CivicWell Event: Climate Disaster Resilience and Recovery
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In this webinar, HORNE Director of Federal and State Programs Geoffrey Ross will discuss the technical assistance his agency provides to support local communities in accessing federal funding for climate disaster preparedness and recovery. Kirin Kumar, Director for Climate and Disaster Resilience for Northern California Grantmakers, will highlight the ways philanthropy is stepping in to fill in gaps in state and federal funding for climate planning, resilience, and adaptation. City of Lodi Mayor and The Craig Group Partners LLC principal Lisa Craig and SPUR Hazard Resilience Senior Policy Manager Sarah Atkinson will share case studies from local jurisdictions, and resources available to support climate disaster recovery and resilience at the local level.
More Info2025 Title 24 Part 6 Essentials - Residential Standards, What's New
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This online event summarizes the new and revised requirements in the 2025 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6 or the Energy Code) for single-family and multifamily buildings, and directs participants to informational resources and training that provide more in-depth information on the Energy Code.
More Info2025 Title 24 Part 6 Essentials - Non-Residential Standards, What's New
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This online live event summarizes the new and revised requirements in the 2025 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24, Part 6 or Energy Code) for nonresidential buildings, and directs participants to informational resources and training that provide more in-depth information on the Energy Code.
More InfoBDC Presents: State of the Union: Post-Election Decarb Outlook
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A 2024 policy roundup and post-election analysis.
More InfoI-REN C&S Training: 2025 Energy Code Updates with the California Energy Commission
- Webinar
Join I-REN and the California Energy Commission (CEC) for this hour-long overview of the changes in the upcoming 2025 Energy Code, which will be effective January 1, 2026.
More Info3C-REN Webinar: Modeling All-Electric Homes in the 2022 Energy Code
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All-Electric Homes are having their moment, with state policies, incentives, and energy code providing builders, homeowners, and energy consultants a strong nudge toward all-electric designs. This session will go over how to model all-electric homes (single family and multifamily) for maximum compliance benefit, including the Variable Capacity Heat Pump (VCHP) compliance credit and Heat Pump Water Heaters. It will also cover PV sizing and how that may differ for all-electric homes and mixed-fuel homes. Retrofits and new construction will also be covered with examples using tri-county climate zones.
More InfoRight-Sizing Residential Plumbing with the Water Demand Calculator
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The AIA Los Angeles chapter offers this session, which will cover the benefits of using the California Plumbing Code’s Water Demand Calculator (WDC) to size plumbing in homes and apartment buildings.
More InfoBayREN Regional Forum: It's Not Easy Being Green: Workforce Development, Codes, & Decarbonization
- Webinar
Speakers will explore the relationship between workforce development and decarbonization, provide information about existing workforce development programs and efforts, and discuss gaps and challenges. This online Forum is free and open to all.
More InfoPast Events
California Energy Commission: 2024 Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Symposium
- In-person and virtual
10th Annual EPIC Symposium will convene clean energy professionals, researchers, grantees, policymakers, industry leaders, technology developers, and entrepreneurs to spotlight the latest innovations and advancements driven by the EPIC program.
More InfoSustain SoCal: 15th Annual Energy Event
- The Cove at UCI Beall Applied Innovation 5270 California Avenue, Irvine, CA
This conference will delve into the status of decarbonization solutions in the industrial, commercial and governmental sectors. There will also be a session on incentives, policy and legislation and the conference will highlight local energy innovators.
More InfoInnovative Investment Strategies for Climate Resilience
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In this webinar, California Strategic Growth Council Deputy Director of Community Investments and Planning Amar Cid, Former Senior Advisor of Climate and Economy to the California Governor’s Office Mary Collins, Valley Vision CEO Evan Schmidt, and Director of Environmental Initiatives for The San Diego Foundation Christiana DeBenedict will offer insights into how cohesive funding strategies from state, federal, and philanthropic sources can amplify the work of local communities and CBOs—increasing coordination, building coalitions and capacity, and investing in relationships as soft infrastructure for climate resilience.
More InfoCentral Coast Sustainability Summit
- Corwin Pavilion, University of California, Santa Barbara
At this year’s summit, the keynote speakers will inspire agencies and thought leaders to create a shared vision and accountability for sustainability efforts in California’s central coast. Breakout sessions will address topics related to decarbonization, community resiliency, sustainable transportation, waste management and food recovery, regenerative agriculture, and climate education. The event will bring together key players from local institutions and government agencies to build collaborations for a sustainable central coast.
