Courses

This free course will cover the anatomy of a window, mechanisms that transfer heat through windows, and window design and application strategies.

This course focuses on the necessary calculations along with the recommended installation practices for deep geothermal borehole design and installation.

Ann Edminster discusses Zero Energy Homes, economic considerations, minimizing building energy needs, occupant energy uses and renewable energy systems in this course.

Este curso proporciona a los profesionales del sector de las energías limpias los conocimientos esenciales para comprender, evaluar y trabajar con sistemas solares fotovoltaicos.

This course takes a look at moderate vs. deep energy retrofits and asks the question - how do we balance doing what we believe is achievable here and now with our obligation to push for radical transformation?

In this 1-hour live lecture, Mike Duclos, Principal and Founder of DEAP Energy Group, describes how passive floor planning differs from conventional floor planning. Mike's free Passive House Sample Design is included.

Enroll in this free course and learn the basic economics of mod-con boilers in retrofit and new construction applications. It will teach you what you need to know to start selling this equipment more effectively.

This introductory course is a high-level overview to the practices and tools of ecological design. You will learn about some of the important terminology and pathways to integrating this powerful approach into your life and work.

This short course tackles tracking solar installer marketing campaign results. The course looks at how to determine your solar installation firm’s most important “KPI’s” or key performance indicators.

There is a high demand for contractors in government-funded residential construction-focused areas that serve our most vulnerable households. Simply put, there are not enough contractors available tocomplete the work.

Fronius teaches about and demos their free solar design tools: Solar.creator and Repowering Tool.

Learn about one of the most sustainable and resilient buildings ever constructed, the 544,000 sf Harvard Science and Engineering Complex.

Learn how building with bio-based materials supports climate justice and resilience as we explore a UN report on biomaterials and a Northeast initiative to scale their use in the built environment.

John Siegenthaler discusses the protection of wood gasification boilers through a 58 minute lecture, and a free PDF tutorial.

Air-to-water heat pumps have generated a lot of excitement for their enormous retrofit potential. This case study details one home’s retrofit to an AWHP system, which was developed by hydronics experts to be simple and repeatable.

This free course is designed to help solar installers determine the condition of their existing solar marketing programs.

In this free short course, solar marketing experts from across the industry join a conversation to talk about what has worked and how you can apply their lessons learned to your own growing solar business.

The session will provide an introduction to standardized retrofits for multifamily housing, an overview of the best practices in Europe, and the practical implementation in the US market.

Join the growing community of radically responsible industry stewards using Hempcrete, a bio-composite material created from the woody core of the hemp plant combined with a lime-based binder.