Do you want to learn about how to electrify your own home? Sean Armstrong is one of the nation's leading technical consultants on building electrification and will walk you through the options detailed in his firm's recent publication, a Pocket Guide to Single Family Home Electric Retrofits. Bring your questions! There will be lots of opportunities to get personal consulting that will be useful to the larger group.
Continuing Education Units (CEUS) 1 hour in
• Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)
• Building Performance Institute (BPI) NonWholeHouse
• American Institute of Architects - AIA (HSW)
• Certified Green Professional (NARI & CGP)
• Certified GreenHome Professional (CGHP)
• AIBD
• State Architect / Builder License may be applicable
Lessons Learned:
1. Familiarity with the various types, costs and possible applications of electric HVAC, Water Heaters, Laundry Dryers and Ranges
2. Familiarity with the "Watt Diet" concept, where they can use power efficient appliances to avoid new wiring, panel upgrades, service upgrades and peaking during dirty grid hours
3. Understanding of the roles of solar power--lowering utility bills, CO2 reduction and resiliency
4. Familiarity with various resiliency strategies--V2B reversible car charging, portable and permanent solar+battery
Need CEUS?
Take the Quiz here:
https://greenhomeinstitute.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-electrify-an-existing-home
Speaker: Sean Armstrong
Sean Armstrong is a leading Electrification expert in North America and has co-authored five user-friendly guides to building electrification. His firm, Redwood Energy, is responsible for 2 in 3 all-electric residences built in California since 2011, as well as 1 in 4 100% solar powered residences built in North America according to the NBI/Team Zero annual tallies. Among other awards, Redwood Energy won the United Nations' Grand Prize in the World Habitat Awards in 2017 for a LEED Platinum, Zero Net Energy farmworker family apartment complex, the first time in 10 years an American had won the grand prize for innovations in socially and environmentally beneficial housing.
Download Pocket Guide Here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sux9wt7gb512e2v/Pocket%20Guide%20to%20Home%20Electrification%20Retrofits.pdf?dl=0
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