Catalyst Convening: San Diego Region
- Viejas Casino and Resort
The California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) and the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) is hosting Catalyst Convenings for the San Diego Region and the Los Angeles Region. More events across the state will be planned in the coming months. Representatives from local and regional governments, tribal governments, community-based organizations, philanthropic foundations, and institutions of higher education are invited - alongside key state agencies - to coordinate on the region’s energy, land use, climate barriers, and solutions.
More InfoCatalyst Convening: Los Angeles Region
- CSU Long Beach Campus, Pointe Conference Center
The California Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) and the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) is hosting a Catalyst Convening for the San Diego region and the Los Angeles Region. More events across the state will be planned in the coming months. Representatives from local and regional governments, tribal governments, community-based organizations, philanthropic foundations, and institutions of higher education are invited - alongside key state agencies - to coordinate on the region’s energy, land use, climate barriers, and solutions.
More InfoLA Climate Week
- Los Angeles area
Join Los Angeles Climate Week™ to collaborate, exchange ideas, and develop local climate solutions. Engage with climate organizations, policymakers, innovators, companies, and changemakers from LA and beyond on cutting-edge climate change solutions.
More Info3C-REN Webinar: Single Family: Energy Code Implementation Series, with 2025 Code Updates
- Webinar
This series focuses on current best practices for implementation of energy strategies, as well as what’s around the corner with the new code that will take effect Jan. 1, 2026. This session will focus on single family new construction.
More InfoSF Climate Week
- San Francisco area
SF Climate Week is a series of events gathering diverse climate organizations, leaders, & the broader community working at the intersection of climate action & innovation.
More InfoA-B-C-Decarb for Schools: Plan, Fund, and Succeed
- Webinar
Join experts from Southern California Edison, New Buildings Institute and the National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO), in a hands-on workshop on operational decarbonization and net-zero schools. Gain insights, tools, and funding strategies. Free for school district staff. We’ll explore operational decarbonization, dispel myths, and showcase successful net-zero energy school projects. This half-day workshop offers current school district staff, practitioners, and supporters the opportunity to review and discuss specific tools to plan for decarbonization.
More InfoCalifornia Climate Policy Summit 2025
- Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Join us at the fourth annual California Climate Policy Summit on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 in Sacramento. Collaborate with state decision-makers, elected officials, climate activists, environmental justice advocates, business leaders, scientists, and policy experts to build power across California in support of science-based climate policies. Learn what visionary climate leaders are doing to accelerate the equitable phase-out of fossil fuels, scale up carbon drawdown, and build a resilient and clean energy system. Engage in discussions about legislation and regulatory issues under debate in Sacramento. Connect with professionals pioneering critical climate strategies in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
More InfoGetting to Zero Forum
- Los Angeles
The Forum is a three-day conference dedicated to advancing zero emissions buildings. With inspiring keynotes, educational breakouts, interactive workshops, along with fun and unique networking experiences, this event is a must for anyone who is passionate about buildings and the people in them.
More InfoI-REN Training: Heat Pump Water Heaters Intermediate Course: Design, Installation, and Review
- Webinar
Heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) are quickly gaining in popularity and technical advancement. In this webinar, Electrify My Home will cover key design and installation considerations for optimal HPWH outcomes. Topics will include proper sizing and placement, electrical and plumbing requirements, first-hour rating requirements, and common installation pitfalls. Attendees will gain practical insights to improve project outcomes and streamline their review and inspection workflows.
More Info3C-REN Regional Forum: Building for the Future: Preparing for the 2025 Energy Code
- Webinar
The California Energy Commission has adopted the 2025 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, effective on January 1, 2026. This virtual Regional Forum offers an opportunity to delve into the latest updates to the Code and its impact on upcoming projects.
More InfoPast Events
CALGreen Carbon Reduction Collaborative Meeting
Save the Date! More details to come... The California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) and the Division of the State Architect (DSA) are planning to hold a virtual public meeting of the full CALGreen Carbon Reduction Collaborative (CCRC)
More Info33rd Annual CivicWell Policymakers Conference at Yosemite
- Yosemite National Park
This intimate gathering brings together over 100 mayors, city council members, and county supervisors in the majestic setting of Yosemite National Park. The event is designed to support local elected officials with tools and partnership opportunities to implement innovative solutions locally.
More Info2025 CEC / EPRI Electrification Summit
- California Natural Resources Agency headquarters Sacramento
The second annual Electrification Summit is a two-day event exploring affordable, reliable, and equitable pathways to electrifying buildings and industry. The high-level themes will be healthy buildings, clean industry, and empowered communities.
More InfoBayREN and Energy Code Ace webinar: Single-family Standards: Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
- Webinar
This virtual course focuses on requirements in the 2022 Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6) for accessory dwelling units (ADU) in an event supported by Energy Code Ace and BayREN. We will discuss how to identify the ADU type and its impact on Energy Code requirements for envelope, mechanical, photovoltaics (PV), battery storage or battery ready and HERS measures. We will also review how the compliance metrics differ depending on ADU type, including the new EDR source energy metrics for new construction ADUs.
More InfoSustain SoCal: Sustainable Communities: Solutions in Resiliency
- UC-Irvine Beall Applied Innovation UCI Research Park, Irvine, California
This event will include a range of sessions, discussing housing concerns such as climate readiness and affordability, resilience in the face of environmental disruptions, the changing landscape of insurance, fire safety with EVs as a case study, digital twins, and so much more.
More InfoI-REN C&S Training: How the Energy Code Treats Electrification
- Webinar
This course will focus on the significance of the California Energy Code and CalGreen in fostering sustainable practices.
More Info3C-REN Training: 2025 Energy Code Update for the Building Industry
- Webinar
The 2025 code cycle takes effect January 1, 2026! This course provides an overview of key changes to Title 24 Part 6 Energy Code, with a focus on architects, builders and others in the construction industry. We’ll provide background on the reasons behind the changes and impacts for projects particularly in the Central Coast region.
More InfoBayREN training: Navigating the Energy Code
- Webinar
This course will review the context of the Energy Code and provide an overview of its structure, important supporting references and manuals, and how it addresses different types of buildings and projects, as well as mandatory measures and performance and prescriptive approaches.
More InfoAIA California Climate Action Webinars: Low Embodied Concrete Strategies
This session will discuss and showcase a variety of strategies for providing and specifying low embodied concrete on architectural projects. An expert panel will provide an overview of successful strategies in California through various case studies.
More Info2024 Updates to the 2022 Single Family Retrofits Cost-Effectiveness Study
- Webinar
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.
More InfoSimplified Flexible Path Policymaking with the Cost-Effectiveness Explorer
- Webinar
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.
More InfoResults from the 2022 Multifamily New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study
- Webinar
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).
More InfoReaching Beyond New Construction: A Panel Discussion
- Webinar
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.
More Info2025 Energy Code Cycle Stakeholder Meeting: Single Family and Multifamily
- Webinar
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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 5
- Webinar
Session 5, Implementation: Monitoring reach code implementation, checklists and training, examples from specific jurisdictions, and more.
More InfoDesigning Local Policies with the Cost-Effectiveness Explorer
- Webinar
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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 4
- Webinar
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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 3
- Webinar
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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 2
- Webinar
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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 1
- Webinar
Session 1, Introduction: The what and why of reach codes, including an overview of the process and timing, legal considerations, and more.
More InfoReach Codes Results: Residential Retrofits Cost-effectiveness Webinar
- Webinar - Online
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.
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