient energy from the sun, air, ground and sky. Sun shining through windows makes nearly every building at least partially passive solar heated. Before mechanical air conditioning, ventilation and evaporative cooling were prevalent. Over the past century, a few pioneers pushed the technology to reach 100% ambient conditioning in several historic homes. Today, the science is available to reach this goal in buildings across the US. This course will discuss the balance of envelope losses, internal heat gains, solar gains and thermal mass that leads to 100% ambient conditioning. The effect of local weather will be compared. The target audience for this course are architects, engineers and homeowners who are motivated to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions, and increase resilience to power outages. Basic knowledge of passive solar heating and passive cooling is helpful, but not essential.

When and Where

Location

New DOE Tools to Help Qualify for Thousands in Tax Credits from the Inflation Reduction Act

Hear about DOE’s new resources to help American households and home energy efficiency contractors understand how to qualify for thousands of dollars in federal tax credits, made available by the Inflation Reduction Act, for home upgrades. The resources include a Tax Credit Product Lookup Tool to help determine if new equipment is eligible for tax credits; information that walks contractors through key elements of home insulation products that can lower utility bills and qualify for tax credits; and a training module on how contractors can leverage a range of home energy efficiency incentives.

When and Where

Location

Navigating Indoor Air Quality Challenges While saving energy

We will explore the intersection of indoor air quality (IAQ) and green home building. While the green building movement is delivering on sustainability and energy efficiency, it often overlooks a critical component: the health of the home's occupants. Many green building initiatives inadvertently compromise IAQ, leading to environmentally friendly homes that are not necessarily healthy. Building codes need to catch up to modern technology. The idea that a home's square footage and number of bedrooms plus one somehow leads to proper ventilation to ensure breathable air needs to be updated, especially when modern software algorithms can instantly ascertain the Goldilocks scenario as to when and for how long fresh air rates are required. We will explore what IAQ is and the role that early intervention with pollutant source awareness can play in more innovative, more energy-efficient, healthy homes.

When and Where

Location

Green Home Financing 101: Lenders, Loans, and Incentives Explained

Let us help you navigate the complexities of financing residential green projects and transportation. From solar panels to energy-efficient upgrades, our webinar will teach you about incentives, loans, leases, and more. Giving you and your clients the confidence to make informed decisions, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint.

When and Where

Location

Green Home Financing 101: Lenders, Loans, and Incentives Explained

Let us help you navigate the complexities of financing residential green projects and transportation. From solar panels to energy-efficient upgrades, our webinar will teach you about incentives, loans, leases, and more. Giving you and your clients the confidence to make informed decisions, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint.

When and Where

Location

LEED Green Rater Virtual Training

You need complete the on demand portion of this training first before attending the live course

When and Where

Location

Healthy Building With HempWood and LEED Certification - Free CEU Webinar

Hemp is a more sustainable alternative wood source with no VOCs, low to negative carbon attributes, and additional benefits, such as compliance with FSC in other components and the USDA Biobased Materials program. Learn about this more sustainable alternative wood source.

When and Where

Location

Managing Indoor Air Quality - Don't forget the "V" in HVAC

Several studies have shown that the air inside our homes and buildings is 5 - 7 times dirtier than the air outside. The Building Science industry has been tasked with improving indoor air quality. However, more training is needed, as this industry section is misunderstood and often neglected. This session will help attendees learn about some key IAQ issues, how to measure them, and how to effectively mitigate them to improve indoor air quality for building occupants.

When and Where

Location

Local Govt Leads The Way to Empowering Communities for Sustainable Living

Local governments can help lead the ways on transforming our housing stock to reduce energy bills, increase comfort, improve health and help us live a more sustianable lifestyle. Join us as we discuss two such successful programs that will inspire your community to take action. We will feature The Frederick Co MD Green Homes Challenge which helps homeowners "find actions within each of the challenges that apply to your household, and add them to your “Actions To Do List”. Once you complete the actions you will and earn points and you’ll be on your way to becoming a Certified Household!" Next we will feature the City of Holland’s ‘Home Energy 101’ education program, which partners with local non-profit agencies to deliver free home energy education for all Holland-area residents. After completing an in-home education visit, participants save an average of $200 on their combined utility bills, and show increased engagement with other rebate programs. Holland has also created a guide to help other communities launch similar programs in their own communities Join us to learn about these programs and how you can be inspired to create programs in your community to help people live, BETTER.

When and Where

Location

Solar Shingles That Pay For Themselves?

This course will describe how the energy landscape in the US is evolving and how residential solar is projected to be growing at a rapid rate over the next decade. With more homes installing Solar, the demand for products that are optimized for roof top installation is increasing resulting in next generation solar roofing products being developed and commercialized. This course is designed for roofing contractors, solar contractors, architects, builders, homeowners who are interested in learning more about solar technology with specific focus on solar shingles and how they compare to traditional solar panels.

When and Where

Location

Free Heat: Heating and cooling buildings entirely with ambient energy

Throughout history, buildings have been heated and cooled by ambient energy from the sun, air, ground and sky. Sun shining through windows makes nearly every building at least partially passive solar heated. Before mechanical air conditioning, ventilation and evaporative cooling were prevalent. Over the past century, a few pioneers pushed the technology to reach 100% ambient conditioning in several historic homes. Today, the science is available to reach this goal in buildings across the US. This course will discuss the balance of envelope losses, internal heat gains, solar gains and thermal mass that leads to 100% ambient conditioning. The effect of local weather will be compared. The target audience for this course are architects, engineers and homeowners who are motivated to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions, and increase resilience to power outages. Basic knowledge of passive solar heating and passive cooling is helpful, but not essential.

When and Where

Location

New DOE Tools to Help Qualify for Thousands in Tax Credits from the Inflation Reduction Act

Hear about DOE’s new resources to help American households and home energy efficiency contractors understand how to qualify for thousands of dollars in federal tax credits, made available by the Inflation Reduction Act, for home upgrades. The resources include a Tax Credit Product Lookup Tool to help determine if new equipment is eligible for tax credits; information that walks contractors through key elements of home insulation products that can lower utility bills and qualify for tax credits; and a training module on how contractors can leverage a range of home energy efficiency incentives.

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