Building Codes, Efficiency & Passive House Principles On Existing Homes

On the Passive House in the Real World (with Mike Duclos) discussion board… 
Takeaways:

Homeowners looking to incorporate Passive House principles in existing buildings should consider getting a home energy audit. Still, after a home is built, serious energy reductions (say 50% to 90%) become very expensive.
Attic insulation adjustments and window treatments offer more immediate fixes toward energy efficiency.
Electricity is typically our dirtiest fuel, […]

Get Building Before NESEA’s BuildingEnergy NYC 2015

BuildingEnergy NYC 2015
“BuildingEnergy NYC is a rapidly growing, cross-disciplinary conference that offers practical, hands-on solutions to the financial, environmental, legal, and maintenance challenges facing NYC building owners and practitioners in every neighborhood and borough. Conceived in 2012 and nearly doubling in size yearly, BuildingEnergy NYC sets itself apart as a place where members of New […]

Earning Sustainable Building Continuing Education Credits with HeatSpring

In addition to gaining applicable experience, completing projects, and learning from expert instructors, taking a HeatSpring course can also provide you with the opportunity to earn Continuing Education Credits.
Many of our courses are approved by professional sustainable building organizations for continuing education units, also called learning units, credits or hours.
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Earn BPI Credits

Hydronic-Based Biomass Heating Systems with John Siegenthaler

Approved for: 23 […]

Principles of Deep Energy Retrofits: Homes & Buildings

Principles Underpinning Deep Energy Retrofits (DER) of Both Homes and Non-residential Buildings
In this article, Marc Rosenbaum discusses…

Examples of both Home and Non-Residential Building retrofits
Upgrades to energy and mechanical systems in older buildings
Heating cost and air quality differences between DER spaces and non-DER spaces
How you can learn more about Deep Energy Retrofits through HeatSpring

Deep Energy Retrofits […]

FREE Lecture: Low Carbon Building

Take Bruce King’s Free Low Carbon Building Lecture today. What good is a “Net-Zero” building if just the act of making it dumps a huge load of CO2 into the air? The urgency of climate disruption demands that we reduce impacts now, not slowly over the next 50 years. Here we will look beyond reducing operating […]