Webinar Series

Webinar Dive into the Smart Decathlon for Innovative Professionals

Tuesday, February 2 | 2:00 PM Central
Richard King & Melissa King

Join this webinar to learn more about a new competition that aims to spark innovation in the green building industry. Presenters will describe a virtual competition that leads to on-site sales events across the country. They will explain the ten SDiPro contests and share unique design ideas showcased in award-winning competitions, in order to jump-start your own creative thinking. The purpose of SDiPro is to generate pubic enthusiasm and increase sales of healthy sustainable homes that meet the needs of today’s homebuyers.
Join Melissa and Richard King to learn about:

• How to enter and participate in SDiPro
• Ways to get involved
• Benefits for participating teams

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Webinar Best Practices to Achieve Radon Resistant New Homes

Tuesday, January 26 | 1:00 PM Central
Brian Hanson & Bruce Snead

This webinar will review the key concerns and options for building new homes to achieve the lowest possible radon concentrations, including current codes and standards.

Learning Objectives:
• Understand what factors contribute to the radon concentration in homes
• Increase awareness of current RRNC codes and standards
• Review what works and what doesn’t to achieve low radon results in new construction
• Understand radon requirements in Indoor airPLUS

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Webinar Smart, Connected Indoor Air Quality with Broan Overture

Tuesday, January 12 | 2:30 PM Central
Patrick Nielsen & Jim Bohn

Homeowners are more concerned than ever about their indoor air quality. Quality builders are looking for ways to meet this growing demand for healthier homes with smart ventilation systems that can not only exhaust bad air and bring in fresh air but do it efficiently. Broan’s exciting new state-of-the-art, connected ventilation system monitors the quality of the air in selected rooms of the home and communicates with the appropriate ventilation device(s) to operate and restore a clean, healthy environment. Learn more about the innovative Broan Overture smart ventilation system in this session.

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Webinar How to Cut Your Heating Bill, Electric Bill, and Carbon Footprint to Zero, by Someone Who Has Done It

Wednesday, December 2 | 2:30 PM Central
David Green - Founder & CEO of Zero Carbon LLC

This webinar is free. It will help you to save a lot of money and cut your carbon footprint. In addition, all attendees will receive a free electronic version (for iPad or Kindle) of David Green's highly-acclaimed book Zero Carbon Home. In this webinar I describe what we did to cut our home's carbon footprint, heating bill and electricity bill to zero. I am saving so much money on bills that I am earning a 15% return on my investments in heat pumps, insulation, triple-glazed windows and solar panels, which I call the fab four. Yes, I am a Brit and a Beatles fan.

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Webinar 140% AFUE is Coming – Introducing Thermal Heat Pumps

Thursday, November 19 | 2:00 PM Central
Jason LaFleur - Senior Program Manager at GTI Energy

As policymakers, builders, utilities, and end users seek to reduce the greenhouse gas impact of our homes, it is critical to address the low installed efficiency of traditional equipment serving what is often the most significant load, space heating and domestic hot water. New Thermally-driven Heat Pumps (THPs) have been developed as a packaged solution to provide both space heating and domestic hot water, achieving an equivalent of 140% AFUE in both lab and field environments and represent a new product category for residential space heat, being built by multiple manufacturers. This session will provide an overview of the technology, and share energy performance, operating cost, CO2e emissions basis and comfort results from multiple lab and field demonstrations, including sharing the perspective of installing contractors.

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Site Supervisor Module 2: Project Management and Construction Project Management Software

Tuesday, November 10 | 2:00 PM Central

This module will look at overall job completion responsibilities and break that down into daily and topic-specific tasks. We will look at how project management software can be used to handle some or all of these tasks, including tracking of subcontractors, scheduling, ordering, inspections, etc.

