Presenter(s): Peter Yost, Director of Residential Services, Building Green, LLC
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/4/2011
Air Time: 2:30 PM
Duration: 1 Hour 5 Minutes 39 Seconds
Perfect walls, thermal bridging, interstitial condensation, vapor profiles, vented cavities and claddings. If your head is not spinning at this point, it probably should be. During this working session, we will explore the issues and options for designing, specifying, and constructing high performance assemblies with spray foam and rigid insulation.
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Presenter(s): Mike Mills, LEED AP, Design Air
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/4/2011
Air Time: 2:30 PM
Duration: 1 Hour 14 Minutes 9 Seconds
Get an overview of the types of motors traditionally used in furnaces, boilers, exhaust fans and heat recovery ventilators before contrasting them with the latest technologies available for these same applications. This will equip contractors and other members of building design teams to make informed recommendations for considerable energy savings and performance enhancements of HVAC systems.
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Presenter(s): Joe Nagan, Owner, Home Building Technology Services
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/4/2011
Air Time: 1:00 PM
Duration: 1 Hour 7 Minutes 31 Seconds
There have been several homes recently built and labeled as 'trend' homes. Schmidt Brothers Custom Homes is building the Wisconsin Builders Association Foundation 2010 'Trend' Home. The builder has adopted construction practices that improved resource efficiency using advanced framing and reducing the amount of construction waste, among many other green building techniques. Join Joe as he walks you through this project and discusses the advanced construction techniques and materials utilized in the trend home.
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Presenter(s): Katrin Klingenberg, Co-founder, Passive House Institute US
Tex McLeod, The McLeod Associates
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/4/2011
Air Time: 1:00 PM
Duration: 1 Hour 11 Minutes 8 Seconds
Passive House and zero energy homes are made for each other. Together they can overcome our definitive environmental design constraint and help builders meet the 2030 challenge - energy efficient, carbon neutral homes at a cost of little more than current standard construction practices. Join Tex and Katrin as they explore ways to optimize the building envelope and mechanical systems utilizing a consistent measurable energy metric. With 'solar ready', the house is fully completely prepped for a small and ever more affordable renewable system for the remaining electrical loads, typically a 2-3 kWh PV system, that now puts carbon neutrality within reach of the average North American family.
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Presenter(s): Keith Williams, Owner, Building Services & Consultant LLC
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/4/2011
Air Time: 10:15 AM
Duration: 1 Hour 15 Minutes 10 Seconds
Why can some air sealing crews and contractors get consistently better results than others? What do they know? How do they manage their time and materials differently than the rest of us? Take this opportunity to sharpen your skills, increase your productivity, and test the results of your work. By attending this session, participants will identify priorities for air sealing, discuss different approaches to air sealing and installing air sealing measures and recognize the importance of testing the effectiveness of installed measures.
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Presenter(s): Peter Yost, Director of Residential Services, Building Green, LLC
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/4/2011
Air Time: 10:15 AM
Duration: 1 Hour 10 Minutes 8 Seconds
How many ways can you install and flash windows in walls with varying thicknesses of sheathing and/or rigid insulation? Come work through the pros and cons of all the different 'innie' and 'outie' options for windows and walls!
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Presenter(s): Katrin Klingenberg, Co-founder, Passive House Institute US
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/4/2011
Air Time: 8:30 AM
Duration: 1 Hour 13 Minutes 8 Seconds
Katrin will provide a brief introduction to the Passive House Planning Package to highlight the capability of this modeling software to accurately assess the energy performance versus cost of a certain measure. Katrin will describe and put into context the measurable energy metric proposed by the Passive House Standard as the most cost effective basis for zero energy and carbon neutral home designs.
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Presenter(s): Tex McLeod, The McLeod Associates
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/4/2011
Air Time: 8:30 AM
Duration: 1 Hour 12 Minutes 4 Seconds
The future is clear, we are on our way to net zero - the question is now one of when and how. In this session Tex will share his thoughts on how the future will unfold and the steps builders can take to be successful in this truly challenging marketplace. The building envelope is what builders are really good at, it is an important next step on the path to net zero and happily, the least expensive part of the formula - come to learn, come to share thoughts, come because we need to get this one right. Net zero made easy.
