EVENTS

3C-REN: Installing Heat Pump Water Heaters (HPWH) – In Partnership with SLO County Builders Exchange

  • SLO County Builders Exchange 153 Cross St Ste 130 San Luis Obsipo, CA 93401
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Heat pump water heaters are where California is headed, and this workforce education aims to smooth that transition. Learn from experts how to install heat pump water heaters so they provide reliable and efficient hot water on your projects. Designed for plumbers with hands-on material, this training will be useful to all audiences.

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I-REN: Regional Energy and Climate Hub (REACH) Inland Empire Workshop

  • Morongo Casino Resort & Spa: Conference Center 49500 Seminole Dr. Cabazon, California 92230
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Join the Inland Regional Energy Network (I-REN) for the first Regional Energy and Climate Hub (REACH) Inland Empire (IE) workshop. REACH IE will offer a streamlined communication and ideation hub for key state and regional stakeholders to coordinate on the region’s energy, land use, and climate barriers and solutions, including a focus on funding access. Attendance is highly encouraged and free for local governments, tribal governments, community-based organizations, philanthropy, and higher education institutions.

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California Energy Commission: Clean Energy Hall of Fame Awards

  • In-person and remote
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The Clean Energy Hall of Fame Awards is an annual event designed to honor the leadership and outstanding achievements of Californians who help advance the state’s clean energy goals. The awards aim to motivate and inspire all stakeholders to continue to lead California to a 100 percent clean energy future by 2045.

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I-REN C&S Training: Navigating the Energy Code

  • Online
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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.

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BDC Presents: State of the Union: Post-Election Decarb Outlook

  • Online
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Join BDC’s own Kristin George Bagdanov and Rose Stephens-Booker as they review decarbonization policy from 2024 and analyze the results of the 2024 election.

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California Water Efficiency Partnership (CalWEP): 2024 CalWEP Winter Plenary

  • In-person (Sacramento) and virtual
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USDOT Webinar Series: Parking Reform as a Climate Strategy

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Past Events

New Buildings Institute webinar: Cold Climate Air Source Heat Pump Roundtable

  • Online
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Today’s top-of-the-line cold climate heat pumps maintain their output at 5°F and can keep homes warm well into the negatives. This session will focus on this exciting technology from leading industry experts.

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BayREN training: Nonresidential New Construction

  • Online
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This course will provide a basic understanding of the nonresidential new construction energy code compliance process.

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3C-REN: Installing Heat Pump Water Heaters (HPWH) – In Partnership with Santa Barbara Contractors Association

  • Santa Barbara Veterans Memorial Building 112 W Cabrillo Blvd Santa Barbara, 93101
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Heat pump water heaters are where California is headed, and this workforce education aims to smooth that transition. Learn from experts how to install heat pump water heaters so they provide reliable and efficient hot water on your projects. Designed for plumbers with hands-on material, this training will be useful to all audiences.

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3C-REN: Installing Heat Pump Water Heaters (HPWH) - In Partnership with Ventura County Contractors Association

  • Hansen’s Plumbing 2686 Johnson Dr Ste 203 Ventura, 93003
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Heat pump water heaters are where California is headed, and this workforce education aims to smooth that transition. Learn from experts how to install heat pump water heaters so they provide reliable and efficient hot water on your projects. Designed for plumbers and HVAC technicians with hands-on material, this training will be useful to all audiences.

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BayREN Regional Forum: It's Not Easy Being Green: Workforce Development, Codes, & Decarbonization

  • Webinar
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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.

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Right-Sizing Residential Plumbing with the Water Demand Calculator

  • Webinar
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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.

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I-REN C&S Training: 2025 Energy Code Updates with the California Energy Commission

  • Webinar
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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.

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3C-REN Webinar: Modeling All-Electric Homes in the 2022 Energy Code

  • Webinar
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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.

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EV Charging Tech Toolbox: Bring-Your-Own-Cord (BYOC) EV Charging

  • Webinar
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The EV Infrastructure Tech Toolbox is an all-virtual webinar series launched in the Spring of 2024. This event will bring together all the people working in different areas of the EV charging ecosystem, to share learnings and discussion about Bring-Your-Own-Cord charging solutions, which are present in other countries but not yet present in the US in large numbers. The panel discussion will be 90 minutes, with an additional "bonus" 30-minute technical deep dive on the topic from 10:30-11am. No separate registration is required for the technical deep dive.

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2025 Title 24 Part 6 Essentials - Non-Residential Standards, What's New

  • Webinar
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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.

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2025 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.

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Innovative Investment Strategies for Climate Resilience

  • Webinar
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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.

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2024 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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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2025 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.

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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.

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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.

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Draft Results: Multifamily New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study

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Draft Results: Nonresidential New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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2019 New Construction Studies - Technical Webinar

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