BayREN - Heat Pump Water Heaters for Building Departments
Location: Webinar On-Demand
Description: 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, when HPWHs are allowed under the 2019 Code, code requirements for installation, and how to complete compliance forms.
Target Audience: Permit technicians, plan checkers, and field inspectors.
Register: BayREN Heat Pump Water Heaters
Sonoma Clean Power – Advanced Energy Center
Attention contractors serving residential Sonoma Clean Power customers!
Growing your business is simple: watch on-demand trainings, sign a Memorandum of Understanding, and find what equipment you are eligible to install.
For additional details or questions, please contact Angel Garza at (707)324-3223 or email AdvancedEnergyCenter@SonomaCleanPower.org
Advanced Energy Center Contractor Course: Advanced Energy Center Overview
Location: Webinar
Date: Monday, January 11, 2021
Time: 12:00-12:30 PM
Description: Begin by attending a 30-minute Advanced Energy Center Overview.
Register: SCP Advanced Energy Center Contractor Orientation
Advanced Energy Center Contractor Course: On-Bill Financing
Be Eligible for Larger Jobs by Offering On-Bill Financing!
Location: Webinar
Date: Thursday, January 14, 2021
Time: 7:30-8:30 AM
OR
Date: Friday, January 15, 2021
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Description: Contractors participating in SCP’s Advanced Energy Center can get exclusive access to offer SCP’s On-Bill Financing. Gain a competitive edge as the only contractors that can install eligible equipment and technologies for your residential clients with no money down and zero percent financing. Customers instead pay a monthly on-bill charge on their electricity bill. Contractors are paid upon SCP project approval. Maximize your time and profit by submitting bids and completing jobs for pre-approved residential customers receiving a 10-year 0% interest loans up to $10,000.
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SCP Advanced Energy Center Contractor Training OBF 1/14/2021
SCP Advanced Energy Center Contractor Training OBF 1/15/2021
Advanced Energy Center Contractor Course: Grid-Interactive Heat Pump Water Heaters
Location: Webinar
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Time: 7:30-8:30 AM
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Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Description: Become certified to install gird-interactive heat pump water heaters by attending a 1-hour webinar. SCP is pleased to provide courses for contractors participating in our Advanced Energy Center. This course is required for contractors to install residential grid-interactive heat pump water heaters featured through the Advanced Energy Center. Learn how to install and activate grid-interactive modules for A.O Smith and Rheem water heaters. Learn what makes a water heater grid interactive and how you can provide additional cost savings to your customers as an Advanced Energy Center and BayREN Home+ Contractor.
Heat pump water heaters are two or three times more energy efficient than conventional gas or electric resistance water heaters and save customers money on their utility bill while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
After completing this course, contractors will be better able to install grid activity modules for Rheem and A.O Smith water heaters, connect the water heater to the local Wi-Fi, and understand the importance of load shifting.
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SCP Advanced Energy Center HPWH Contractor Training 1/12/2021
SCP Advanced Energy Center HPWH Contractor Training 1/13/2021
PG&E - Carbon Sequestration in the Landscape: #4 – Act Local to Mitigate Climate Change
Location: Webinar
Date: Monday, 1/11/2021
Time: 12:00-1:30 PM
Description: This speaker series is a part of ReScape’s Climate Change Consortium Demonstration Projects to educate about climate change landscaping challenges and the solutions available using regenerative practices. Historically, landscape planning and design have often focused primarily on economic and social needs rather than reflecting local ecology and culture. New construction can remove existing mature vegetation, releasing stored carbon into the atmosphere, utilize materials sourced and/or manufactured from great distances, adding to fossil fuel consumption, and ignore the needs and benefits of protecting local flora and fauna. Understanding a project’s site and regional setting, including the watershed, climate, exposure, soils, and native plant communities, can provide valuable information to guide the design and maintenance of a regenerative landscape, at any scale. A landscape that responds to these local and regional attributes can reduce fossil fuel inputs and help to mitigate climate change.
Register: PGE Carbon Sequestration in the Landscape
ACCA Manual Four-Part Series
Selection & Sizing, Duct Design and Residential Heat Pump, Design and Installation
ACCA Manual J and S, Equipment Selection & Sizing
Location: Webinar
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Time: 9:00 am-4:30 pm
Description: This full day webinar focuses on the unique residential loads and energy code encountered in the Dry Climate of California. The material covers the basic science behind ACCA Manual J load calculations and Manual S equipment selection. Please download a copy of Wrightsoft (Demo Version) prior to the webinar.
The material is designed for HVAC Contractors, Designers, Energy consultants and anyone interested in determining building loads and determining the correct size of heating and cooling equipment. This process will reduce peak loads in the state of California and improve efficiency and comfort.
Register: ACCA Manual J and S, Equipment Selection & Sizing
ACCA Manual D Part 1, Duct Design
Location: Webinar
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Time: 9:00 am-4:30 pm
Description: This full day webinar focuses on the principles involved in designing residential duct work. A practice session is included where attendees sketch a duct design based on the floor plan from the Manual J/S developed in the first session, ACCA Dry Climate Manual J and S, with Wrightsoft.
The material is designed for HVAC contractors, designers, energy consultants and anyone interested in determining building loads.
Register: ACCA Manual D, Part 1 Duct Design
ACCA Manual D Part 2, Duct Design with Wrightsoft
Location: Webinar
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021
Time: 9:00 am-4:30 pm
Description This full day webinar reviews the basic principles involved in designing residential duct work. The Wrightsoft floor plan developed on day one in Wrightsoft is used in this duct design session. The set-up of Wrightsoft to match best practices is covered and a portion of the presentation is a practical session demonstrating the process of selecting registers. A sample register schedule is reviewed and explained.
The material is designed for HVAC contractors, Designers, building departments, plans examiners and energy consultants and anyone interested in determining building loads.
Register: ACCA Manual D Part 2, Duct Design with Wrightsoft
ACCA Manual H, Residential Heat Pump, Design and Installation
Location: Webinar
Date: Friday, February 19, 2021
Time: 9:00 am-4:30 pm
Description: As California moves to reduce the effect of burning carbon-based products on air quality and global warming, heat pumps and all electric homes will become enlarge their share of the market. The purpose of this training is to assist in that transformation and help installers select correctly sized equipment.
Register: ACCA Manual H, Residential Heat Pump, Design and Installation
Energy Auditing Techniques for Small & Medium Commercial Facilities (3-Day Class)
Location: Webinar
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 through Friday, February 19, 2021
Time: 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Description: The intention of this three-day workshop is to develop the energy auditing skills of individuals associated with small-and medium-sized (under 500 kW) commercial facilities. We will provide an overview of building technologies with an emphasis on distinguishing older, inefficient equipment from newer efficient systems. In-class exercises and mock-audit activities will allow the attendees to immediately apply what they have learned. Though geared to the non-experts, attendees should have a fundamental understanding of building components and energy concepts. The class will begin with a discussion of energy and building terms and be followed by a module on utility rates and billing data analysis. The overview of building technologies and efficiencies will include modules on demand response, lighting, mechanical systems, motors, refrigeration, natural gas equipment, envelope systems, kitchen equipment and miscellaneous loads. Because identifying retrofit opportunities is the focus of this training, instructors will illustrate optimal equipment choices though samples, images of real installations, and performance data. Measurement tools that auditors use to identify equipment efficiencies or to test system performance will be demonstrated with each topic. All training modules will include a section on calculating energy savings for specific retrofit applications.
Register: PGE Energy Auditing Techniques