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.

I-REN C&S Forum: The State of Compliance Ahead of 2025 Energy Code Updates

• Webinar
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A diverse set of speakers, representing both government and private sectors, will discuss the 2025 Energy Code updates, permitting and compliance rate studies, and resources to help improve compliance.

California Green Building Conference 2025

• San Francisco
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California’s leading green building conference, where green building pros, sustainability rockstars, and change-makers from across the state come together under one roof.

Building Decarbonization Coalition: California Policy Call

• Webinar
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Join us for our monthly discussion of building decarbonization policy in California! Learn about legislation, regulation, and what’s on the climate policy horizon as our coalition works to advance neighborhood-scale decarbonization, statewide healthy air standards, and energy affordability.

2025 USGBC Local Government Leadership Summits

• Santa Monica
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This half-day convening will provide a platform to share the recently updated LEED for Cities rating system and engage local leaders in our organization’s diverse programs. Consider attending if you are local government staff, including city and county planners, sustainability and resilience teams, building and facility managers, city/county managers, board and commission members, and elected officials; regional government agency staff; local NGOs that work with cities and counties; consultants that engage with local governments in the region; students and emerging professionals; USGBC members.

Agriculture, Food Systems & Waste Stream Innovations

• UCI Beall Applied Innovation Irvine CA
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Join Sustain SoCal to discuss agtech advancements related to soil health and water use, hear about local farm to table initiatives, discover how we can shift waste sorting behaviors, and learn what innovations lie in secondary markets.

Building for the Future: Integrating Fire Resilience with Energy Efficiency in High-Performance Design

• Webinar
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This NBI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of the intersection between fire safety and energy efficiency in modern buildings. Hear from experts who will share case studies, actionable strategies, and the latest research on how to create buildings that are not only safer but also part of the climate solution.

BayREN C&S Training: Heat Pump Water Heaters for Building Departments

• Webinar
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Heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) are an increasingly popular technology that are a highly efficient means of providing hot water to houses. This training will describe HPWHs, code requirements for HPWHs, resources for permitting and compliance, and best practices for enforcement.

3C-REN Webinar: Practical Ways to Address Embodied Carbon

• Webinar
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Embodied Carbon, the term that identifies the collective impacts of extracting, manufacturing and transporting building materials, is appearing on everything from requests for proposals to the next round of the building code. In this course we’ll provide practical approaches to reducing embodied carbon in residential and commercial projects.

3C-REN Regional Forum: Building for the Future: Preparing for the 2025 Energy Code

• Webinar
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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.

I-REN Training: Heat Pump Water Heaters Intermediate Course: Design, Installation, and Review

• Webinar
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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.

Getting to Zero Forum

• Los Angeles
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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.

A-B-C-Decarb for Schools: Plan, Fund, and Succeed

• Webinar
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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.

California Climate Policy Summit 2025

• Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814
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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.

SF Climate Week

• San Francisco area
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SF Climate Week is a series of events gathering diverse climate organizations, leaders, & the broader community working at the intersection of climate action & innovation.

3C-REN Webinar: Single Family: Energy Code Implementation Series, with 2025 Code Updates

• Webinar
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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.

LA Climate Week

• Los Angeles area
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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.

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