Human Services Transportation: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovation

• Webinar
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This CivicWell webinar will explore the role Human Services Transportation (HST) plays in supporting independence and access, challenges facing riders and providers, lessons from local efforts in San Diego and other communities, and opportunities for policy, partnerships, and innovation to strengthen these important transportation resources.

Designing Direct Install Landscape Transformation Programs Training

• Webinar
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Direct installation landscape transformation programs are emerging as a key strategy in driving water conservation, especially as compliance with the AB1572 non-functional turf ban will start in 2027. This CalWEP training will provide the basics to developing a direct-installation landscape transformation program from the ground up, providing things to consider throughout program development and helpful lessons learned from agencies that have run or are running their own programs.

3C-REN Regional Forum: Collaborative Solutions for Energy Code Compliance: Central Coast Conversation with the CEC

• San Luis Obispo Veteran’s Hall 801 Grand Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
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Join 3C-REN and the California Energy Commission (CEC) in San Luis Obispo for an in-person forum offering a unique opportunity for the Central Coast building community to help shape the future of energy code compliance in California.

I-REN C&S Training: Passive House Mechanicals

• Webinar
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This course delves deeply into the design of mechanical systems, with particular emphasis on ventilation and hot water systems. By examining the design and construction of various system types, the course will cover topics including performance specifications, coordination, sequencing, inspection, testing, and reporting for ventilation, heating, cooling, and hot-water systems.

Wildfire Defense in Practice: Building and Landscape Strategies

• Webinar
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Join USGBC California for a 90-minute virtual technical workshop designed primarily for contractors, builders, architects, designers, landscape professionals, and trade workers. The event will focus on home hardening, ember resistance, resilient materials, and practical wildfire risk reduction.

Cold Climates: Best Practices for Residential Energy Compliance

• Webinar
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This CCR-REN webinar will focus on specific considerations for efficient and cost-effective energy code compliance in cold climate zones. Based on energy-modeled projects, discussion will include wall and roof assemblies, insulation, window properties and heating and ventilation with effective indoor air quality.

17th Annual Sustain SoCal Energy Event

• UCI Beall Applied Innovation Irvine CA
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Sustain SoCal’s 17th Annual Energy Event brings together leaders from across the energy ecosystem to examine what it will take to build a more reliable, affordable, resilient and sustainable energy future.

Resilient California Summit

• SAFE Credit Union Convention Center Sacramento CA
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This inaugural event will convene people from across the state to make progress on the policies, partnerships, and practices needed to build resilience as climate change accelerates.

Energy Code Compliance Verification (formerly HERS) – HVAC, DHW, and IAQ

• Webinar
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In this 3C-REN training, the session will cover what architects and builders need to know to successfully integrate ECC measures into design and construction related to HVAC and indoor air quality.

2025 Energy Code Roundtable for Building Departments

• Webinar
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This CCR REN series focuses on areas of energy code compliance that are often challenging for building departments, either at plan review or field inspection or both. The October focus is reading and Using CF1R’s, CF2R’s and CF3R’s – help identify what to look out for on each of the forms and how to communicate effectively with contractors and design professionals.

Net Zero Conference

• Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall
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13th annual convening of climate leaders to re-envision the built environment and inspire a net zero future.

5th Annual Regional Sustainability Summit

• Martis Camp Truckee, CA
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This theme of this year’s Nevada County Summit is Rural Prosperity in a Changing Climate. Our speakers will share out and discuss how climate change is reshaping the economic future of our rural communities, highlighting its impacts on agriculture, natural resources, local businesses, tourism, the outdoor recreation economy, and workforce resilience.

Heat Pump Water Heater Permitting

• Webinar
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Join New Buildings Institute for a webinar highlighting best practices and strategies for simplifying and accelerating HPWH permitting processes.

BayREN C&S Training: 2025 Code Updates - Multifamily

• Webinar
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This course will provide an overview of the 2025 Energy Code changes for multifamily buildings, including changes to mandatory measures and performance and prescriptive requirements.

Getting to Zero Forum

• Civic Hall 124 E 14th St, New York, NY
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This fall, GTZ Forum 2026 will bring together hundreds of public- and private-sector leaders to advance high-performance buildings that support people, communities, and the planet.

Large Building Electrification: Strategies for Commercial Retrofits

• Webinar
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Join USGBC California for a practical discussion on electrifying large commercial building systems, featuring perspectives from an engineering firm, a sustainability advisor, and a leading HVAC manufacturer. Together, the panel will explore today's market-ready technologies, the realities of retrofitting existing buildings, and the key considerations for planning successful projects.

20th Annual LABC Sustainability Summit

• Town and Gown, University of Southern California (USC)
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The Summit will examine how California can sustain two decades of climate and economic leadership by advancing policies that drive market innovation; strengthening regional energy markets and grid reliability; modernizing water infrastructure for climate resilience and attracting the investment needed to grow its digital, advanced mobility, and commercial space economies.

Results for 2025 Multifamily Cost-Effectiveness Studies

• Webinar
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Join the Local Energy Codes technical team as they present the results for both the Multifamily New Construction and Alterations cost-effectiveness analyses during this webinar.

