California Energy Commission: 2024 Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Symposium

• In-person and virtual
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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.

Sustain SoCal: 15th Annual Energy Event

• The Cove at UCI Beall Applied Innovation 5270 California Avenue, Irvine, CA
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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.

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.

Central Coast Sustainability Summit

• Corwin Pavilion, University of California, Santa Barbara
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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.

I-REN & Energy Code Ace Training: 2022 Code Breaker: Nonresidential HVAC Packaged or Split DX Alterations

• Webinar
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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.

BayREN C&S Training: Residential Additions

• Webinar
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This course will focus on Energy Code requirements and processes for residential additions.

I-REN Forum: Revitalizing the Past: Energy Efficient Retrofits for Historic Buildings

• Virtual
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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.

NBI Event: Clean Energy Workforce Diversity: Access, Inclusion and Belonging

• Webinar
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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.

Transportation Equity

• Webinar
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This free webinar from CivicWell provides insights on transportation equity from advocates and policymakers at the state and local levels.

BDC Presents: The Future of Gas

• Webinar
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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.

CABEC Annual Conference

• Flamingo Resort & Spa, Santa Rosa, CA
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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.

Net Zero Conference

• Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim CA
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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.

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.

New Buildings Institute: Industrial Heat Pumps: Manufacturer’s Roundtable

• Virtual
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This event will focus on how industrial heat pumps are stepping in to help reduce carbon emissions by providing incredibly efficient industrial heating.

BayREN Regional Forum: Heat Pump Water Heater Permitting: Preparing for a Decarbonized Future

• San Francisco (in-person)
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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.

Pre-Application Workshop - GFO-23-403 - Local Government Building Decarbonization Challenge

• Webinar
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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.

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.

New 2023 Updates to the 2022 Single Family New Construction Cost-Effectiveness Study

• Webinar
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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.

CivicWell 31st Annual Policymakers Conference

• Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove CA
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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.

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).

Inflation Reduction Act Part 1: Funding Overview of Programs (Real Estate Focus)

• 3C-REN Webinar
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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.

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