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Free Webinar: All-Electric Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s) for Designers and Building Owners, September 19, 10am-12pm
Event Description
All-electric homes are becoming more and more common in California. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are also becoming a common way to house people in California. This session offers a unique opportunity to tour a new 1-bedroom all-electric ADU built above an existing garage in Long Beach, and to see the systems required to build all-electric: heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, induction ranges, heat pump clothes dryers, and a 12-panel PV system.
Plus, PG&E will cover how this ADU was built using Structural Insulated Panel System (SIPS) and went up in 7 days! As a result of the owner’s focus on the building envelope, the ADU tested at Passivhaus airtightness and features a balanced ventilation system with a Heat Recovery Ventilator. Nick Brown, President of Build Smart Group, is the owner and will speak about the need to electrify homes to meet California’s climate goals.
The objective of this course is that at the conclusion, participants will be able to:
Identify and describe the all-electric systems necessary to build all-electric ADUs
Virtually tour the project and see first-hand the functionality of heat pump water heaters, SIPs panels, and Heat Recovery Ventilators
Define the difference between Net Zero Energy and Net Zero Carbon
Detail the energy-saving benefits of a high-performance all-electric ADU
- Why ADUs
- Why all-electric
- How to design all-electric
- Embodied carbon design
- Lessons learned with this all-electric ADU
- Zero net carbon design
- Economics of an all-electric ADU
- ADU energy performance so far
- Class survey, closing and wrap up
Nick is President of Build Smart Group, a California energy consulting firm. He performs energy modeling for Title 24 compliance for 200+ projects each year and is a Subject Matter Expert on the energy code. He teaches classes for Energy Code Ace, PG&E, SCE, and SDG&E on topics including all-electric homes, heat pumps, and advanced framing. He holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
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