Webinar Series

Upcoming Webinars

Webinar EEBA & Ecomedes: How to Deliver ROI Through Watts and Water Savings

Tuesday, March 28 | 12:30 PM Central
Paul Shahriari

Discover EEBA’s new sustainable products database - eeba.ecomedes.com. Easily search by product category, brand, certifications, ecolabels, or greenest products to streamline how you source and specify. You can also add products to a project and start to calculate impact and evaluate how those selected products help you achieve your project's preferred rating system. Sourcing and specifying sustainable building materials just got easy!

In this third of five webinar series, you will learn how to deliver ROI through watts and water savings in a home using eeba.ecomedes.com.

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EEBA & Ecomedes: How to Deliver ROI Through Watts and Water Savings
Women in Construction: Hear from Three Women Builders

Webinar Women in Construction: Hear from Three Women Builders

Wednesday, March 29 | 2:00 PM Central
Glenna Wilson, Karen Kicinski, Danielle Younger

Join us for this highly informative webinar featuring three inspiring women builders: Founder of Younger Homes, Danielle Younger; Co-owner and Marketing Director of Lifestyle Homes, Karen Kicinski, and Co-founder of Charis Homes, Glenna Wilson. These three incredible women will tell us about how they entered the sustainable building industry, how the industry has impacted them, and how they seek to impact the industry in return. They’ll discuss the sustainable technologies and innovations they have implemented and provide advice for women looking to enter the residential construction industry.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn about the newest innovations happening in the sustainable building industry.
2. Understand day-to-day operations and the building industry's challenges and rewards, especially as it relates to women.
3. Learn about the advice these women would give other women entering the building industry.
4. Understand how climate and location dictate high-performance technologies.

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Webinar EEBA & Ecomedes: Deliver Healthier Home Options for Home Buyers

Tuesday, April 11 | 12:30 PM Central
Paul Shahriari

Discover EEBA’s new sustainable products database - eeba.ecomedes.com. Easily search by product category, brand, certifications, ecolabels, or greenest products to streamline how you source and specify. You can also add products to a project and start to calculate impact and evaluate how those selected products help you achieve your project's preferred rating system. Sourcing and specifying sustainable building materials just got easy!

In this fourth of five webinar series, you will learn how to deliver healthier home options for home buyers using eeba.ecomedes.com.

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EEBA & Ecomedes: Deliver Healthier Home Options for Home Buyers
Greening Up Existing Homes-Communities

Webinar Greening Up Existing Homes-Communities

Thursday, April 20 | 2:00 PM Central
Teresa Lopez

Green Energy Money, Inc. (GEM) offers stakeholders, builders, developers, Realtors® and appraisers innovative financing and valuation solutions to advance green building practices in their communities. GEM’s strategic alliances include national and regional lenders, energy raters, and our qualified “green” appraisal panel.  

There are over 132 million homes in America. At least 50 percent of these homes are over 30 years old and have extensive deferred maintenance and high energy costs. This webinar will cover:  
1. Retrofitting existing homes, creating high-performance inventory-higher value communities;
2. Types of retrofits; Loan programs; Financing options for improvements, FHA, Fannie Mae, home improvement second mortgages;
3. Bundling qualified federal rebate, tax credits, utility, and state rebates to offset costs;
4. Cost savings by economies of scale; community energy efficient materials and micro-grid technology purchasing power;
5. Recent home retrofit case studies– existing, relocation, point of sale transactions (purchase -renovation loans);
6. New building code requirements, opportunities;
7. Market Differentiation for Builders and REALTORS® - Stand apart from competitors; become a trusted, recognized “TRUE GEM” in your community!

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Webinar EEBA & Ecomedes: Deliver Lower Carbon Options for Your Homes

Tuesday, April 25 | 12:30 PM Central
Paul Shahriari

Discover EEBA’s new sustainable products database - eeba.ecomedes.com. Easily search by product category, brand, certifications, ecolabels, or greenest products to streamline how you source and specify. You can also add products to a project and start to calculate impact and evaluate how those selected products help you achieve your project's preferred rating system. Sourcing and specifying sustainable building materials just got easy!

In the fifth and final episode of this webinar series, you will learn how to deliver lower carbon options for your homes using eeba.ecomedes.com.

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EEBA & Ecomedes: Deliver Lower Carbon Options for Your Homes
Heat Pump Water Heaters - A Panel Discussion

Webinar Heat Pump Water Heaters - A Panel Discussion

Tuesday, May 2 | 2:00 PM Central
Jay Epstein, Dr. Markus Lenger, Larry K. Acker

oin award winning builder Jay Epstein, water physicist Dr. Markus Lenger, and water and energy conservation expert Larry Acker to discuss heat pump water heaters:
1) How effective are they in a residential home and what are the options?
2) Should every home consider a Heat Pump Water Heater, even though they only have access to 110/120 Amps? 
3) Is plumbing design necessary for Heat Pump Water Heaters?
4) Is controlled distribution of hot water important for efficiency of Heat Pump Water Heaters?

They will also discuss new systems of monitoring and data collection of energy in existing and new homes: 
1) Should Heat Pump Water Heaters be monitored?
2) Is there a simple way to test and collect data on existing homes?

This panel will have details and suggestions on all of the above. There will be slides and examples of existing buildings and studies.

