Meeting and Exceeding Residential Energy Conservation Codes
Agenda
Registration: 7:30 – 8:00 am
Morning Session: 8:00 – 11:35 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:35 am – 12:35 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:35 – 4:00 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 & 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
Introduce the International Energy Conservation Codes (IECC) 2009 and 2012
Scrutinize Indiana’s energy code in Chapter 11 of the 2011 Indiana
Administrative Code which is based on IECC 2009 but has some differences
Compare Indiana’s energy code to Illinois’ energy code based on
IECC 2012 and to Chicago’s energy code which differs slightly from IECC 2012
Examine the IECC climate zones affecting Indiana and Illinois: 4a & 5a
Understand required energy labels for installed insulations and energy equipment
Learn how prescriptive compliance differs from performance simulation
Introduce use of REScheck for documenting energy code compliance
Designing and Building Thermally-Efficient Envelopes
Learn the formulas behind heat gains and losses to design forless energy usage
Understand degree-days and how to use them
Accept that the most important first step to thermal efficiency is better airtightness
• Learn how to interpret 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, like basement walls and slabs
Understand the importance of connecting envelope barriers and insulations
Appreciate how reducing envelope area reduces heat loss evenwith the same R
Understand why 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
International Code Council
6.5 Contact Hours
Contractors
Voluntary CE
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW contact hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Indiana engineers.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this course for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for Indiana architect continuing education credit.
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The International Code Council has approved this activity for 6.5 contact hours.
This seminar offers a continuing education opportunity to building contractors. It has not been approved by any contractor licensing board with a continuing education requirement.
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 has been a mostly residential designer and energy consultant since the mid-1980s who has worked on projects in midwestern and eastern states, mostly in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Whether involving new construction or retrofit, his projects aim for lower energy usage and less negative environmental impacts. Mr. Robbins has also designed and consulted on homes which have passive solar, solar water heating and/or solar electricity, including stand-alone setups like the battery-backed PV 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. Mr. Robbins 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 co-recipient of the 1998 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 encourages, assists and teaches energy users to become more hands-on and aggressive in managing and minimizing their heating, cooling and other energy usage. 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 in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Mr. Robbins sells no products, receives no commissions for referrals and has had no commercial affiliation with manufacturers or retailers of products and services he uses, recommends or specifies.