More InfoI-REN & Energy Code Ace Training: 2022 Code Breaker: Nonresidential HVAC Packaged or Split DX Alterations
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This webinar will address the Mandatory and Prescriptive requirements for alterations and replacements of both Packaged and Split DX systems for nonresidential buildings, noting key similarities and differences between the code for systems serving existing buildings compared to systems for new construction.
More InfoBayREN C&S Training: Residential Additions
- Webinar
This course will focus on Energy Code requirements and processes for residential additions.
More InfoI-REN Forum: Revitalizing the Past: Energy Efficient Retrofits for Historic Buildings
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This forum will focus on how the Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6) applies to historic buildings to help facilitate energy efficiency retrofits to these buildings. This knowledge will benefit building department staff, architects, contractors, designers, and other building industry professionals.
More InfoNBI Event: Clean Energy Workforce Diversity: Access, Inclusion and Belonging
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This roundtable will discuss how the transition to clean energy can create equitable economic opportunities that value diversity, inclusion, and a sense of belonging.
More InfoTransportation Equity
- Webinar
This free webinar from CivicWell provides insights on transportation equity from advocates and policymakers at the state and local levels.
More InfoBDC Presents: The Future of Gas
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This special 1.5 hour BDC Presents offers a synthesizing national perspective on the regulatory proceedings, economic analyses, and equitable energy policies central to designing the future of gas.
More InfoCABEC Annual Conference
- Flamingo Resort & Spa, Santa Rosa, CA
The CABEC conference stands to support those providing energy code compliance services to help their clients meet compliance. The event is focused on integration of the different pieces of building science, bringing together both conventional and modern design with technology that is involved with building energy modeling for compliance and beyond.
More InfoNet Zero Conference
- Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim CA
The Net Zero Conference convenes climate leaders to collaborate on global solutions for change in the built environment. The event is a hub for people in our industry to gather, bridge knowledge gaps, and inspire a net zero future.
More Info2024 Updates to the 2022 Single Family Retrofits Cost-Effectiveness Study
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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.
More InfoNew Buildings Institute: Industrial Heat Pumps: Manufacturer’s Roundtable
- Virtual
This event will focus on how industrial heat pumps are stepping in to help reduce carbon emissions by providing incredibly efficient industrial heating.
More InfoBayREN Regional Forum: Heat Pump Water Heater Permitting: Preparing for a Decarbonized Future
- San Francisco (in-person)
This event is a special in-person, interactive Forum focused on permitting for heat pump water heaters. This event will include opportunities to share real-world experiences, as well as sharing ideas with and learning from building officials, contractors and other subject matter experts.
More InfoPre-Application Workshop - GFO-23-403 - Local Government Building Decarbonization Challenge
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The CEC announces the availability of up to $4,070,070 to provide grants to local governments, which will be awarded for eligible project activities including the following: Community building decarbonization planning. Municipal building decarbonization planning. Advancing municipal operations to support building decarbonization. Developing local codes, ordinances, and voluntary decarbonization measures. Building decarbonization related workforce development activities. This workshop will provide information about the solicitation.
More InfoSimplified Flexible Path Policymaking with the Cost-Effectiveness Explorer
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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.
More InfoNew 2023 Updates to the 2022 Single Family New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study
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This webinar presents draft results for the 2023 updates to the Single Family New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study. This study conducted research on the impacts of all measures, with a focus on fuel substitution, using various sources including contractor/distributor interviews, other recent reports, and online research. Presenters will also provide an overview of strategies to structure a policy that requires higher performance for all building designs, strongly encouraging all-electric projects.
More InfoCivicWell 31st Annual Policymakers Conference
- Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove CA
This intimate gathering brings together over 100 mayors, city council members, county supervisors, and other senior executives in an inspiring and collaborative environment. The event is designed to support local elected officials with tools and partnership opportunities to implement innovative solutions to our most pressing community challenges.
More InfoResults from the 2022 Multifamily New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study
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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).
More InfoInflation Reduction Act Part 1: Funding Overview of Programs (Real Estate Focus)
- 3C-REN Webinar
IRA funding is coming, bringing huge potential for energy-efficiency upgrades at an affordable cost. By understanding the programs coming, you can help clients maximize their savings – on both their installation costs and utility bills. This training is presented by Franklin Energy and made available through the Tri-County Regional Energy Network (3C-REN), a partnership between the Counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo to improve energy efficiency. 3C-REN is funded by utility ratepayer funds through the California Public Utilities Commission.
More InfoReaching Beyond New Construction: A Panel Discussion
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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.
More Info2025 Energy Code Cycle Stakeholder Meeting: Single Family and Multifamily
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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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 5
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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
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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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 4
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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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 3
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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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 2
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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.
More InfoReach Codes Newcomers Webinar Series: Session 1
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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.
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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