Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E Corporation)

Free Webinar: Electric Heat Pumps for Space Heating and Cooling, March 26, 9 am - 1 pm PT

As our electricity supply becomes cleaner due to increased use of renewable's for generation along with a growing number of local ordinances prohibiting installs in new homes, electricity becomes an attractive fuel source to designers and builders interested in reducing residential greenhouse gas emissions and creating zero net energy buildings. Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Performance will present on efficiency gains and emissions...

Free Webinar: All-Electric Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s) for Designers and Building Owners, March 19, 10 am - 12 pm PT

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 one-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...

Free Webinar: Air Sealing and Insulating Existing Homes - Developing a Work Scope for Attic Efficiency Upgrades, February 26, 9 - 11 am PT

Effective work scopes help contractors and customers achieve specific performance goals in a home’s attic efficiency upgrade. Developing a comprehensive, goal-oriented work scope can help contractors sell more jobs, differentiate their work from other contractors bidding on the job, and enables customers to prioritize their home upgrades within their budget, allowing for the possibility of future improvements. In this session, Dan Perunko...

Free Webinar: Air Sealing and Insulating Existing Homes - Addressing Common Hazards During Energy Upgrades, February 19, 9 - 11 am PT

Upgrading the thermal and air leakage performance of existing homes exposes a variety of hazards that many professionals either do not know how to address or how to communicate the importance of the issue to the customer. Estimators and installers, including DIY homeowners, take on additional liability when they fail to identify and remediate existing hazards during upgrade projects. In this two-hour class, instructor Dan Perunko of Balance...

Free Webinar: Air Sealing and Insulating Existing Homes - Interpreting and Prioritizing Infrared and Blower Door Results, February 12, 9 - 11 am PT

Testing your work is imperative to meet or exceed performance targets and to ensure a feedback loop is in place for continual process improvements. Instructor Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Performance will highlight two key home performance diagnostic tools, the blower door and infrared camera. The two hour session unpacks important testing metrics and ways to address opportunities that have positive interactive effects on the home's...

Free Webinar: Emergency Lighting, February 6, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm PT

"Egress" lighting – lighting sufficient for exiting a building safely - for both normal conditions as well as during an emergency, is required in every commercial, institutional and industrial building. Codes that regulate lighting vary depending on state and sometimes local project location. In this webinar devoted to emergency lighting, we address what California Title 24 says about egress lighting, including special...