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    Free Online Course, All-Electric Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s) for Designers and Building Owners, March 13, 10 am - 12 pm

  • 13 March 2024
  • Start time : 10:00 AM
  • End time : 12:00 PM
  • Event Host : Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
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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, this course 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

     

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  • Host Company/Organization Name
    • Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
  • Agenda
    • Agenda:

      Introduction and safety message
      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
  • Speakers / Presenters
    • Nick Brown is responsible for energy modeling and sales. He brings 14+ years experience in the building industry, including stints running manufacturing companies making drywall and stucco products. He has managed key home builder relationships and learned from a materials standpoint how homes are built with energy‐ and cost‐efficiency as the goals. He holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University and an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Nick also completed a Green Building Certificate Program at California State University at Long Beach.
  • Cost
    • FREE Event
  • Event type
    • Online/Webinar

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