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Free Webinar: Retrofitting Homes for Electrification and Decarbonization, March 18, 9 am - 1 pm PT
Event Description
From alignment with California’s decarbonization goals and local ordinances prohibiting new gas installs, Dan Perunko of Balance Point Home Performance will outline the necessary steps to electrify an existing single-family home and how to manage whole house strategies for successful electrification retrofits. Case studies demonstrating successful electrification projects will highlight the opportunities to overcome challenges presented by existing infrastructure and planning for backup power during Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events.
Learning Objectives -
- Explain the drivers for electrification in residential retrofits
- Identify the areas of focus for electrification or fuel switching
- Outline whole house strategies for electrifying homes
- Summarize performance factors for heat pumps in space heating and cooling, ducting and ventilation systems, and heat pump water heaters
- Recognize opportunities to plan for energy resilience
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- What are the drivers for electrification in CA
- Areas of focus for electrification or fuel switching
- Electrification Case Study
- Whole house approach to performance and electrification
- Performance considerations for a home's major appliance loads
- Impact of refrigerants in greenhouse gas emissions
- Best practices for lineset assembly and refrigerant charge
- Ventilation system types for performance and comfort
- Duct system performance factors
- Renewables and energy storage
Dan Perunko is cofounder of Balance Point Home Performance Company. In 2006, along with Gavin Healy, Dan started a successful company providing full service home performance analysis, retrofits, consultations, and trainings. Dan works on new and existing construction designs and hands on installations of enclosures, mechanical, plumbing, and indoor air quality components based on tested performance outcomes. Dan especially enjoys improving existing homes to provide homeowners with levels of comfort and energy consumption that they have not believed possible. Dan is a professional trainer who designs and delivers full and multi day courses for California’s Utility Companies (energy training centers) and ACI national and regional conferences. Dan brings his experience from construction, design and building analysis, to make his class materials relevant, useful and understandable regardless of the attendees’ level of experience.
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