Topic:  City of Berkeley and PG&E Residential Retrofit & New Construction Programs

 

Description: 
Part One:  The City of Berkeley will discuss proposed changes to the Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance to require Home Energy Testing and Rating at time of sale and renovation.  In particular:
•    Meeting climate action goals through existing home improvements
•    Using the new HERSII Home Performance Standard
•    Enhancements to Berkeley’s Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance
•    Rebates for home testing and improvements with Federal Energy Efficiency Block grant funds

Main Takeaways from this portion:
•    Understanding of importance of home retrofits in meeting climate goals
•    Familiarity with HERS II
•    Awareness of upcoming policies to require and encourage home performance improvement that will affect real estate transactions and renovations as well as rebates for Berkeley property owners
•    Discussion and feedback amongst contractors, architects and realtors would be valuable

Part Two:  2010 marks the start of a new program cycle for California’s utilities. PG&E will be introducing some new programs to their residential program portfolio and continuing others: the Net Zero Pilot program, which will officially launch, the newly updated single and multifamily programs, the New Solar Homes Partnership, and the Multifamily Rebate Program (for retrofit). A number of these programs contain significant changes that will affect participating projects throughout Northern California. This presentation will cover these program developments, detailing such items as new incentive levels, green building kickers, and eligible measures, and discuss how these programs integrate with green programs throughout the region.

Key Questions which will be answered in this portion:
•    What do PG&E’s new technical support and incentive programs look like?
•    How do these programs differ from the previously offered programs (in 2006-2009)?
•    How do these new programs integrate with green programs, such as Build it Green, GreenPoint Rated?

 

Certified Green Building Professional CEU Value: 1.5 credits

 

Presentation Team:  Sophia Hartkopf, Heschong Mahone Group, Inc. and Billi Romain, City of Berkeley

 

Schedule:

5:30-5:45 Sign In

5:45-6:00 NetworkingExercise

6:00-7:30 Topic Presentation

7:30-8:00 Open Discussion 

 

Registration:  Pre-registration on our website is encouraged and incentivized and is available until noon on Wednesday, April 7th.  When preregistering online, folks can pay by credit card or choose to pay at the door with check or credit card.  

 

Pre-Registered Prices: 

 

Door Price (Not Pre-Registered): 

 

Transportation Tips:   Street parking is available for attendees.  Build It Green encourages carpooling to our events and we recommend posting comments in the section below to make arrangements with other attendees. 

 

Things To Bring:  Attendees are encouraged to bring business cards for networking purposes.    

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