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Best Practices is a new Energy Trust training all about a team-centered, house-as-a-system approach to cultivate advanced techniques for energy-efficient home building.

What
  • Member Group Event
When Nov 09, 2010
from 08:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Where The Environmental Center
Contact Name
Contact Phone 866-365-3526 x 8
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Best Practices is a new Energy Trust training all about a team-centered, house-as-a-system approach to cultivate advanced techniques for energy-efficient home building and improve your project cohesiveness and sequencing - all things that will you give you a step up as 2011 Northwest ENERGY STAR® guidelines are implemented in relation to code change.

Bring your whole home building team and share with other professionals how to build best, from start to finish. Stay ahead of the curve and learn practices to bring your homes to the efficiency levels 2011 code will call for.


Best Practices will give you an opportunity to:

 

    * Be the first to receive the brand new Best Practices Guide-this handy pocket guide includes the fundamentals of energy-efficient foundations, framing and air sealing.

    * Bring along your entire home building team to ensure that all are aware of their roles as they relate to measures in energy efficiency

    * Explore real examples of on-the-job issues and how best to use the ENERGY STAR Thermal Bypass Checklist and Critical Details to reduce time-consuming red flags.

    * Understand the benefits of being an Energy Trust trade ally builder and learn how to maximize available cash incentives.

    * Develop cost-effective plans that include energy-efficient design and planning.


CEUs

    * 4 Building Performance Institute CEUs

    * 2 CORE Construction Contractors Board (Green and Sustainable Building Practices)


Cost

    * FREE New Homes Trade Ally

    * $20 Existing Homes Trade Ally

    * $20 Students w/ valid ID

    * $30 General


Registration:

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