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Webinar How Can Low-Cost IAQ Monitors Benefit Builders and Contractors

Thursday, November 5 | 2:00 PM Central
Joe Medosch - Healthy Building Scientist at Hayward Score

These gadgets just won't disappear! They are becoming more popular with occupants and contractors. This session will provide an overview on what they can monitor, how to get the data and what can they integrate with inside the home. Ultimately to make the home healthier - without alarming the occupant. The indirect benefits of these monitors are to educate / inform the occupant about making better choices in their homes - healthier habits. The session addresses the inherent limitations of one device in a single room vs. multiple sensors throughout the home. I will provide an independent outlook of the new integrated sensors and ventilation opportunities from Panasonic and Broan-NuTone that will be released in 2021 (realistic date). Also, some new products from TZOA, the HAVEN, an IAQ WiFi sensor for the H/AC ductwork, and some other new innovations.

I will provide sound recommendations on how these devices can technically work in a "healthy home" and in marketing opportunities - and how to avoid the new "Healthy Washing", similar to the Green Washing we finally overcame.

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Webinar A Cost-Effective Path to Healthy, Affordable, Net Zero Housing with DOE’s Zero Energy Ready Home Program

Monday, November 2 | 2:00 PM Central
Theresa Gilbride - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Terrence Mosley - DOE;and Rick Werheim - SVP/Housing and Green Initiatives

Certified high performance, high indoor air quality, and net zero energy may sound like an expensive wish list for affordable housing, especially in locations that already have high land prices but a select group of affordable home builders has found a way to make clean, healthy, and net zero attainable by sticking to the criteria of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Home program. In this presentation, we’ll show how affordable home builders like United Way of Long Island, along with production, custom, and multifamily builders across the country, are building healthy, durable, energy-efficient homes that are achieving remarkably high performance and low Home Energy Rating System scores – with a program average of HERS 43 without PV and HERS 6 with PV. We’ll give an overview of the choices builders across the program are making in terms of key energy-efficiency measures like wall assemblies, insulation types, HVAC equipment, water heating, etc. We’ll share some of their best design secrets for cutting costs without sacrificing performance. We’ll dive deep into the details with case studies of several of United Way of Long Island’s award-winning projects. And we’ll lay out a roadmap based on the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home program so you can achieve high performance home designs too.

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Webinar All Electric & Fossil Fuel Free: The Ultimate Z.E.N. Home

Wednesday, October 28 | 10:00 AM Central
Rich Binsacca - Editor-in-Chief at Pro Builder with panelists Sam Rashkin, Bill Rectanus, Jack Armstrong, & Karla Butterfield

As climate change drives code advancement, learn how the Ultimate Z.E.N. Home eliminates the use of fossil fuels in a production-built home. Learn about the Gateway to Zero from Team Zero members Jack Armstrong and Sam Rashkin. This webinar will be hosted by Editor-in-Chief of ProBuilder, Rich Binsacca, and also include Bill Rectanus of Thrive Home Builders and Karla Butterfield of Steven Winter Associates.

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Extended Summit Webinar Building Better Promotions with the Right Tools and Elevating Your Facebook Strategy

Thursday, October 22 | 2:00 PM Central
Connie Reinert - Owner of Beyond Broken

Are you tired of investing money in promotions that just don’t seem to do the trick? Have you dabbled with Facebook, but just can’t quite elevate your page to match your goals? Do promotions tend to get moved to the bottom of the pile, because you don’t have the time? Invest an hour in this session to hear how to select the best promotional tools for your company. The list of promotional tools available to businesses is complex. Each of the tools has benefits and can provide great value if used for the right reason. We will review the strengths and weaknesses of the primary promotional tools along with best practices. This will allow participants to select the tools that best fit their business goals while making choices that are more effective and productive. Also, in this session, we will identify and demonstrate the key components of the Facebook platform that can make your time and effort more worthwhile. This includes developing a content calendar and ideas for creating engaging content that will connect with the audience. There will be a review of important settings including a look at how to boost or advertise on your company page.

