Complying with ASHRAE 90.1
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:30 – 9:00 am
Morning Session: 9:00 am – 12:20 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:20 – 1:20 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:20 – 5:00 pm
Introduction
Brief energy history of USA since the 1960s
Development of energy efficiency programs, codes and standards including ASHRAE 90.1
How ASHRAE 90.1 associates with the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)
Various versions of ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC adopted by various states throughout USA
How to get current versions of ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC for Kentucky and surrounding states
Future versions of ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC
Building Envelope
Conditioned vs semiheated space
Climate zone maps, especially zones 4 and 5 for Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia
Thermal conduction requirements for opaque assemblies and solar specs for glazed components in the building envelope, based on climate zone and which version of 90.1
Airtightness and testing requirements based on which version of 90.1
Envelope compliance and trade-off options
HVAC Controls and Equipment
Commercial building energy usage breakdown: 40% is for HVAC in 2010
Compliance paths
Minimum equipment efficiencies based on which version of 90.1
Controls, settings and sensors
Outdoor air, economizers and energy recovery
Duct insulation and airtightness
Pipe insulation and service hot water equipment efficiencies
Lighting Controls, Efficacy and Power Allowances
Commercial building energy usage breakdown: 20% is for lighting in 2010
Compliance paths
How to calculate interior installed lighting power
Interior lighting power allowances based on which version of 90.1
Switches, controls and sensors
Exterior lighting power allowances based on which version of 90.1
Compliance Alternatives
Mandatory provisions + prescriptive requirements
Mandatory provisions + energy cost budget method
Mandatory provisions + performance rating method (90.1-2016 only)
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW CEHs
6.5 AIA Learning Units
International Code Council
.65 CEUs (Energy)
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Kentucky.
This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The International Code Council has approved this event for .65 CEUs in the specialty area of Energy.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It is not approved by any state licensing entity for contractor continuing education credit.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
John F. Robbins, CEM/CSDP
Energy Consultant in Morning View, KYMr. Robbins is a residential designer and energy consultant since the mid-1980s whose projects have been mostly in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan. His projects aim for lower energy usage and less negative environmental impact. He has designed and consulted on passive solar homes which sometime include solar water heating and solar electricity. He has also consulted on stand-alone renewable energy projects like the battery-backed PV electric system which has powered his office since November 2001.
Mr. Robbins has two certifications from Association of Energy Engineers (AEE): CEM for energy management and CSDP for sustainable development. He has received six awards from AEE since 1990 for energy and environmental achievements, including 1994 SW Ohio Energy Engineer of the Year and 2004 SW Ohio Environmental Engineer of the Year. In 2012 AEE honored Mr. Robbins as its Region III Renewable Energy Innovator of the Year. He was also co-recipient in 1998 of the Ohio Governor’s Award for Excellence in Energy Efficiency in the Education Category.
A renewable energy advocate and user who once led the SW Ohio Alternate Energy Association (AEA) 1995-2005, Mr. Robbins nonetheless encourages, assists and teaches energy users to become much more aggressive in minimizing their heating, cooling and non-HVAC energy use. He has developed and taught energy-focused continuing education courses for Great Oaks Institute in Ohio, Appalachia – Science in the Public Interest in Kentucky, Columbus (OH) Green Building Forum, Impact Management Services in Cincinnati and HalfMoon Education.
Mr. Robbins sells no products, receives no commissions for referrals and has had no commercial affiliation with manufacturers and retailers of products or services he uses, recommends or specifies.