What is "Title 24"?
What is a passive house? And why should you care?
World's First LEED Home - Net Zero - Episode 1- US Department of Energy
Home Depot Foundation Provides Money for Green Building
The Art and Philosophy Of Green Building Science
Stunning Sustainable Landscaping: World's First LEED Net Zero Home
VP Biden Unveils Report Focused on Increasing Home Energy Retrofits
Solar PV and Solar Thermal: World's First LEED Net Zero Home
Use of Natural Light: World's First LEED Net Zero Home
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Avoiding Water Damage: World's First LEED Net-Zero Home
CBPCA - Leading the Curve in Energy Ratings and Evaluations
Ambika from buildaroo.com interviewed John from CBPCA. The CBPCA is a group of building performance contractors that audit homes. Examples of issues addressed in the home audit include mold growing on the walls, high utility bills, or strange smells in buildings. John told us that the association is the 'general physician' of the building industry; if there's a problem they find a cure!
John also spoke with us about green legislation existing in his home county, Sonoma county. Seven of eight cities within this county have adopted green building ordinances that mandate auditors to visit homes and to evaluate these homes for any energy inefficiencies. Pretty amazing! John also spoke with us about the history of California's title 24, which back in 1979 established minimum energy usage standards in the industry within various contexts including insulation, window quality, and lighting. California was the first state to ever do this! And every three years after this date, the energy and utilities commission continually upgraded and tightened these minimum standards. Today, in order to meet title 24 requirements, certified products such as those that possess the Energy Star certification, are often used during construction. John makes a note that when choosing a product bearing a 'certification' one can only tell apart what is truly a legitimate third party certification by being in the industry for a long time. He gives an example of one third party certification that he considers green washing and that he feels all wood users should be aware of. Find out what this certification is in the above video!
The CBPCA offers Home Energy Rater Service (HERS) Trainings. If you are interested in becoming an energy rater and want to find out more info about the HERS trainings check out HERS Information Page.
For more information about the CBPCA, check out the CBPCA website, and keep looking through this site for more videos and information about sustainable companies, services and certification agencies.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- What is "Title 24"?
- What is a passive house? And why should you care?
- World's First LEED Home - Net Zero - Episode 1
- US Department of Energy
- Home Depot Foundation Provides Money for Green Building
- The Art and Philosophy Of Green Building Science
- Stunning Sustainable Landscaping: World's First LEED Net Zero Home
- VP Biden Unveils Report Focused on Increasing Home Energy Retrofits
- Solar PV and Solar Thermal: World's First LEED Net Zero Home
- Use of Natural Light: World's First LEED Net Zero Home
- Logical Homes: Pre-fab Homes are the Economical Way to Go!
- SCEIP (Sonoma Country Energy Independence Program) - New Opportunity to Finance Energy Eff
- HybridCore Homes Creates Efficient, Green Partial Prefab Home Concept
- Eco-Kitchen: World's First LEED Net Zero Home
- Avoiding Water Damage: World's First LEED Net-Zero Home
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[...] out more about Energy Audits and how you can make your house more energy efficient, check out our CBPCA interview as well as the CBPCA website. Also, check out our interview with a representative from the [...]
[...] SCEIP website for more information. For more information about energy assessments check out the CBPCA. And keep looking through our site for more videos about sustainable companies, products and [...]
good point! will make the change! thanks for catching it.
Yaakov - In your write up about CBPCA, you say "Finally, the CBPCA is the only HERS provider approved by the California Energy Commission." Please correct this to read, "CBPCA is one of three providers approved by the CEC. The other two are CHEERS and CalCERTS. CBPCA training for HERS raters adds a stronger Building Performance component which distinguishes it from other HERS trainings."
Yaakov - In your write up about CBPCA, you say "Finally, the CBPCA is the only HERS provider approved by the California Energy Commission." Please correct this to read, "CBPCA is one of three providers approved by the CEC. The other two are CHEERS and CalCERTS. CBPCA training for HERS raters adds a stronger Building Performance component which distinguishes it from other HERS trainings."
[...] and their HERS rating services here . And of course, don’t forget to check out our very own video interview with the CBPCA! [...]
good point! will make the change! thanks for catching it.