Green Building Webinar addresses deep energy retrofits.
Press Release Summary:
Scheduled for May 4, webinar presented by Betsy Pettit, FAIA, will examine enclosure design and construction details that achieve greater energy efficiency. Session will provide practicing architects with knowledge and tools about energy retrofit techniques for residential work and explain how design services can add value to any energy retrofit project. Insulating sheathings and new windows that increase comfort while reducing energy use will also be highlighted.
Original Press Release:
May 4 Webinar: Deep Energy Retrofits for Existing Homes
In order to provide practitioners with some of the tools needed to achieve our energy efficiency goals of retrofitting our existing building stock for energy efficiency, the Building Enclosure Councils along with the American Institute of Architects, will provide a series of webinars that will provide practitioners with the necessary knowledge to achieve energy efficiency in building design of the building enclosure. This first webinar will examine enclosure design and construction details that achieve greater energy efficiency and provide practicing architects with knowledge and tools about energy retrofit techniques for residential work and how a firm's design services can add value to any energy retrofit project.
Presented by Betsy Pettit, FAIA, is a principal with Building Science Corporation, a Boston based architecture and building science consulting firm. She has over 30 years of experience in the housing industry and has been involved in modernization and redevelopment of thousands of homes and multifamily buildings. She is project manager for one of the Building America teams working with the Department of Energy, whose purpose is to provide pathways to zero energy homes by the year 2020.
Summary
This web seminar will provide practicing architects with knowledge and tools about energy retrofit techniques for residential work and how your firm's design services can add value to any energy retrofit project. There are approximately 60 million units of housing in the U.S. that were built prior to 1960. Most of these homes will need major systems replaced in the near future. As siding, windows, and roof claddings need to be replaced, opportunities arise to reduce their energy use through new technologies, conservation strategies, and building system and enclosure improvements. This presentation will focus on enclosure design and construction details that achieve greater energy efficiency. Insulating sheathings and new better-performing windows that increase comfort while reducing energy use will also be highlighted in this session.
Once enclosure losses are reduced, energy system improvements, like boilers, furnace and air conditioners replacement and downsizing with more efficient equipment can also be addressed. Whole house ventilation equipment completes the upgrade strategies, ensuring good indoor air quality and ultimately better quality of the home environment and reduced utility bills. Betsy Pettit, FAIA, nationally acclaimed guru of energy efficient building design, will present a case study of a house in Concord, MA, that was retrofitted; reducing its overall energy use to one-third of its pre-retrofitted usage.
More About the BEC
The Building Enclosure Council (BEC) is a network of affiliated architects, engineers, contractors, manufacturers and others located in major cities across the United States. The Councils provide a forum for the construction industry to address building enclosures-the exterior systems of buildings that play such a critical role in building performance and energy efficiency. BECs offer industry professionals an opportunity to exchange valuable information relating to successful building enclosure design through meetings and sharing of resources. BEC was established as an initiative of the Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council (BETEC) of the National Institute of Building Sciences and the American Institute of Architects.
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Webinar Licenses:
AIA Members: $75
Non-Members: $100
