Common Inspection Issues for Small Solar PV and Energy Storage Installs
Come brush up on best practices for achieving quick, successful, and energy-code compliant solar and battery inspections. Industry expert Bill Brooks will provide a 1.5 hour training addressing the most common failings at inspection of single family PV solar and battery installs.
The Value of Becoming a Certified Energy Analyst (CEA)
With California being at the forefront of energy efficiency and having one of the most stringent building energy codes in the country, documenting and verifying compliance with these standards has become increasingly more complicated.
HVAC Design for Code Officials: ACCA Manual S, J and D
Title 24 California Energy Code requires that new residential heating and cooling systems be properly selected and sized. The California Green Code and Mechanical Code require that the associated duct system is also sized correctly. Following the ACCA procedure for Manual S, J and D is a common and popular method that project teams use to show compliance with the Code. (This is not a how to course for using ACCA software.)
2022 Energy Code Preview for Multifamily Projects
The 2022 Energy Code is effective January 1, 2023. This course will provide an overview of the changes from the 2019 Energy Code for the new multifamily section.
Heat Pump Water Heaters and the Energy Code
We’ll walk through the basics of heat pump water heaters (HPWH) for homes and provide critical compliance information for the California Energy Code 2019 Residential Standards. We’ll cover why we are seeing HPWHs in the code now, how they are different from other types of water heaters, highlight the benefits and some potential constraints, and review how designers, builders, installers, and code officials would document a HPWH for Energy Code compliance, with specific focus on single family homes or where one HPWH serves one dwelling.
