Meeting and Exceeding Residential Energy Conservation Codes
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Introduction and Review of Residential Energy
Understand the history and trends in average US residential energy performance
Learn the typical breakdown of modern household energy
Appreciate the wide variations in energy content and costs among energy sources
Compare recent state averages for CO2 emissions from energy use
Review common goals and outcomes demonstrated by low-energy homes
Consider who most likely achieves or can achieve which energy goals
Residential Energy Codes
Introduction to the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) which is the foundation of residential energy codes in Ohio, Kentucky and
Indiana
Learn about subtle differences in the version of IECC 2009 applied in Indiana
Learn what changes to expect when IECC 2012 is adopted
Examine IECC climate zones 4a and 5a which affect Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana
Understand required energy labels for installed insulations and energy equipment
Learn how prescriptive compliance differs from performance simulation
Introduction to the use of REScheck for documenting energy code compliance
Designing and Building Thermally-Efficient Envelopes
Learn the formulas for estimating heat gains and losses
Understand degree-days and how to use them to estimate HVAC energy usage
Accept that the most important first step to thermal efficiency is better airtightness
Learn how to interpret and use data acquired from a blower-door test
Review R-values and other performance variables of different insulations
Calculate more accurately the average total R-values of insulated assemblies
See how increasing assembly Rs may also increase condensation potentials
Learn to insulate better below-ground, including basement walls and slabs
Understand the importance of connecting envelope barriers and insulations
Appreciate how reducing envelope area reduces heat loss even with the same R
Understand how to choose window glazings by orientation and sun exposure
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Understand heating design criteria from ASHRAE and the energy codes
Review the major heating and cooling capacity-sizing formulas for
• thermal conduction in winter and summer
• air leakage in winter and summer
• solar heat gains in summer
• heat gains from indoor electronics in summer
Learn two formulas for sizing outdoor-air supply ventilation
• including heat recovery ventilation (HRV or ERV)
Review most common residential HVAC equipment types and applications
Appreciate that homeowners and occupants often need help with
• programmable thermostats
• when and when not to implement setbacks
• monitoring and assessing energy consumption
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Ohio HVAC Contractors
6.5 Technology CE Hours
International Code Council
6.5 Contact Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including Ohio. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved 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 6.5 contact hours (.65 CEUs) in the specialty area of Energy.
The Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board has approved this program for 6.5 technology continuing education hours for HVAC contractors.
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.