Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:15 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:15 – 1:15 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:15 – 5:00 pm

 

Development of the Energy Conservation Code’s Commercial Building Requirements

   Commercial energy conservation code: what’s new
   Compliance in other states
   Regional requirements and how to meet them
      • Comparisons with ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1
      • Commercial vs residential: identifying projects to which it applies
      • Reviewing the format and organization of the code
      • Compliance paths

Building Envelope

   Building science principles
   Review the difference between the R and U factors
      • Vapor barriers, air barriers and thermal boundaries
      • Calculating insulation thickness/U factors
      • Slab insulation
      • Fenestration requirements
      • Requirements for doors and entrances
   Taking your envelope beyond code—steps for success and staying on budget

COMcheck Introduction

   Review functionality on live screen

Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems

   Requirements for controls
   Equipment types and applications
   Ventilation standards and options
   Understanding tables

Service Water Heating

   Considerations including pipe insulation, pool covers and heat traps

Power and Lighting

   Lighting controls
   Power limitations using whole building or space-by-space method

Case Studies: Planning, Modeling and Verifying Compliance

   Additional efficiency package options (AEPOs)
   All about the performance path—acceptable software
   Exploring energy models
   Integrated project delivery
   Building toward the next generation energy code
   Examining required submittals/procedures

Credits

Professional Engineers
   7.0 PDHs

Architects
   7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
   7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

International Code Council
   .7 CEUs (Energy)

Contractors
   Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

 This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states, excluding Florida architects.  Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Maine.

The American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 7.0 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 inNew York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, 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 .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Energy.

This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors.  It is not approved by any state contractor licensing entity.

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

Wendy Talarico LEED AP

Ms. Talarico is an ICC-certified energy/green code plan reviewer and consults with architects and engineers throughout the Northeast to provide continuing education on a range of subjects from codes to building science. She is an instructor for Urban Green/New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s “Conquering the Code”, an 8-hour energy code class in New York State. Ms. Talarico was a member of the engineering outreach team for the Brick Industry Association, and she is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience as a writer and editor for such publications as Architectural Record and This Old House. Her areas of expertise include building energy, sustainability issues, and codes, including the IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, IEBC, and the IgCC.