Single Family New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study Results

• Webinar
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Join us as the Statewide Local Energy Codes team presents the results of the cost-effectiveness study documenting cost-effective reach code options that exceed the minimum requirements of the 2025 Building Energy Efficiency Standards for single family new construction.

Exploring Nonres Building Stock with the Cost Effectiveness Explorer

• Webinar
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Learn more about the latest Cost Effectiveness Explorer updates & how the new data analysis capabilities can inform reach code policymaking. Join us as the Statewide Local Energy Codes Cost Effectiveness Explorer team presents the most recent updates to the Explorer.

Nonresidential Alterations Cost-Effectiveness Study Webinar

• Online
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The Statewide Local Energy Codes team will present the results of the cost-effectiveness study documenting cost-effective reach code options that exceed the minimum requirements of the 2025 Building Energy Efficiency Standards for alterations to existing nonresidential buildings.

Single-Family AC to Heat Pump Replacement Cost-Effectiveness Study

• Webinar
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Statewide Local Energy Codes team presents the results of the cost-effectiveness study for an ordinance encouraging single family homeowners to install a heat pump when replacing an existing air conditioner. The team will provide an overview of the study, measure specifications and cost and savings impacts.

2024 Updates to the 2022 Single Family Retrofits Cost-Effectiveness Study

• Webinar
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The Statewide Local Energy Codes team presents the results of the 2024 updates to the Single Family Retrofit Cost-Effectiveness Study. Attendees will learn about the most recent cost-effectiveness analyses, both from the published report and from the updated data in the free online Cost-Effectiveness Explorer tool.

Simplified Flexible Path Policymaking with the Cost-Effectiveness Explorer

• Webinar
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The Cost-Effectiveness Explorer team will present new capabilities in the free online tool that local jurisdiction staff can use to craft effective flexible path measures more easily.

Results from the 2022 Multifamily New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study 

• Webinar
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This webinar will present the results from the most recent cost-effectiveness analysis for multifamily new construction, which supports the development of reach codes under the new 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (effective 1/1/2023). The presenters will provide results for all packages studied across all 16 California Climate Zones (CZs).

Reaching Beyond New Construction: A Panel Discussion

• Webinar
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This is a panel discussion with local jurisdiction staff on existing building policy adoption. A collaboration between Building Decarbonization Coalition, BayREN, 3C-REN, California Climate & Energy Collaborative and the Statewide Reach Codes Program, this webinar is reserved for local jurisdiction staff.

2025 Energy Code Cycle Stakeholder Meeting: Single Family and Multifamily

• Webinar
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In this webinar, the Statewide CASE Team will introduce the audience to the Single Family and Multifamily measures that are being considered for the 2025 T24 energy code and seek to garner participation from new and existing stakeholders.

Reach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series:
Session 5

• Webinar
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Session 5, Implementation:  Monitoring reach code implementation, checklists and training, examples from specific jurisdictions, and more.

Designing Local Policies with the Cost-Effectiveness Explorer

• Webinar
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Launched in the fall of 2020 and used by 100+ local jurisdictions statewide, the Cost-Effectiveness Explorer now lets users create and visualize impacts from overarching policies at the local level. This webinar will walk through the free online tool to enable attendees a "hands-on" look at how to explore the new policy-building tools, and provide plenty of time for Q&A.

Draft Results: Multifamily New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study

• Webinar
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Draft Results: Nonresidential New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study

• Webinar
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Results & Findings: Single Family New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study

• Webinar
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Reach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series:
Session 4

• Webinar
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Session 4, Reach code ordinance options:  Renewing existing reach codes, developing and adopting new reach codes for new and existing buildings, model ordinances, and more.

Reach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series:
Session 3

• Webinar
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Session 3, Cost-effectiveness analyses:  Introduction to terms, when an analysis is required, what makes a measure cost effective, types of inputs and considerations, how to obtain and use a cost-effectiveness analysis, energy code terms and metrics, and more.

Reach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series:
Session 2

• Webinar
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Session 2, Reach code process & timing:  The general steps of developing and drafting a reach code, including policy development, timing considerations, preparing for Council, and support resources to help you throughout the process.

Reach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series:
Session 1

• Webinar
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Session 1, Introduction:  The what and why of reach codes, including an overview of the process and timing, legal considerations, and more.

Designing Flexible Path Reach Codes with the Cost-Effectiveness Explorer

• Webinar
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Tackling Residential Retrofits: Tools and Lessons Learned

• Webinar
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Reach Codes Results: Residential Retrofits Cost-effectiveness Webinar

• Webinar - Online
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Please join us for a presentation on the results of our newly-completed analysis of residential retrofit measures and measure packages. A preliminary cost-effectiveness study on existing residential building upgrades was published by the statewide Codes & Standards team in February 2020. At that time, the research team identified a range of additional options that merited further study. These include: Revisiting  base case assumptions Exploring additional HVAC upgrade options Evaluating additional building envelope improvements Assessing lighting: luminaire replacements in addition to lamp replacements Evaluating electrification and electrification-ready measures at equipment change-out Considering the effectiveness of PV system installation when building an addition Requiring additional efficiency upgrades when installing PV Study authors will present their findings and answer participant questions on all the measures and measure packages analyzed.

2019 New Construction Studies - Technical Webinar