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Recent Webinars

Webinar EPA’s New Proposed Framework for Indoor airPLUS Version 2

Thursday, March 23 | 11:00 AM Central
Nick Hurst, Gayathri Vijayakumar

In early February, EPA announced the second public comment period for Indoor airPLUS Version 2, EPA’s residential certification program for improved indoor air quality (IAQ). To help you understand what is proposed in Version 2 and how it is different from Version 1 and the initial draft specification, EEBA is hosting this interactive session with EPA staff and representatives. During the webinar, EPA will provide a guided tour of the public comment page and an overview of the revised program model to help identify areas where you and your organization may wish to provide input. Join us to hear how you can participate in promoting broader adoption of IAQ advancements and help shape the future of this labeling program.

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EPA’s New Proposed Framework for Indoor airPLUS Version 2
EEBA & Ecomedes: An Overview for Manufacturers

Webinar EEBA & Ecomedes: An Overview for Manufacturers

Monday, March 20 | 2:00 PM Central
Paul Shahriari

Discover EEBA’s new sustainable products database - eeba.ecomedes.com. Easily search by product category, brand, certifications, ecolabels, or greenest products to streamline how you source and specify. You can also add products to a project and start to calculate impact and evaluate how those selected products help you achieve your project's preferred rating system. Sourcing and specifying sustainable building materials just got easy!

In this second of five webinar series, Paul will provide an overview for manufacturers interested in how EEBA supports high-performance green builders with eeba.ecomedes.com.

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Webinar EEBA’s New Sustainable Products Database: ecomedes.com

Thursday, March 2 | 12:30 PM Central
Paul Shahriari

Discover EEBA’s new sustainable products database - eeba.ecomedes.com. Easily search by product category, brand, certifications, ecolabels, or greenest products to streamline how you source and specify. You can also add products to a project and start to calculate impact and evaluate how those selected products help you achieve your project's preferred rating system. Sourcing and specifying sustainable building materials just got easy!

Want to learn how? Join Ecomedes’ Founder Paul Shahriari for training and insights into making the most of EEBA’s ecomedes portal. In this first of five webinar series, Paul will showcase how home builders, subcontractors, and manufacturers get value from eeba.ecomedes.com.

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EEBA’s New Sustainable Products Database: ecomedes.com
Sustainable Is Attainable: Building Affordable Zero Energy Ready Homes and Providing Missing Middle Housing Opportunities

Webinar Sustainable Is Attainable: Building Affordable Zero Energy Ready Homes and Providing Missing Middle Housing Opportunities

Tuesday, February 28 | 2:00 AM Central
Rob Howard

Join us for this informative webinar where we will explore the challenges faced when building sustainable, affordable housing and providing Missing Middle Housing opportunities in existing neighborhoods. It will feature two case studies of affordable Zero Energy Ready Home developments in Western North Carolina. These include the Northstone mixed income community in Hickory and the Duke Street Cottages pocket neighborhood in Granite Falls.

Learning Objectives:
1. Define the terms "Missing Middle Housing" and "Pocket Neighborhood."
2. Explore challenges to building sustainable, affordable housing in existing neighborhoods with restrictive zoning ordinances.
3. Identify affordable strategies for meeting DOE Zero Energy Ready Home requirements.
4. Discuss high performance heating, cooling, ventilation, and dehumidification systems for low load homes.

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Webinar PART 2: Quantifying Value for High Performance Homes

Thursday, February 16 | 2:00 PM Central
Teresa Lopez

Green Energy Money, Inc. (GEM) offers appraisers “high-performance” valuation solutions to advance green building practices in their markets. GEM’s strategic alliances of certified energy raters, and national green appraisal panel affords builders and real estate professionals a way to reflect the cost benefits for their buildings. Our qualified “green” appraiser panel provides solutions for a quantified analysis that recognizes and applies a green premium value in homes.

We support Appraisers with the education and tools to achieve exceptional results in translating green- economic, cost benefits for building owners. The one-hour introduction includes:

• Identifying types of information and data appraisers and lenders need to support value and underwrite loans

Distinctions between Conventional, Energy Star, and NZ High-Performance homes in valuations

Describing the landscape and how to utilize Energy Rating Systems

Funded home case studies incorporating green premium values proving feasibility

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PART 2: Quantifying Value for High Performance Homes
Heat Pumps, Mini-Splits & Air Conditioners - Commissioning with Smart Tools to Get It Right the First Time!

Webinar Heat Pumps, Mini-Splits & Air Conditioners - Commissioning with Smart Tools to Get It Right the First Time!

Thursday, February 9 | 2:00 PM Central
Joe Medosch & Shawn LeMons

Over a dozen studies confirmed most H/AC systems have either an air flow or refrigerant charge faults (or both). A 2018 DOE study found heating and air conditioning installations had at least one fault in 70–90% of homes, and when duct leakage is considered, this number increases to 90–100%. Improper installation leads to increased energy use, comfort issues, warranty claims, call backs and higher HVAC repair costs over the lifetime of the equipment. 

Fixing these two faults alone has the potential to decrease residential cooling energy loads by 5–10%. Researchers at NREL estimate that central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps in the US waste 20.7 terawatt hours (TWh) of energy per year due to equipment faults. Convert that to energy generated by hydroelectric - it’s 5.7 times the volume of Lake Mead at its highest level, which is 8.5 trillion gallons of water. 

PNL believes that Smart Tools + Smart Apps. make for a system with fewer faults. Combine this with the new ANSI/ RESNET/ACCA/ICC RESNET Standard 310 and you have real solutions.

This webinar will cover practical solutions for reducing air flow and refrigerant faults using Smart Probes & Apps and we will simplify Standard 310 into bite size chunks. We will share the latest Building America study that confirms the use of these Smart Tools and Apps.

Join us to learn how to achieve installations that provide optimum efficiency and provide installations that meet the manufacturer guidelines that reduce energy use, increase comfort, and eliminate call backs.

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