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Extended Summit Webinar Next Gen Zero

Tuesday, October 20 | 2:00 PM Central
Sam Rashkin - Chief Architect at U.S. DOE Building Technologies Office and Jamie Lyons, P.E. - Newport Partners

It's hard to believe that the original DOE Zero Energy Ready Home program requirements are already over 7 years old. Over this time, they have been adopted by hundreds of builders as well as affordable housing programs, local codes, and state Stretch Codes. This includes over 6,000 certified homes encompassing custom, production, modular, affordable, multifamily, and even a few tiny homes throughout the United States. Over this same time period, there’s been a huge surge of state and local policies to achieve greater levels of energy efficiency and emissions reductions. In addition, new innovations for building enclosures, lighting, ventilation, heating/cooling, IAQ and many other areas have arrived in the marketplace or are coming soon. And most recently, the 2021 IECC has raised the bar further to continue the push for energy efficiency in new U.S. homes. This is all to say, it’s time to look at new changes for Zero Energy Ready Home. During this session, we’ll review potential updates to program specs that would deliver meaningful, cost-effective improvements in energy efficiency, building performance, and resilience. Potential timelines for "DOE ZERH 2.0" updates will be discussed, and stakeholder feedback will be solicited along the way. Join us for a look at the exciting future for housing. It keeps getting better.

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Extended Summit Webinar Ventilation Solutions for Healthy and Efficient IAQ

Thursday, October 15 | 2:00 PM Central
Patrick Nielsen - Global Technical Products Manager at Broan NuTone

Energy efficient, airtight dwellings and healthy air do not need to be at odds with each other. With today's wide range of ventilation solutions - especially whole house - homeowners can have both. Harmful pollutants such as particulates, VOCs and mold-causing excess humidity can be handled effectively and energy efficiently. There are a variety of code-compliant ventilation solutions available to fit most any situation, climate zone, and budget. Recent changes in how homes are built and how we live in them as well as quickly evolving codes make providing healthy indoor air more challenging. This session will focus on whole house ventilation code requirements and the options to meet them - exhaust, supply and balanced with a focus on opportunities with balanced.

Extended Summit Webinar Planning for Results - Best Practices That You Can Apply to Your Business

Tuesday, October 13 | 2:00 PM Central
David Bernardino - Chief Client Officer and Head of Research + Planning at Ammunition

Companies in the building industry are under increased pressure to drive sales growth and ROI, even with elevated costs for materials, labor, and the like. How can you methodically develop the right strategic, business, and / or marketing plans to meet these challenges, while ensuring you engage and align key stakeholders along the way?

Learning Objectives: Learn how to methodically analyze a business situation and translates those insights into actionable plans that will lock growth. Improve your organization’s planning process in order to drive better alignment across functions and groups. Walk away with planning techniques that you can immediately apply to your current situation. Learn how to leverage multiple data sources and internal functional groups to develop the necessary inputs that are required to developing a robust plan.

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Extended Summit Webinar Designing for Dignity and Claiming Our Power: Ownership, Empowerment, and Transformation with Sustainable Buildings

Wednesday, September 23 | 2:00 PM Central
Daphany Rose Sanchez - Executive Director at Kinetic Communities; & Lonnie Feemster - President at NAACP Reno-Sparks Branch No. 1112

In this session, the NAACP brings you an overview of the Centering Equity in the Sustainable Building Sector (CESBS) Initiative and the stories of two members at the intersection of energy, equity, and housing. Lonnie Feemster, President of the Reno-Sparks Branch of the NAACP and former energy inspector, is known around town as “Solar Man.” With immense care, he built his own passive house that provides a 100% electric, low-consumption, and comfortable place for work and play for three generations. Daphany Rose Sanchez, founder of Kinetic Communities Consulting (KC3) and proud New York native, leverages partnerships and resources to help close the gap between the affordable housing and energy efficiency industry for diverse New York communities. Lonnie and Daphany share a passion for supporting Black and brown communities to understand the human cost of energy, save money, feel safe, and live in a cleaner environment. They will share a call to action through stories and lessons for building professionals to design projects, policies, and programs first and foremost for people and for justice.

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