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Presenter(s): Peter L. Pfeiffer, FAIA, Principal, Barley & Pfeiffer Architects
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/3/2011
Air Time: 3:15 PM
Duration: 1 Hour 7 Minutes 1 Second
Let's take a look at energy efficiency and green building from a more cost effective approach—that of making smart DESIGN choices. We have designed, built, and sold 'net-zero energy' between 2004 and 2010. Why have some succeeded and others not? Green 'BY DESIGN' pays, however, a reliance on 'EcoBling' and the latest green gizmos doesn't. Too often we get wrapped up in questionable strategies while trivializing the importance of sound design, or we suffer from the 'check list' approach to green building advocated by product suppliers and green rating consultants and lose sight of the bigger picture regarding conservation of resources. The complexity of how design decisions and component selections interact to effect health, durability, and conservation of resources in such a way that appeal to the home buyer will be addressed in an enlightening format.
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Presenter(s): Robert Kirst, Kirst Builders
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/3/2011
Air Time: 3:15 PM
Duration: 41 Minutes 7 Seconds
If you have ever experienced truss uplift problems, this class will help you on your next job. See the simple solution to this problem. Truss's can lift off a center wall and cause nightmares for builders and homeowners alike. When your framer is building the house skeleton, simple steps can be taken to prevent this phenomenon from taking place. Drywall repair is not the answer.
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Presenter(s): Gord Cooke, PE, Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA)
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/3/2011
Air Time: 1:30 PM
Duration: 1 Hour 12 Minutes 40 Seconds
Join Gord as he outlines the impact high performance homes have on the specifications for appropriate HVAC systems. As builders and remodelers dramatically improve the energy efficiency of thermal enclosures, there are opportunities and risks for HVAC contractors to provide cost effective systems that will meet the ever increasing comfort and convenience expectations of homeowners. This session will outline the impact of new sizing rules, identify new distribution and control strategies for HVAC systems and help both builders and their HVAC contractors plan for the future.
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Presenter(s): Keith Williams, Owner, Building Services & Consultant LLC
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/3/2011
Air Time: 1:30 PM
Duration: 1 Hour 4 Minutes 50 Seconds
Kneewalls, dormers, and mansard roofs are those difficult spaces to air seal and insulate. But, insulating and air sealing these areas are crucial to providing comfort and energy savings, as well as preventing ice damming in the winter months. By attending this session, participants will explore common building structures that create challenges for proper air sealing and insulating, discuss different approaches to achieve effective results and recognize the importance of diagnostics in assessment and delivery.
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Presenter(s): Mike Gorman, TechKnowledge
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/3/2011
Air Time: 10:30 AM
Duration: 1 Hour 14 Minutes 16 Seconds
Find prospects in today's non-responsive market. Stir a deep interest in prospects about energy conservation, comfort, health and safety in their homes by stressing the minute details while educating the prospect about these issues. Appear like a wizard to the client by recognizing and solving seemingly impossible problems in their homes. Understand how and what systems are required in the current economic climate to create and maintain cash flowing through your business.
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Presenter(s): Scott Pigg, Principal Project Manager, Energy Center of Wisconsin
Dan Cautley, Senior Project Manager, Energy Center of Wisconsin
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/3/2011
Air Time: 10:30 AM
Duration: 1 Hour 11 Minutes 17 Seconds
This session will review highlights of recent Energy Center of Wisconsin research in areas including water heater performance, dehumidifier energy use, air conditioning, and duct leakage. Ongoing projects will also be mentioned.
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Presenter(s): Marge Anderson, Associate Director, Energy Center of Wisconsin
Eric Corey Freed, organicARCHITECT
Stephen Cowell, Chairman and CEO, CSG
Type: On Demand
Air Date: 3/3/2011
Air Time: 8:00 AM
Duration: 1 Hour 45 Minutes 48 Seconds
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