Zero Energy Home Basics: Economics, Minimizing Energy Use, and Renewable Systems
Ann Edminster discusses Zero Energy Homes, economic considerations, minimizing building energy needs, occupant energy uses and renewable energy systems in this course.
by Ann Edminster
How to Get More Clients, Team Members and Profits for Your Solar Business
The 3 pillars of a successful solar business are your Clients, your Team and your Numbers. This 1 hour free lecture explores proven ways to succeed in the solar industry.
by Keith Cronin
Hempcrete 101: Back to the Future for Natural, Carbon-Beneficial Buildings
Ready to put your specification where your aspiration is? Take a deep dive into the rich world of carbon-beneficial materials and help lead our industry in responsible design and construction solutions.
by Tom Rossmassler and 3 others
High Performance Building Assemblies
This lecture covers just how heat and moisture can move in building assemblies, how to manage both, and the tools that are available to evaluate or predict hygrothermal performance of building assemblies.
by Peter Yost
Introduction to DA/ADMS
Role of distribution automation in electric utility grid modernization efforts; Key definitions pertaining to DA/ADMS, basic building blocks of DA and ADMS; benefits of DA/ADMS for meeting distribution utility business needs; major challenges of DA/ADMS i
by Robert Uluski
Integrative Design Process
This free course employs case studies to illustrate the integrative design process—with its focus on purpose, discovery, and interrelationships.
by Bill Reed
How to Use Green Button Data to Analyze Solar + Storage Project Scenarios
In this webinar, co-hosted by UtilityAPI & Energy Toolbase. We will review and demonstrate the value of Green Button Data (aka interval meter data) for use in Distributed Energy Resource project development activities.
by Adam Gerza
Self-Consumption: model & optimize energy storage in self-powered mode
This course will review the concept of modeling and optimizing energy storage in self-powered mode within the Energy Toolbase platform.
by Adam Gerza
Create the Building Blocks of Your Solar Marketing Program
“Putting It All Together: From Assessment to Tracking Results, Create the Building Blocks of your Solar Marketing Program” is a review of the Build it Bright series’ key points and the introduces a new tool.
by Glenna Wiseman
How to Design and Sell Mod-Con Boilers
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.
by Roy Collver
Solar + Drones: Site Surveying and 3D Mapping around Trees
This free drone course was developed in partnership with Hudson Valley Drones, Northwest Drone Pros, and Scanifly to address the #1 challenge for new drone operators.
by John Novak and 3 others
Tracking Results: Implementing Systematic Return on Investment Reporting
“Tracking Results: Implementing Systematic Return on Investment Reporting” 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 indicator
by Glenna Wiseman
Integrating ASHRAE HVAC Standards
This free course is a recording of two webinars by Robert Bean on understanding and integrating ASHRAE standards on thermal comfort, energy efficiency and indoor air quality for HVAC and building design.
by Robert Bean
Achieving Hydraulic Separation in Hydronic Systems
This lecture will outline 4 different methods for providing hydraulic separation, some of which may reduce the installation and operating cost of a system.
by John Siegenthaler
Extreme Makeover: The Plainfield NH Elementary School
This small New Hampshire town was faced with a host of issues with its 35,000 sf school. Key areas included IAQ problems, lack of temperature control, obsolete HVAC equipment, and high energy bills. A small group of volunteers proposed a radical solution.
by Marc Rosenbaum
Water in Sustainable Building Practice
Ann Edminster gives an overview of water in sustainable building practices by discussing distribution, the use of water on sites, "zero net" water and much more.
by Ann Edminster
Natural Beekeeping for Beginners
Learn about the basics of natural beekeeping and why healthy bees are critical to the planet
by Courtney Cosgriff
Making the Case: A Guide to Selling GSHP Systems
Doing a simple payback analysis is a practical first step to take on any geothermal project. There are some simple first steps that will pay off down the road by setting realistic expectations for your prospective client.
by Ryan Carda
Building Energy Analytics Case Study
In this lecture, Andy Shapiro will ask and answer questions relative to understanding how well a new, small, well insulated house is performing on energy use and temperature control...
by Andy Shapiro
Modeling NEM 2.0 Solar Projects with Energy Toolbase
This course delves into modeling NEM 2.0 (Net Metering Version 2.0) solar projects, using the latest version of Energy Toolbase.
by Adam Gerza